List of the first films by country
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This is a list of the first films by country. This table shows the earliest known film productions by country, or successor state.
| Country | Year | Silent film | Sound recording | Colour film | Longest film | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 United Kingdom |
1888 | Roundhay Garden Scene (1888)[1][2] | Algy the Piccadilly Johnny (1900) Blackmail (1929 film) |
Representatives of the British Isles (1909)[3] | ||
 USA |
1878 | The Horse in Motion (1878) | The Dickson Experimental Sound Film (1895) | Children Forming the U.S. Flag (1909) | O.J.: Made in America (2016) | |
 France |
1895 | Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory (1895)[4] | Le Cid (1900) | Vie et Passion du Christ (1903) | Out 1 (1971) | |
 Germany |
1895 | Akrobatisches Potpourri (1895) | Death of Othello (1907) I Kiss Your Hand, Madame (1929) |
Casanova (1928) | ||
 Italy |
1896 | Sua Santità papa Leone XIII (1896)[5] | The Song of Love (film) (1930) | The Last Days of Pompeii (1926 film) | The Best of Youth (2003) | |
 Spain |
1897 | Salida de la misa de doce de la Iglesia del Pilar de Zaragoza (1897)[6] | Fútbol, amor y toros (1929) | In a Corner of Spain (1949) | ||
 Japan |
1898 | Bake Jizo (1898) | Reimai (1926) Fujiwara Yoshie no furusato (1930) |
Gate of Hell (1953) | ||
 Sweden |
1912 | A Ruined Life (1912) | ||||
 Denmark |
1897 | Kørsel med Grønlandske Hunde (1897)[7] | ||||
 Netherlands |
1896 | Gestoorde hengelaar (1896)[8] | Philips-Radio (1932) | Bloemenvelden Haarlem (1910)[9] | ||
 Hungary |
1896 | March at the Buda Castle (1896) | Kék Bálvány (1931) | Sátántangó (1994) | ||
 Argentina |
1897 | La bandera Argentina (1897) | La Flor (2018) | |||
 Czech Republic |
1898 | Výjezd parní stříkačky k ohni (1898) | Tonka of the Gallows (1930) | Jan Roháč z Dubé (1947) | ||
 Switzerland |
1922 | Histoire de Monsieur Vieux-Bois (1922) | ||||
 Austria |
1907 | Am Sklavenmarkt (1907) | G’schichten aus der Steiermark (1929) | |||
 Iran |
1930 | Abi and Rabi (1930) | ||||
 Poland |
1894 | Ślizgawka w Łazienkach (Skating-rink in the Royal Baths) (1894) | The Morality of Mrs. Dulska (film) (1930) | |||
 Canada |
1897 | Niagara Falls (1897) | ||||
 Russia |
1893 | The jumping rider (1893) | The Nightingale (1936 film) | |||
 Algeria |
1963 | Peuple en marche (1963) | ||||
 Taiwan |
1922 | The Eyes of Buddha (1922) | ||||
 South Africa |
1911 | The Great Kimberley Diamond Robbery (1911) | Sarie Marais | |||
 Bosnia & Herzegovina |
1985 | Collapse (1985) | ||||
 Israel |
1948 | Bayit Ha'Arava (1948) | ||||
 Mexico |
1898 | Don Juan Tenorio (1898) | ||||
 Belgium |
1909 | De Reid van Antwerpen naar Kongo (1909) | ||||
 Yugoslavia |
1947 | Slavica (1947) | ||||
 Norway |
1907 | Fiskerlivets farer (1907) | Den store barnedåpen (1931) | |||
 Greece |
1906 | Olympic Games (1906) | The Girl from Corfu (1956) | |||
 Brazil |
1897 | Ancoradouro de Pescadores na Baía de Guanabara (1897) | ||||
 India |
