including the China Film Museum, the Huaxia Film Distribution and the China Filmmakers Association. International scholars from Canada, France, The Netherlands and the United States of America attended the seminar and the screening of four of Ivens’ films; The 400 Million (1938), Before Spring (1958), Football Story (1976) and A Tale of The Wind (1988). Conferences The Archive has hosted multiple conferences discussing different film genres and time periods, to work towards the goal of creating a ‘comprehensive history’ of Chinese Cinema. One was in 2012, which discussed early Chinese cinema. Two other conferences were held in 2014 discussing socialist and post-socialist cinema. From March 1 to May 12, 2021, the Inaugural Conference of the Association for Chinese Animation Studies was held online via Zoom. The Archive provided several animated, short films which were screened during the event, including the Wan Brothers' films The Mouse and The Frog (1934), Songs of Resistance 2 (1938) and Songs of Resistance 5 (1939). Other films screened, owned by the Archive included, The Kite (1943), Dreaming to be Emperor (1943) and Capturing the Turtle in the Jar (1948). Tan Qiuwen, an employee from the China Film Art Research Centre, represented the archive in a panel discussion on March 2, titled 'An Overview of the Animated Data in the China Film Archive'. Beijing International Film Festival Since 2015, the Archive has been the primary host and co-programmer of the Beijing International Film Festival. Notable contributions to the festival including the screening of the recently restored films Yellow Earth (1984) and The Horse Thief (1986) – both from the mid 1980s – at the 2018 festival. International preservation and events Preservation of international films Santi-Vina (1954) The Archive has collaborated with international film bodies towards preserving both Chinese and international films. One such project was the archive's collaborative effort with the British Film Institute and with Thailand's national archive - the Thai Film Archive - towards restoring the award-winning Thai film, Santi-Vina (1954). A copy of the film from the Archive was donated to Thailand for restoration efforts, as China had previously bought a copy of the film during its original release at the Southeast Asian Film Festival. However this copy of the film was used as a guide, with another copy of the film from the Russian Organisation Gosfilmofond, utilised as the negatives which were digitally scanned and cleaned. This is as the Archive's copy