Taiwan Film and Audiovisual Institute

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Taiwan Film and Audiovisual Institute
國家電影及視聽文化中心
Established19 January 1979 (as the Film Library of the Motion Picture Development Foundation)
MissionFilm preservation and restoration
ChairLAN Tsu-wei
Chief of ExecutiveLouis C. Lee
BudgetNT$170 million p.a.[1]
Formerly calledFilm Library of the Motion Picture Development Foundation
National Film Archive
Chinese Taipei Film Archive
Taiwan Film Institute
Location
Websitewww.tfi.org.tw

The Taiwan Film and Audiovisual Institute (TFAI; traditional Chinese: 國家電影及視聽文化中心; simplified Chinese: 国家电影及视听文化中心; pinyin: Guójiā Diànyǐng Jí Shìtīng Wénhuà Zhōngxīn; lit. 'National Film and Audiovisual Culture Center'), formerly Taiwan Film Institute (TFI; traditional Chinese: 國家電影中心; simplified Chinese: 国家电影中心; pinyin: Guójiā Diànyǐng Zhōngxīn; lit. 'National Film Center'), is a foundation in Zhongzheng District, Taipei, Taiwan, that aims to preserve Taiwanese and Mandarin films. At its establishment in 1979, the foundation was known as the Film Library of the Motion Picture Development Foundation. It became the National Film Archive in 1989, and the Chinese Taipei Film Archive later.

  1. ^ Frater, Patrick (29 July 2014). "Taiwan Film Institute Launched". Variety. Retrieved 26 October 2017.