Hong Kong Film Archive

The council decided in December 1992 to set up the Hong Kong Film
Archive at an estimated cost of $198 million. The archive building, at Sai
Wan Ho, is scheduled to be completed in late 1999. Hong Kong is the
third-largest film production centre in the world, and the archive will
preserve Hong Kong's rich film heritage.

The archive will not only acquire, preserve, catalogue, and document
Hong Kong films and related material, but will also encourage public
access to its collection through film programmes, seminars and
exhibitions. The archive planning office has already acquired more than
2 000 films and 35 000 items of related materials, mainly through
donations and deposits. It co-organises two film retrospectives with the
community arts centres each year to arouse public interest in local cinema.

An exhibition, 50 Years of the Hong Kong Film Production and
Distribution Industries (1947-1997), was held at the City Hall Exhibition
Hall during the Hong Kong International Film Festival in March and April.
It attracted 28 000 visitors. A 700-page filmography on Hong Kong films
made in the pre-war years was published, covering 621 film titles made
between 1913 and 1941.

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