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Archives - Asia Pacific

  • Chinese Taipei Film Archive  
    The bilingual website for the Chinese Taipei Film Archive primarily provides information on its film and paper collections. The website also provides information on film festivals in Taipei and Taiwan.
  • Hong Kong Film Archive Search  
    Search in English for items that are available in the physical collection, including books, films, and audio recordings. Also see http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/CulturalService/HKFA/english/eindex.html to download Chinese language PDFs of complete Hong Kong filmographies and information on Cantonese operatic films.
  • Korean Film Archive  
    This website provides a searchable catalog of the Korean Film Archive's physical collection.
  • Korean Film Archive: 100 Korean Films  
    Filmography of the 100 most important Korean movies by the National Archive, with detailed synopses, historical context, and director biographies in English. Use the database section to search the film collection of the physical archive in Seoul.
  • Moving Image and Sound Archives of Singapore  
    Search by title or keyword for items in the physical archive. Many entries have full synopses (for films) or partial transcripts (for television news programs).
  • National Film and Sound Archive Collection  
    Search the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia's catalog, which contains items that are in the physical archive in Canberra.
  • National Film Archive of Malaysia  
    Search for what's available in the physical archive. In Malay.
  • South Asian Film Archives (Canada)  
    Browse a list of films in the collection by director, film title, or keyword. This list indicates what is available at the physical archive.