Established | January 1, 1994 |
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Chair | Leo Katigbak |
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Address | Eugenio Lopez Drive, Diliman, Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines |
Location | Metro Manila , Philippines |
Coordinates | 14°38′22.18″N 121°02′07.79″E / 14.6394944°N 121.0354972°E |
The ABS-CBN Film Archives, also called ABS-CBN Archives, is a state-of-the-art film archive in the Philippines located at the basement of ELJ Communications Center in Eugenio Lopez Drive, Diliman, Quezon City.[1] It is a member of the Southeast Asia-Pacific Audio-Visual Archive Association, as well as the Society of Filipino Archivists for Film or Sofia. At present, ABS-CBN Film Archives holds about 2,400 Filipino films from Star Cinema, LVN Pictures, Regal Films, VIVA Films, Seiko Films, Cinema Artists, Sampaguita Pictures, OctoArts Films, Imus Productions, RVQ Productions, Cine Suerte, NV Productions along with the cinema libraries of Dolphy, Nora Aunor, Fernando Poe Jr., Rudy Fernandez, Ramon Revilla, and Armida Siguion-Reyna.[2][3] ABS-CBN Film Archives holds the largest film collection in the country.[4] It is headed by Leo Katigbak.
On August 31, 2020, ABS-CBN Film Archives along with Sagip Pelikula downsized its operations as part of the retrenchment by ABS-CBN Corporation after its new legislative franchise for the company's broadcasting operations was denied by the House of Representatives.[5]