Archiving Asian Cinema

This chapter explores issues of archiving and digital preservation in light of changing exhibition strategies, with a focus on the important roles played by the South East Asia Pacific Audio Visual Archive Association (SEAPAVAA) and the Asian Film Archive (AFA) in the creation and maintenance of a regional Asian cinema. The chapter also considers the issue of archiving broadly, to encompass not only the physical preservation of films from Asia but also journals, societies, and other forums that have sought to preserve scholarly interpretations of those films.