It was renamed the National Film Archive in 1989, shortly before its founding director Hsu Li-kong left his post.

Hsu's successor Ray Jing ended the archive's involvement with the Golden Horse Awards.

The foundation itself answered to the Department of Motion Picture Affairs, a division of the Government Information Office.

[3] The TFI was launched in a ceremony attended by culture minister Lung Ying-tai and New Taipei Mayor Eric Chu.

[1] On 26 December 2016, the institute launched an online box office, an attempt to increase the transparency of the Taiwanese film industry.

[5] The Legislative Yuan passed a bill in December 2019, upgrading the Taiwan Film Institute from an incorporated foundation to an administrative public body.

[7][8][9] A selection of Hokkien films were curated by Chang Yann and Alfonso Li for the 25th Golden Horse Awards in 1988 at the direction of Hsu Li-kong.

[2][8] In 2013, the Chinese Taipei Film Archive began the Taiwan Cinema Digital Restoration Project.