Films Archives - Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art

Film still of a large group of people of various ages arranged in four rows, with some standing, some seated, and children on the laps of some seated, behind them is a backdrop of a building with signage in Chinese

May 4, 2022May 4, 2022

An Introduction to Qiu Jiongjiong

Asian Cinema, Asian Film, Asian Filmmakers, China, Chinese Cinema, Chinese film, Chinese Filmmakers, cinema, Filmmakers, Filmmaking, Films

Close up of Ruan Lingyu in the black and white silent film The Goddess, her hand is curled near her face and she stares off screen

September 17, 2021September 17, 2021

Ruan Lingyu: The Goddess of Chinese Silent Cinema

Asian Cinema, Asian Film, Chinese Cinema, film, music, Silent Cinema, Silent Film

A group of four women smiling as they lean against a metal railing and look offscreen

August 1, 2021July 30, 2021

Out of Office Message

Asian Cinema, Asian Filmmakers, film, Films, Hong Kong Film Festival, Japanese cinema, Korean Cinema, Thai Cinema, Turkish Cinema

A figure in orange and pink wearing a crown rides a long-legged, long-necked bird

February 19, 2021February 18, 2021

Amit Dutta’s Cinematic Museum

Amit Dutta, Asian Film, film, film series, Indian Cinema, Indian Film

Film still from "In the Future, They Ate from the Finest Porcelain", a desolate landscape with groups of military and workers digging holes in the desert

November 6, 2020November 6, 2020

Asian Futurisms and Speculative Fictions

Asian Film, film series, futurism, sci-fi, science fiction

A couple standing on a hilltop and embracing, they are silhouetted in front of an orange sun rising or setting.

September 17, 2020September 14, 2020

Take a Chance on Japan

Asian Cinema, cinema, documentaries, film, film festival, Japan, Japanese cinema, Japanese film

July 31, 2020July 31, 2020

The Art of Action: 25 Years of Hong Kong Fight Scenes

Action Films, Asian Cinema, Asian Film, Films, Hong Kong Film Festival, Virtual Film Festival

A still image from the Thai film "Uncle Boonmee". There are three figures seated at a dining table set with food. One diner faces away from the viewer. The other diner is a man with dark hair in an orange and yellow tee shirt. He is facing the third figure, at left, a ghostly apparition of a woman.

What is Thai Cinema?

Asian Cinema, Asian Film, Films, Thai Cinema, Thailand

A man and woman standing close together looking into the distance in the foreground. The man holds an open fan at the waist.

Korean Cinema: Before the Wave

Asian Cinema, Films, Korean Film, Korean Film Festival DC, Virtual Film Festival

May 1, 2020May 1, 2020

Korean Cinema: The Golden Age

April 6, 2020April 6, 2020

Movies in the Spirit of the Cherry Blossoms

A man leans over, playing the drums, a woman stands behind him.

April 2, 2018March 25, 2020

Japan, Jazz, and Movies at the Freer|Sackler in April

Film still, "Angels Wear White"

March 8, 2018March 25, 2020

Women at the Helm

Women's History Month

Portrait of Jalal al-Din Mirza (ca. 1827–1872), son of Fath-Ali Shah

February 23, 2018March 25, 2020

Introducing the Prince and the Shah

Iran, Iranian Film Festival, The Prince and the Shah

Once Upon A Time, Cinema

February 21, 2018March 25, 2020

Iran Inside and Out: Final Weekend

Iranian Film Festival, The Prince and the Shah

two reflections of man in mirror.

September 11, 2017March 25, 2020

A Look Back at the 2017 Hong Kong Film Festival

Still from "The Salesman"

February 3, 2017March 25, 2020

“The Salesman” Makes Headlines

Iranian Film Festival

November 10, 2016March 25, 2020

Crash Course in Contemporary Chinese Film

Fab's boombox at the National Museum of American History

September 23, 2016March 25, 2020

Welcoming NMAAHC with “Kung Fu Wildstyle”

Bobby Samuels appears at the grand finale of our Made in Hong Kong Film Festival.

