National Film Archive Save the Film Heritage of Magnetic Tapes!　Information on the digital file project for "My Movie Life" produced by the Film Directors Association of Japan

The 3rd Crowdfunding of the National Museum of Art

The National Museum of Art, an independent administrative agency for cultural affairs (headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo) will start crowdfunding "National Film Archive of Japan" from December 1, 2021. Save the movie heritage of magnetic tapes!"My movie life" digital file project" will start. In this project, which will be implemented with the cooperation of the Film Directors Guild of Japan, the one-of-a-kind series of interviews with film directors by film directors in the history of Japanese cinema, "Waga Eiga Jinsei," will be converted into a digital file and will be released. We aim to expand the opportunities for everyone to appreciate it by leaving it to future generations. The acceptance period is until March 31, 2022, and the target amount is 5,000,000 yen.

・Magnetic Tapes in CrisisVideos on magnetic tapes, which have been widely used in homes, schools, and workplaces since the 1980s, have become a valuable part of our lives, including movies, media art, interviews, and home movies. I have supported records and expressions. UNESCO has issued a warning (*) that if the video footage is not digitized by 2025, it could be lost forever. * "Magnetic Tape Alert": A warning that tapes will no longer be playable all over the world due to the complete end of the maintenance service for playback equipment (March 2023), the decrease in technicians, and the deterioration of carriers over time. ・The one and only movie in history that talks about the history of Japanese cinema, "My Eiga Jinsei" This is an interview movie series in which the directors of the movie listen to their movie life. Taking the opportunity of the 50th anniversary of the Motion Picture Directors Guild of Japan, a project was put together to ``capture the valuable testimonies of senior directors on videotape and preserve them permanently at the Directors Guild''. is. From 1988 to the end of February 2020, 173 episodes were produced, of which nearly 70% were produced on videotape, from shooting to the final version (the rest were produced in recent years in data file format). It is a unique film heritage with a valuable original videotape as a history of Japanese cinema, industrial history, and oral history. ・A project to pass on the precious film heritage that is being lost to future generationsThe National Film Archive of Japan, whose main activities are the preservation, research, and release of films, has “My Movie Life” as its first magnetic tape collection. We aim to complete the digital file as soon as possible through the crowdfunding of the National Museum of Art so that we can accept this film and pass it on to future generations. In this project, about 110 complete original video tapes of "My Movie Life" have been converted into digital files. We are planning to create and provide DVDs that can be viewed on other sites. We would be grateful if you could join us in our efforts to rescue this precious film heritage.

[Title] The 3rd crowdfunding of the National Museum of Art National Film Archive Save the film heritage of magnetic tapes! “My movie life” digital file project [Cooperation] Japan Film Directors Association [Target amount] 5,000,000 yen [Period] 121 days from December 1, 2021 (Wednesday) to March 31, 2022 (Thursday) [ Support method] Please enter the necessary information in the dedicated form on the crowdfunding site of the National Museum of Art and apply. You can choose to pay the support money online by credit card payment, or by bank transfer from a post office, Japan Post Bank counter, or ATM. * There are tax incentives for supporting the National Museum of Art, an independent administrative agency. [Website] https://crowdfunding.artmuseums.go.jp/ [Support course] The amount of support is 3,000 yen, 5,000 yen, 10,000 yen, 30,000 yen, 50,000 yen, 100,000 yen, 300,000 yen, 500,000 yen, and 1,000,000 yen. 9 courses. We will give you souvenirs such as your name on the end credits, an annual pass for the exhibition room of the National Film Archive, a backyard tour of the National Film Archive that you cannot normally enter, and original goods. ["My movie life" digital file target works] Director x Interviewer (partial): Yasushi Sasaki x Kinji Fukasaku, Mieko Takamine, Hideo Oba x Nagisa Oshima, Kozaburo Yoshimura x Seiji Kakita, Ishiro Honda x Yoshimitsu Banno, Taniguchi Senkichi x Kihachi Okamoto, Minoru Inuzuka x Seijun Suzuki, Akira Kurosawa x Nagisa Oshima, Yoshitaro Nomura x Yoji Yamada/Shin Kawamata, Kon Ichikawa x Yuuki Mori, Shohei Imamura x Kunio Takeshige, Shinichi Benitani, Yoji Yamada x Akira Miyazaki Shigero Nakakura, Tsutomu Abe, Seijun Suzuki x Kazunari Takeda, Masami Kuzuu, etc. *Please see the website for details, including a list of about 110 complete original video tapes. The notation of personal names conforms to the materials of the Japan Motion Picture Directors Guild. The National Film Archive of Japan (English name: National Film Archive of Japan) is the only national film agency in Japan. We promote film culture through the preservation, research and release of films. Various screenings and exhibitions are held at the Kyobashi Main Building, and there is also a library dedicated to movies. The Sagamihara Annex, which has three movie storage buildings, stores more than 80,000 movie films. We aim to go beyond the relationship of “visitors and art museums” with the many people who support the National Museum of Art to build relationships of “colleagues who create something together” and to liven up culture and art together. This is a project that started last year. The first is "The 60th Anniversary Commemorative Project of the National Museum of Western Art, Claude Monet <> Digital Estimation Restoration Project", and the second is "The National Crafts Museum Ishikawa Relocation Commemorative Project by 12 craftsmen and artists. New production project" was carried out. * The following is special information limited to media personnel. Please refrain from disclosing information on personal SNS etc.

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