Archiving Time (2019)

Director: Yuan-Chi Lu

In Taiwan, there is a group of people participating in this race against time. They are hidden inside the film archive of New Taipei City’s “Singapore Industrial Park”, where the 17,000-plus film reels and over a million film artifacts have become their spiritual nourishment. Day after day, they shuttle back and forth inside, carrying their doubts, their learnings, and their faith. What they are doing is awakening these long-neglected film reels, then piecing together the no-longer-existent social atmospheres and lives of distant pasts recorded on them. And spending time in this archive has become everyday life for these film archivists and restorers.

Cast

Allen Chung

Himself

Wang Wei

Himself

Chung Sung-ju

Himself

Wu Chia-chu

Himself

Tsai Min-cheng

Himself

Wu Bao-fong

Herself

Wei Pei-lei

Herself

Xu Jing-ping

Himself

Lai Yung-jen

Himself

Shen Shih-ping

Himself