The Hong Kong Film Archive is a public film archive that collects, preserves, and screens Hong Kong films and other related materials. The archive was founded in 1993, when its Planning Office was opened by the Urban Council. It joined the International Federation of Film Archives in 1996. The archive has been under the management of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department since 2000.
The film archive building in Sai Wan Ho regularly hosts exhibitions, screenings and seminars showcasing Hong Kong film.DeWolf, Christopher "9 Hong Kong tourist traps -- for better or worse" CNN Go. 27 October 2010. Retrieved 2012-03-03
The archive edits the book series Hong Kong Filmography and Monographs of Hong Kong Film Veterans. It also distributes a quarterly Newsletter that reports on the latest developments of the Archive and includes features on certain aspects of film culture.
Collection The Archive has received major donations from film industry figures and organizations.
In 2001, First Film Organisation Limited donated over 200 films from producer Wong Cheuk-hon's three production companies (Liberty Film Co., Lan Kwong Film Company, and First Film Organisation), along with over 10,000 items including posters, production stills, and newspaper clippings.
In 2011, TVB handed over about 1,000 film titles from the 1930s to the 1990s for permanent preservation. About 600 titles, including 27 Chaozhou and Amoy dialect films, were new to the collection. Notable acquisitions included Little Heroine (1939), the earliest Chinese film in TVB's library, and eight films from the HKFA's "100 Must-See Hong Kong Movies" list."TVB hands over treasured films to Hong Kong Film Archive" . Leisure and Cultural Services Department. 17 November 2011.
Goldig Films, Hong Kong's third-largest movie conglomerate in the 1970s owned by Indonesian-Chinese tycoon Alex Gouw, also made a donation in the 1990s including a susbtantial number of movie posters, marketing materials, contracts, as well as movie negatives and filming materails.
Facility
The archive is housed in a five-story building at 50 Lei King Road, Sai Wan Ho, which opened on 3 January 2001. Public screenings of archive holdings are routinely held in the 125-seat cinema housed within. The regular ticket price is $40, with concessionary pricing available for students, seniors, and the disabled.
Floorplan Basement: Carpark and Plants Rooms (not open to the public) G/F: Box Office, Exhibition Hall M/F: Machine and Air-conditioning Plants Rooms (not open to the public) 1/F: Film Store and Cinema 2/F: Film Projection Room, Film Store and Cinema (entrance on 1/F) 3/F: Resource Centre, Staff Office and Film Store 4/F: Admin. Office, Film Related Material Store 5/F: Roof (scheduled for expansion)
Only the Box Office, Exhibition Hall and Resource Centre are public access facilities.
Transportation The archive building is approximately a five-minute walk from Exit A of Sai Wan Ho MTR station.
References
External links
Hong Kong Film Archive Database