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{{Infobox foundation
| name = Academy Film Archive
| formation = 1944
| founding_location = [[Hollywood, California]]
| purpose = Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
}}

The '''Academy Film Archive''' is part of the Academy Foundation, established in 1944 with the purpose of organizing and overseeing the [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]]’ educational and cultural activities, including the preservation of motion picture history. Although the current incarnation of the Academy Film Archive began in 1991, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences acquired its first film in 1929.

==Preservation==
Located in [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood, California]] at the [[Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study]], the Archive has a diverse range of moving image material. The Archive's collection comprises 107,000 titles and 230,000 separate items, including early American cinema, a vast collection of [[documentary film]]s, filmed and taped interviews, amateur and private home movies of Hollywood legends, makeup and sound test reels, and a wide selection of [[experimental film]], as well as [[Academy Award]]-winning films, Academy Award-nominated films, and a complete collection of every Academy Awards show since 1949.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.oscars.org/academy-film-archive/about-archive |title=About the Archive: General Info |date=30 March 2020 |website=Oscars.org |publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences}}</ref>

Since acquiring the [[Packard Humanities Institute]] Collection, the Archive has the world's largest known trailer collection. The Archive is also concerned with the preservation and restoration of films, as well as new technologies and methods of preservation, restoring over 1100 titles of historical and artistic importance.<ref name="preserved">{{cite news |url=https://www.oscars.org/academy-film-archive/preserved-projects |title=Preserved Projects |work=Oscars.org |publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |access-date=March 19, 2019 |language=en}}</ref>

==Notable preserved projects==
*[[Barbara Kopple]]'s ''[[Harlan County, U.S.A.]]'' (1976)
*[[Lewis Milestone]]'s ''[[The Front Page]]'' (1931)
*[[William Wellman]]'s ''[[Wings (1927 film)|Wings]]'' (1927)
*[[Joseph L. Mankiewicz]]’s ''[[All About Eve]]'' (1950)
*Many [[Stan Brakhage]] films from the original elements
*[[Curtis Harrington]]'s ''[[Night Tide]]'' (1961; with support from the Film Foundation)
*Eighteen films by [[Satyajit Ray]] (including ''[[The Apu Trilogy]]'')
*[[Akira Kurosawa]]'s ''[[Rashomon (film)|Rashomon]]'' (1950; in conjunction with the National Film Center of the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo and Kadokawa Pictures, Inc., funding provided by Kadokawa Culture Promotion Foundation and [[The Film Foundation]]; won the 2009 [[National Society of Film Critics]]'s Heritage Award)
*[[Robert Drew]]'s ''[[Primary (film)|Primary]]'' (1960)
*[[Howard Smith (director)|Howard Smith]] and [[Sarah Kernochan]]'s ''[[Marjoe]]'' (1972)
<ref name="preserved" /><ref>[https://wexarts.org/film-video/hollywood-home-movies-academy-film-archive-1931-70 Hollywood Home Movies from the Academy Film Archive (1931–70)|Wexner Center for the Arts]</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://nationalsocietyoffilmcritics.com/about-2/ |title=Past Awards |date=19 December 2009 |website=National Society of Film Critics}}</ref><ref>[https://www.documentary.org/feature/preservation-and-scholarship-special-recognition-oscar%E2%80%99s-film-collection-ida-salutes-academy Preservation and Scholarship Special Recognition: Oscar's Film Collection|International Documentary Association]</ref>

==Access==
The Archive offers access to its collections to researchers and scholars. Based on availability, preservation status and condition of the materials, visitors may visit the [[Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study]] to arrange appointments through the Access Center.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.oscars.org/academy-film-archive/about-archive#field-tabbed-content-tab-1 |title=About the Archive: Rules |date=29 July 2014 |website=Oscars.org |publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences}}</ref> Additionally, the Academy Film Archive lends prints to non-profit institutions for screenings.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.oscars.org/academy-film-archive/about-archive#field-tabbed-content-tab-2 |title=About the Archive: Loan Policies |date=29 July 2014 |website=Oscars.org |publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences}}</ref>

In some circumstances, the Archive may be able to make collection materials available for licensing.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.oscars.org/filmarchive/ Academy Film Archive Website]
*[http://www.filmpreservation.org National Film Preservation Foundation]
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[[Category:Film archives in the United States]]
[[Category:Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]]
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