About The Collection

The Asian Film Archive’s collection holds the works of award winning Filipino filmmakers Lino Brocka, Mike de Leon, Lav Diaz; Malaysian filmmakers Amir Muhammad, U-Wei Haji Saari, Tan Chui Mui; Singaporean filmmakers Eric Khoo, Anthony Chen, Kirsten Tan, amongst many others. AFA is home to the Cathay-Keris Malay Classics Collection that is inscribed into the UNESCO Memory of the World Asia-Pacific Register that recognises endangered and unique library and archive holdings.

The Archive is an affiliate of the International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF) and an institutional member of the Southeast Asia-Pacific Audiovisual Archive Association (SEAPAVAA) and the Association of Moving Image Archivists (AMIA).