The Motion Picture Development Foundation film library, founded in 1978 with the support of the Government Information Office, began to systematically introduce famous European films and top-notch local works to its members. And starting in 1980, an international film festival has been held every year in conjunction with the Golden Horse Awards to show foreign art films (together with some high-standard commercial films) nominated for the awards.
在新聞局的支持下，民國六十七年電影圖書館成立，有系統地介紹歐洲電影名作，及國片優秀作品；並自六十九年起配合金馬獎舉辦「金馬獎國際影展」，參加的影片包括英、美、日、義、德、法和科威特、巴西、澳洲… … 等地的藝術電影（其中亦不乏高水準的商業電影）。