The National Audiovisual Archive is a Finnish

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

 government institution under the Ministry of Education. Its purpose is to acquire, restore and conserve film

Film

A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...

s, radio and TV programms and other related material.

National Audiovisual Archive has underground storage rooms in an underground vault in Otaniemi

Otaniemi

Otaniemi , or Otnäs , is a district of Espoo, Finland. It is located near the border of Helsinki, the capital of Finland....

, Espoo

Espoo

Espoo is the second largest city and municipality in Finland. The population of the city of Espoo is . It is part of the Helsinki Metropolitan Area along with the cities of Helsinki, Vantaa, and Kauniainen. Espoo shares its eastern border with Helsinki and Vantaa, while enclosing Kauniainen....

. Domestic film materials, black-and-white film materials, domestic and foreign prints and paper materials are stored there in cool air-conditioned conditions. National Audiovisual Archive engages in and supports film research and promotes the knowledge of cinema. Its library contains books and magazines, film sheet music, newspaper clippings and offers information service.

National Audiovisual Archive also presents cinematographically, historically or otherwise significants films. Its 216-seat movie theater

Movie theater

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 Orion is situated in Eerikinkatu/Eriksgatan 15 in Helsinki

Helsinki

Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...

. Orion was built in Art Deco

Art Deco

Art deco , or deco, is an eclectic artistic and design style that began in Paris in the 1920s and flourished internationally throughout the 1930s, into the World War II era. The style influenced all areas of design, including architecture and interior design, industrial design, fashion and...

 style and was established in 1927. In addition to regular screenings in Orion, the Finnish Film Archive also arranges screenings elsewhere in Finland.

In 1 January 2008 Finnish Film Archive changed its name to National Audiovisual Archive when expanding its scope to all audiovisual material, radio programs

Radio programming

Radio programming is the Broadcast programming of a Radio format or content that is organized for Commercial broadcasting and Public broadcasting radio stations....

 and television program

Television program

A television program , also called television show, is a segment of content which is intended to be broadcast on television. It may be a one-time production or part of a periodically recurring series...

s too.