1898 | Dancing scenes from "The Flower of Persia" (1898)[10][11] | Alam Ara (1931) | Kisan Kanya (1937) | ||
 Hong Kong |
1909 | Stealing a Roasted Duck (1909) | White Gold Dragon (1934) | |||
 China |
1905 | Dingjun Mountain (1905) | Singsong Girl Red Peony (1930) | Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks (2003) | ||
 Palestine |
1911 | The first film of Palestine (1911) | ||||
 Iceland |
1915 | Breiðafjarðareyjar (1915) | ||||
 Finland |
1904 | Novelty from Helsinki: School youth at break (1904) | Lahyn's Say It in Finnish (1931 | |||
 Colombia |
1915 | La hija del Tequendama (1915) | ||||
 Peru |
1911 | Los Centauros Peruanos (1911) | Resaca (1934) | |||
 Chile |
1897 | El desfile en honor del Brasil (1897) | ||||
 Cuba |
1897 | Simulacro de incendio (1897) | ||||
 Uruguay |
1923 | Souls on the Coast (1923) | ||||
 Georgia |
1909 | Berikaoba-Keenoba (1909) | ||||
 Estonia |
1912 | Utotškini lendamised Tartu kohal (1912) | ||||
 Puerto Rico |
1953 | Los Peloteros (1953) | ||||
 Vietnam |
1923 | Kim Vân Kiều (1923) | ||||
 Kazakhstan |
1970 | Kyz-Zhibek (1970) | ||||
 Australia |
1896 | Passengers Alighting from Ferry Brighton at Manly (1896) | ||||
 Nepal |
1964 | Aama (1964) | ||||
 Cambodia |
1962 | Kbone Chivt (1962) | ||||
 Jordan |
1998 | Abraham's Odyssey (1998) | ||||
 Nicaragua |
1960 | La Llamada de la muerte (1960) | ||||
 Portugal |
1896 | Saída do Pessoal Operário da Fábrica Confiança (1896) | A Severa (1931) | The Artist and the City (1956) | [12] | |
 Romania |
1911 | Amor fatal (1911) | ||||
 Egypt |
1907 | The Visit of the Khedive Abbas Helmi (1907) | ||||
 Philippines |
1905 | Luzon Lingerie (1905) | Evolution of a Filipino Family (2004) | |||
 South Korea |
1948 | The Night before Independence Day (1948) | Chunhyangjeon (1935) | |||
 Bulgaria |
1915 | Bulgarian is Gallant (1915) | ||||
 Venezuela |
1897 | Un célebre especialista sacando muelas en el gran Hotel Europa (1897) | ||||
 Croatia |
1910 | Sokolski slet (1910) | ||||
 Serbia |
1904 | The Coronation of King Peter the First (1904) | ||||
 Thailand |
1923 | Miss Suwanna of Siam (1923) | ||||
 Turkey |
1914 | Ayestefanos'taki Rus Abidesinin Yıkılışı (1914) | ||||
 Slovakia |
1897 | A Camp of Zingari Gypsies (1897) | ||||
 Slovenia |
1898 | Razgled po Ljubijani (1898) | ||||
 Indonesia |
1950 | Darah dan Doa (1950) | ||||
 Lebanon |
1929 | The Adventures of Elias Mabrouk (1929) | ||||
 Luxembourg |
1922 | Belgique - le charm de l'Ardenne (1922) | ||||
 Bangladesh |
1927 | Sukumari (1927) | Amra Ekta Cinema Banabo (2019) | |||
 Morocco |
1962 | Children of the Sun (1962) | ||||
 Afghanistan |
1939 | Laila Majnoon (1939) | ||||
 Albania |
1947 | Kino Kronika Nr. 1 (1947) | ||||
 Singapore |
1927 | The New Immigrant (1927) | ||||
 Dominican Republic |
1923 | La Leyenda de Nuestra Señora de Altagracia (1923) | ||||
 Kyrgyzstan |
1992 | Gde tvoy dom, ulitka? (1992) | ||||
 Lithuania |
1909 | On the River Neman (1909) | ||||
 Ukraine |
1910 | Shemelko-Denshchyk (1910) | ||||
 Bolivia |
