Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) chair Liza Diño said she has communicated with the Film Restoration and Archives group of ABS-CBN “to ask how the council can be of help” to the team running the “Sagip Pelikula” campaign that will be closing down on Aug. 31 as a result of the broadcast network’s failed bid to renew its franchise.

MANILA, PHILIPPINES, SEPTEMBER 28, 2020 — At long last, the Film Development Council of the Philippines’ (FDCP) Philippine Film Archive (PFA) has a repository of its outputs and all the efforts that it has been doing over the years in the form of a website that is accessible to the public.

The community quarantine due to COVID-19 took over the second quarter of 2020, but this did not deter the Philippine Film Archive (PFA) from fulfilling its role of protecting our national film heritage, which includes the University of the Philippines Film Institute (UPFI) Film Center film collection.

Film archiving is a preservation of not just elements of works of art, but tokens and stories of an era, memories of a culture, and ultimately, pieces of history. Usually overlooked in the film industry, archiving is a crucial endeavor that entails a lot of technical know-how to be able to clean, scan, save, preserve films.

MANILA, PHILIPPINES, SEPTEMBER 4, 2020 — When the Enhanced Community Quarantine and National State of Calamity due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) were declared in March, the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) ensured the continuity of its services by implementing a work-from-home setup and having an on-site skeletal team.

The community quarantine due to COVID-19 took over the second quarter of 2020, but this did not deter the Philippine Film Archive (PFA) from fulfilling its role of protecting our national film heritage, which includes the University of the Philippines Film Institute (UPFI) Film Center film collection.