FINA - National Film Archive - Audiovisual Institute

The National Film Library is a state cultural institution. Its task is a protection of a national hertage in a sphere of cinematography and popularization of a film culture. The National Film Library came into existence, according to the Government's Resolution in 1955, as a Film Archive in Warsaw. In 1961 the archive was renamed the Central Film Archive, in 1970 - Polish Film Library. In 1987 it was included into the national culture institutions register and again renamed the National Film Library. It is a member of the Association des cinematheques Europeennes (ACS). From 2009 the Film Library is a partner of the international internet portal "Lost Films". In 2010 the National Film Library joined the European Film Gateway. It permitted to present its collection in the European Culture's portal. The National Film Library is divided in three branches (two in Warsaw and one in Łódź). The documentary films including these concerning World War II are stored in the Film Archive nr 1 at Chełmska street in Warsaw (Archiwum Filmowe 1 - Chełmska). 1 III 2017 the National Film Library was merged with the National Audiovisual Institute and renamed National Film Library - Audiovisual Institute