Archiving Time (2019)
Original title: 數電影的人
In Taiwan, there is a group of people participating in this race against time. They are hidden inside the film archive of New Taipei City’s “Singapore Industrial Park”, where the 17,000-plus film reels and over a million film artifacts have become their spiritual nourishment. Day after day, they shuttle back and forth inside, carrying their doubts, their learnings, and their faith. What they are doing is awakening these long-neglected film reels, then piecing together the no-longer-existent social atmospheres and lives of distant pasts recorded on them. And spending time in this archive has become everyday life for these film archivists and restorers.
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Allen ChungHimselfWang WeiHimselfChung Sung-juHimselfWu Chia-chuHimselfTsai Min-chengHimselfWu Bao-fongHerselfWei Pei-leiHerselfXu Jing-pingHimselfLai Yung-jenHimselfShen Shih-pingHimselfJerry ChiuHimselfPan Hsiu-lingHerselfKeywords
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What is Archiving Time about?
In Taiwan, there is a group of people participating in this race against time. They are hidden inside the film archive of New Taipei City’s “Singapore Industrial Park”, where the 17,000-plus film reels and over a million film artifacts have become their spiritual nourishment. Day after day, they shuttle back and forth inside, carrying their doubts, their learnings, and their faith. What they are doing is awakening these long-neglected film reels, then piecing together the no-longer-existent social atmospheres and lives of distant pasts recorded on them. And spending time in this archive has become everyday life for these film archivists and restorers.
How long is Archiving Time?
Archiving Time has a runtime of 63 minutes.