The 7th Home Movie Day Japan Report
November 1, 2009 | filmpres | comments closedWe had the 7th HMD Japan on Saturday 17th October, 2009 in ten venues in total and we thank you all for participating in HMD Japan. (more…)
Yomiuri Shimbum 2009.02.02 “80-year-old film returns to light of day”
February 20, 2009 | filmpres | comments closedFPS’ 5th Adopt-a- Film was introduced in a Yomiuri Shimbun (the Nationwide edition). An English translation of this article was printed in The Daily Yomiuri later in the same month (February 13, 2009). (more…)
Yoshishige Abe, film collector
October 12, 2005 | admin | comments closed
February 9th, 2005 saw the death of legendary film collector Yoshishige Abe, and Mainichi Newpaper reported the news in a big article (”Will “Arirang” be discovered? The collector in Higashi Osaka passed away”). We deeply mourn the death of this man who loved films and was said to have devoted his life to saving them. There are a lot of mysteries about his collection, such as where and what exactly the films are. Although FPS members had been in contact with him and were trying hard to get information, from now on everything will be cleared up by full-scale research led by the Agency of Cultural Affairs and National Film Center, Tokyo. (more…)