A high up official of the archive says that they have finalised the three-day schedule of celebration. They now await the final approval from the Ministry.

The celebration is to begin with a colourful inauguration ceremony. Exhibition of archival products, publishing a commemorative issue, reunion of the archive employees and cultural activists are in the primary schedule. Besides, discussion sessions, seminar, symposium and cultural programmes will also be held.

One of the major tasks of the Archive is to collect both local and foreign films and film related publications to preserve them in a scientific way. The organisation also arranges seminars, displays, symposiums, workshops and meetings. Bangladesh Film Archive- very disappointingly now preserves only 909 films of different categories, of them 240 feature films while the rest are documentaries. There is a library of film related publications which possesses a collection of about 7,000 issues.

In the year 1975, at the request of the Bangladesh Film Sangsad, Professor Satish Bahadur of the Pune Film Institute formulated the primary structure for the Bangladesh archive. He said that films should be considered an important reflection of the society. He emphasised that the archive should be given the equal importance as a library or museum. He also suggested that it should be set up as an autonomous organisation.

Later on, the Bangladesh government formed a committee of specialists to formulate the final scheme. The specialised committee proposed a 'Film Institute and Archive'.

After some modification, the Bangladesh government approved the committee on February 17, 1978 and on the same year in June 22, the archive began its journey.

The total budget for the establishment was Taka 15 crores but the government allotted only Taka 50 lakhs. Due to lack of funds, the institute was bifurcated for the time being.

On April 1980, the Bangladesh Film Archive received membership in the International Federation of Film Archives.