Korean Film Archive

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Korean spelling
Korean alphabet : 한국 영상 자료원
Hanja : 韓國 映像 資料 院
Revised Romanization : Hanguk Yeongsang Jaryowon
McCune-Reischauer : Han'guk Yŏngsang Charyowŏn

The Korean Film Archive (KOFA) is the nationwide film archive in South Korea . It was founded in 1974 in Seoul as a non-profit organization. In 1976, KOFA received observer status in the Fédération Internationale des Archives du Film (FIAF) and became a full member in 1985. It is an authority of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism .

The main task of the Korean Film Archive is the preservation, restoration and collection of films as well as film-related materials such as posters, magazines and pictures. The Korean Film Archive also operates the Korean Movie Database , a database of Korean films . The Cinematheque KOFA and the Korean Film Museum are located at the main location in the Sangam-dong district . Screenings and exhibitions are held regularly in the KOFA Cinematheque. The directors are often guests at the screening of film series there. There is also a library at the location with numerous Blu-rays , DVDs , books and film soundtracks. In order to reduce the risk of material loss, there is a second storage location for films and film-specific documents in Paju .

Only 22% of South Korean films from the 1950s and 44% of films from the 1960s are still preserved today. Numerous films are considered lost . The Korean Film Archive is also looking for masterpieces such as Arirang (1926) by Na Woon-gyu and Late Autumn (1966) by Lee Man-hee . In 1996, the South Korean government passed a law on the mandatory storage of domestic films ( 국내 영화 필름 등 의 제출 제도 ). It is set out in Article 35 of the Film Promotion Act ( 영화 진흥법 Yeonghwa Jinheung Beop , Promotion of the Motion Pictures Industry Act ). The Korean Film Archive is in charge of the exercise.

In 2007, the silent film Crossroads of Youth, which was released in 1934, was the oldest Korean film that still exists today. Under the direction of director Kim Tae-yong , the film was restored and first shown in this version in 2008. The Korean Film Archive has around 200 films released before 2000 on YouTube and Naver . These include some outstanding works from South Korean film history , such as The Surrogate Mother (1986), Sopjonye - The Blind Singer (1993) and The Song of the Faithful Chunhyang (2000) by Im Kwon-taek , Aimless Bullet (1961) by Yu Hyun-mok and Hong Sang-soo's directorial debut The Day a Pig Fell into a Well (1996).

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