Harvard Film Archive

Our
Archives

October 25–30, 2002

Gaston Kaboré in Retrospect
Collection

Vlada Petric Collection
March 21–25, 2003

The Films of Sharunas Bartas
Collection

Caroline Leaf Collection

March 21–25, 2003

The Films of Sharunas Bartas

September 18–November 27, 2006

Melodrama Mondays

April 25–May 8, 2007

Alex de la Iglesia: Films and Inspirations

May 7–9, 2010

The Poetic Realism and Casual Expressionism of Victor Gaviria

March 9–25, 2012

The Melancholy Worlds of Béla Tarr

November 30–December 3, 2012

Jafar Panahi: This is Not a Retrospective

August 30, 2014

The Late Joan Crawford

June 16–September 1, 2017

That Certain Feeling... The Touch of Ernst Lubitsch

November 2, 2018

Alchemy and Apparatus The Films of Richard Tuohy and Dianna Barrie

March 11–April 22, 2019

Film by Design. Bauhaus and the Moving Image

announcement

Due to the COVID-19 crisis and in accordance with university and state guidelines, the Harvard Film Archive cinematheque and office will be closed until further notice. HFA staff are working remotely on a range of projects and preparing for an eventual reopening, most likely in 2021. While our physical location remains closed, some remote research services and select collections are available online.

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