[Video Released] Report on the "National Film Archive Summit 2026"
The National Film Archive hosted the 'National Film Archive Summit 2026' online on January 23, 2026, as part of the 'FY2025 Archive Core Hub Formation Model Project.' A video edited from the recording of the event has been released on the project's YouTube channel. The summit featured diverse programs, including a seminar on copyright in film archives, film exhibition curation, an online database for Japanese animation, and presentations on Japanese film collections at overseas universities, all aimed at deepening discussions for building desirable film archives.
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As part of the "FY2025 Archive Core Hub Formation Model Project," the National Film Archive hosted the "National Film Archive Summit 2026" online on Friday, January 23, 2026. A video edited from the recording of the event has been released on the project's YouTube channel, so please take a look.
This 7th summit aimed to further deepen discussions towards building desirable film archives. It featured diverse programs, including a seminar on copyright centered on case studies in film archives, film exhibition curation, an online database for Japanese animation, and presentations on Japanese film collections at overseas universities.
◆ "National Film Archive Summit 2026" Event Outline
[Date and Time] Friday, January 23, 2026, 13:00-17:00
[Venue] Live streaming via Zoom (Main venue: VIPO Meeting Room)
[Participants] 220 people
[Participation Fee] Free
[Program Structure]
◆ Program Content *Titles omitted
Part 1: Report
Overview of the FY2025 Archive Core Hub Formation Model Project (approx. 5 minutes)
Speaker: Tomonori Sato (VIPO Secretariat)
Part 2: Report
Educational Outreach Program Utilizing Film Materials from the National Film Archive (approx. 15 minutes)
Speakers: Kenta Tamada (National Film Archive Senior Researcher)
Noriaki Miyamoto (National Film Archive Researcher)
Part 3: Seminar
Copyright in Digital Archive Construction (approx. 56 minutes)
Lecturer: Masahiko Suto (Partner Attorney, Gojo Sogo Law Office)
Part 4: Report
Film Material Exhibition - 2025 On-site Report (approx. 44 minutes)
Speakers:
1. The Work of Film Subtitle Translation - The Magic of 4 Characters per Second
(Venue: Kamakura City Kawakita Film Museum)
Speaker: Yusuke Baba (General Manager, Kamakura City Kawakita Film Museum)
2. Koichi Kawabe Film Collection Exhibition (Venue: Hashima City Film Museum)
Speaker: Ryoichi Kondo (Advisor, Hashima City Film Museum)
Part 5: Seminar
The Film 'Phantom Riders' Born from Film Materials
Regarding the Two-Part Series (approx. 20 minutes)
Speaker: Yusuke Sasaki (Associate Professor, Tottori University)
Izumi Kijima (Graduate Student, Kobe University)
Part 6: Report
Revision of the Catalog of Works Included in the Book "History of Japanese Animation Films" and Creation of a Web Version (approx. 21 minutes)
Speaker: Hitomi Matsuyama (Researcher, Kobe Planet Film Archive)
Part 7: Seminar
Japanese Film Materials Spreading Overseas - Regarding Yale University Library's Japanese Film Collection (approx. 32 minutes)
Lecturer: Aaron Gerow (Professor, Yale University)
"Archive Core Hub Formation Model Project"
The purpose of this project is to conduct research and studies on the ideal mechanisms for preserving and utilizing valuable cultural materials of historical and cultural significance in Japan to prevent their dispersion and loss, and to promote the networking of the field to form a core hub for archiving film-related non-film materials, thereby promoting the construction, operation, and shared use of archives across the entire field.
[Contact]
Visual Industry Promotion Organization (VIPO), a specified non-profit organization
Archive Core Hub Formation Model Project Secretariat
E-mail: nonfilm.archive@vipo.or.jp