Cinema Studies: International Cinema Resources

This guide highlights recommended resources for research in Cinema Studies.

Non English Language Cinema Sources

L'Avant Scene Cinema
Starting in 1961, the monthly periodical L'Avant Scene Cinema published scripts for both contemporary films and important films from the past. In the past decade they've branched out to publish interviews and reviews as well.
Classic Mexican Cinema
Digitized versions of 5 major Mexican film magazines: Cinema Reporter (1943-1965), Cine Mundial (1954-1955), El Cine Gráfico from 1935, El Mundo Ilustrado (1902-1910) and Cinelandia (1931-1947)
日本映画情報システム Japanese Cinema Database
Korean Film Archive 한국영상자료원

Asian Film Online This link opens in a new window
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Interdisciplinary collection of narrative feature films, documentaries and shorts curated by film scholars and critics.

Sony Pictures Classics
SPC is an American film production and distribution company that is a division of Sony Pictures. Founded in 1992, it distributes, produces and acquires specialty films such as documentaries, independent and art films in the United States and internationally

Latin America in Video This link opens in a new window
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Includes approximately 400 original-language documentaries from some of the most important producers and independent filmmakers in Latin America. Covers issues such as human rights, violence, immigration, illiteracy, popular culture, and political history.
National Film Board of Canada | L’Office National du Film du Canada This link opens in a new window
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Thousands of online films, in both English and French, from Canada’s National Film Board/L’Office National du Film. Films marked with a CAMPUS icon are UW restricted.
New World Cinema: Independent Features and Shorts, 1990-Present This link opens in a new window
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Award-winning features and short films from leading independent distributors.

INA - Institut National de l'Audiovisuel
Over 100,000 TV and radio shows available online, browsable by decade, topic, etc. It’s free to view or listen to the clips, and they can be purchased for download.