Harvard Film Archive

Our
Archives

October 3, 2002

VES Faculty Screening
Collection

Aldo Tambellini Collection
September 18–November 27, 2006

Melodrama Mondays
Collection

FilmFernsehFonds Bayern / German Film Collection

September 18–November 27, 2006

Melodrama Mondays

November 2–6, 2007

Abigail Child: Films and a Lecture

June 8–16, 2008

Leo McCarey, Screwball and Beyond

October 26–27, 2012

The 2012 Geneviève McMillan Reba Stewart Fellow:
Tariq Teguia

February 1–March 10, 2013

Action! Action! Action! A Raoul Walsh Retrospective

July 11–September 28, 2013

The Complete Alfred Hitchcock

December 8, 2018 – January 27, 2019

Rediscovering Jacques Becker

March 1–April 7, 2019

Deep Water. The Cinema of Lucrecia Martel

March 3–4, 2019

Ethnofictions by Laura Huertas Millán

March 24–April 27, 2019

The Other New Wave. Alternate Histories of Post WWII Japanese Cinema

announcement

The Harvard Film Archive Cinematheque is currently closed to the public and hopes to reopen in Spring 2022, public health situation permitting. All virtual film programs will be open to the public and free to members. Currently, in-person research appointments may be scheduled on a case-by-case basis. Please refer to the HFA’s Research Policies for complete instructions and guidance.

Cinematheque

The Harvard Film Archive is a cinematheque and a film archive dedicated to the preservation and public exhibition of film. The cinematheque presents films Friday through Monday year round. Open to the public, all screenings are held in the Archive's 188-seat theater featuring state-of-the-art film and digital projection located in the historic Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts. Read More

The HFA frequently invites filmmakers to discuss their work and engage with the vibrant community of students, professors, artists and cinephiles who regularly attend Archive screenings. Recent visitors include legendary independent filmmakers Wim Wenders, Agnès Varda, Terence Davies, Guy Maddin, Billy Woodberry and Frederick Wiseman.

Collection

A division of Harvard Library, the Harvard Film Archive is one of the largest and most significant university-based motion picture collections in the United States, with a collection of over 36,000 audio visual items from around the world and from almost every period in film history. Read More

The HFA Public Film Program depends on the generous support of members of the community to ensure the health and longevity of our unique blend of programming. You can become a member by filling out and mailing in our Membership Form. Learn More