The Albanian National Film Archive (AQSHF) holds in its care a vast collection of photo negatives that chronicle the growth and the technological development of the Albanian film industry from 1946 to the 2000's. AQSHF has selected 18,041 items from their photographic and graphic art collections for digitization to safeguard their legacy into the future and open them up to scholars, researchers and the public. The curated selection includes costume and set design sketches, animation slides and production stills, allowing viewers to trace the journey of Albanian visual artists, still unknown but deserving of preservation and study.
The Film Archive of Albania includes a rarely seen collection of costume and set design sketches, animation slides, production stills, and other non-filmic materials. Beyond the films that make up the bulk of the archive's collections, these images that document a visual history of Albania and the international influence of Albania's film industry in the second half of the 20th Century.
