The Hong Kong Film Archive is a

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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

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. It joined the

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in 1996. The archive has been under the management of the

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since 2000. The film archive building in

Sai Wan Ho Sai Wan Ho is a primarily residential area on the northeastern shore of Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, between Quarry Bay and Shau Kei Wan. It is part of the Eastern District, and is administered together with surrounding areas under the Easte ...

regularly hosts exhibitions, screenings and seminars showcasing Hong Kong film. 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

On 17 November 2011,

TVB Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) is a television broadcasting company based in Hong Kong SAR. The Company operates five free-to-air terrestrial television channels in Hong Kong, with TVB Jade as its main Cantonese language service, and ...

handed over about 1,000 film titles from the 1930s to the 1990s to the Hong Kong Film Archive (HKFA) for permanent preservation. About 600 film titles, including 27 Chaozhou and Amoy dialect films, are new to the HKFA's collection. Films to be handed over include the earliest Chinese film in TVB's library, ''Little Heroine'' (1939), starring Hu Rongrong and Kung Chiu-hsia; and the earliest Hong Kong film in the library, ''Female Spy 76'' (1947) starring Wu Lai-chu and Wang Hao. The eight films on the list of HKFA's recommended "100 Must-See Hong Kong Movies" are: ''Wong Fei-hung's Whip that Smacks the Candle'' (1949), ''Wong Fei-hung Burns the Tyrants' Lair'' (1949), "Blood-stained Azaleas" (1951), ''Mysterious Murderer'' (1951) parts one and two, ''Butterfly and Red Pear Blossom'' (1959), ''Father Is Back'' (1961) and ''The Pregnant Maiden'' (1968).

Facility

The archive is housed in a five-story building at 50 Lei King Road,

, 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

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Hong Kong Film Archive Database
{{Authority control Museums in Hong Kong Film archives in Asia Sai Wan Ho Cinema museums in China 1993 establishments in Hong Kong FIAF-affiliated institutions