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.

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.

Last weekend, 1,024 film reels from UPFI Film Center were finally turned over to the Philippine Film Archive of the Film Development Council of the Philippines for archiving, scanning, digitization, and possible restoration.