Near East: Near Eastern Films and Videos

Covers North Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, Turkey, east from the Levant throught Iran, and Central Asia, the languages of those regions, and Islam.

Films and videos

Arab Cinema Center on Telescope
Database of films in Arabic with information about where to watch them online
British Pathe
British Pathé is considered to be the finest newsreel archive in the world and is a treasure trove of 85,000 films unrivalled in their historical and cultural significance.

Spanning the years from 1896 to 1978, the collection includes footage from around the globe of major events, famous faces, fashion trends, travel, science and culture.
Docunight
Database of Persian documentaries.
European Film Gateway
Quick access to hundreds of thousands of film historical documents as preserved in European film archives and cinémathèques: photos, posters, programmes, periodicals, censorship documents, rare feature and documentary films, newsreels and other materials.
Telescope
Comprehensive database of all films and series produced outside the US, specifying which of some 200 platforms show each film. Searchable by title, country, language, genre, director, etc.
telescopefilm.com
Search engine for finding international films online
TRT Archives
Turkish Radio and Television Archives