August 5, 2016March 25, 2020

Old-School Kung Fu

July 13, 2016March 25, 2020

Heart “Happiness” to Win!

Still from "My Young Auntie"

July 12, 2016March 25, 2020

Kicking off Made in Hong Kong

mountain scene

July 5, 2016March 25, 2020

Forever Kiarostami

March 16, 2016March 25, 2020

Environmental Film Festival: From the Tundra to the Future

Monir screens Saturday afternoon at the National Gallery of Art.

February 9, 2016March 25, 2020

Iranian Film Festival: Grand Finale

Iranian Film Festival

January 28, 2016March 25, 2020

A Tour de Force of Iranian Cinema

still from The President

January 8, 2016March 25, 2020

Reseeing Iran: Our 20th Iranian Film Festival

Iran, Iranian Film Festival

December 18, 2015March 25, 2020

Sending off Suzuki with “Pistol” and “Princess”

October 9, 2015March 25, 2020

Action, Anarchy, and Audacity: A Seijun Suzuki Retrospective

September 17, 2015March 25, 2020

Close Up: Turkish Filmmaker Ҫağan Irmak

July 17, 2015March 25, 2020

Twenty Years of the Hong Kong Film Festival

Hong Kong Film Festival

April 9, 2015March 25, 2020

The Traveler’s Pen

Traveler's Eye: Scenes of Asia

February 11, 2015March 25, 2020

Discovering Georgian Cinema

August 15, 2014March 25, 2020

Journey to the West: A 400-Year-Old Tale

Hong Kong Film Festival

July 24, 2014March 25, 2020

Hong Kong Films: The Vampire Strikes Back

Hong Kong Film Festival

March 7, 2014March 25, 2020

“The Bad Sleep Well”: How “Hamlet” Is It?

Akira Kurosawa, Shakespeare

November 8, 2013March 25, 2020

Abbas Kiarostami’s Landscapes in Motion

Abbas Kiarostami, S1999.124, Sense of Place: Landscape Photographs from Asia

September 19, 2013March 25, 2020

Readers and Movie Lovers: You Have Homework

Japan, Pages of Beauty and Madness

August 1, 2013March 25, 2020

Remembering Leslie Cheung

Hong Kong Film Festival

June 13, 2013March 25, 2020

Pang Ho-Cheung Brings it All Back Home

Hong Kong Film Festival

March 22, 2013March 25, 2020

Jiseul Shines Light on a Dark Past

Environmental Film Festival, Korea

March 19, 2013March 25, 2020

Kim Ki-duk Comes Down from the Mountain

December 19, 2012March 25, 2020

Nudes! Guns! Ghosts! Shintoho Films at the Freer

Japan, Shintoho

September 27, 2012March 25, 2020

Remixing the Museum: An Interview with DJ Spooky

Anna May Wong, Asia After Dark, DJ Spooky

August 11, 2012March 25, 2020

Inspired by … India!

Bollywood, Family Day, India, Sackler 25

August 1, 2012March 25, 2020

Tom Vick in Korea: Now it Gets Interesting…

Korea, Tom Vick

July 27, 2012March 25, 2020

Curator of Film Tom Vick: Korea in Five Scenes

Gyeongju, Hanna Lee, Korea, Lee Chang-dong

April 24, 2012March 25, 2020

Kimchi, Drinks, and a Movie

Korea, Na Hong-jin

April 13, 2012March 25, 2020

Animazing!

anime, Hayao Miyazaki, Hokusai: Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, Japan Spring, Katsushika Hokusai

February 17, 2012March 25, 2020

They Came, They Saw, They Slurped: Noodles and a Movie at the Freer

Ang Lee, Chinese New Year, Hou Chun-sheng, Taiwan