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Restoring our Films, Saving our Heritage

Cinema is an art form that is a vital part of a nation’s culture.

Beyond being a source of entertainment, films serve as cultural artifacts that help us understand our society and the prevailing ideas of the time.

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Its visual mode of storytelling has the power of creating a unique experience for its audience, but for people to actually experience a film even after decades, a copy preferably in the original film format has to first be accessible.

Preservation, therefore, is vital since film deteriorates without proper care.

One way to preserve a film is by restoring it, hence the advocacy of the ABS-CBN Film Archives to restore and provide a showcase of classic films to new generations of Filipinos.

To date, the ABS-CBN Film Archives has successfully restored, screened theatrically, and released DVDs of Himala and Oro, Plata, Mata, two classic Philippine films. It is the first in