1925 | Corazón Aymara (1925) | ||||
 Latvia |
1930 | Lāčplēsis (1930) | ||||
 Iraq |
1948 | Alia et Issam (1948) | ||||
 Azerbaijan |
1898 | The Oil Guzh in Balakhany (1898) | ||||
 Pakistan |
1929 | Husn Ka Daku (1929) | ||||
 Armenia |
1919 | Ravished Armenia (1919) | ||||
 Costa Rica |
1930 | El Retorno (1930) | ||||
 Ecuador |
1924 | El Tesoro de Atahualpa (1924) | ||||
 Ireland |
1910 | A Lad from Old Ireland (1910) | ||||
 Malaysia |
1933 | Leila Majnun (1933) | Laila Majnun (1933) | |||
 Montenegro |
1922 | Voskresenja ne biva bez smrti (1922) | ||||
 New Zealand |
1898 | Opening of the Auckland Industrial and Mining Exhibition (1898) | ||||
 Ethiopia |
1979 | Bush Mama (1979) | ||||
 Mongolia |
1936 | The Mongolian Boy (1936) | ||||
 Panama |
1929 | LosAbismos de la vida (1929) | ||||
 Belarus |
1926 | Tales of the Woods or True Forest Story (1926) | ||||
 Cameroon |
1962 | Aventure en France (1962) | ||||
 Greenland |
1934 | Palos brudefærd (1934) | ||||
 Guatemala |
1949 | Caribeña (1949) | ||||
 Kuwait |
1971 | Bas ya Bahar (1971) | ||||
 Saudi Arabia |
1973 | Language du geste (1973) | ||||
 Sri Lanka |
1947 | Kadawunu Poronduwa (1947) | ||||
 Bhutan |
1989 | Gasa lamai singye (1989) | ||||
 Burkina Faso |
1971 | No pincha (1971) | ||||
 Malta |
1953 | Malta Story (1953) | ||||
 Paraguay |
1955 | Codicia (1955) | ||||
See also
References
- ↑ Smith, Ian (10 January 2016). ""Roundhay Garden Scene" recorded in 1888, is believed to be the oldest surviving film in existence". The Vintage News. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
- ↑ "First surviving film". Guinness Word Records. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
- ↑ McKernan, Luke (2018). Charles Urban: Pioneering the Non-Fiction Film in Britain and America, 1897-1925. University of Exeter Press. ISBN 978-0859892964.
- ↑ La Sortie des ouvriers de l’usine Lumière. SilentEra.com. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
- ↑ Canosa, Michele et al. (2006) "1905, La presa di Roma: alle origini del cinema italiano". (in Italian). Cineteca di Bologna. p. 9. Retrieved 7 November 2021. ISBN 9788880123521.
- ↑ Salida de misa de doce del Pilar de Zaragoza. (in Spanish). Decine21. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
- ↑ Sundholm, John; Thorsen, Isak; Andersson, Lars Gustaf; Hedling, Olof; Iversen, Gunnar; Møller, Birgir Thor (2012) "Historical Dictionary of Scandinavian Cinema". The Scarecrow Press. p. 4. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
- ↑ The First Dutch Film: Gestoorde hengelaar. EYE Film Institute Netherlands. Archived from the original on 26 October 2011. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
- ↑ "Kleur in de vroege Nederlandse film".
- ↑ Dumont, Hervé (2017-12-18). Contes et légendes d'Orient: au cinéma et à la télévision (in French). BoD - Books on Demand. ISBN 978-2-322-10135-1.
- ↑ Rajadhyaksha, Ashish; Willemen, Paul (2014-07-10). Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-94325-7.
- ↑ Resende, Tiago (2018-11-14). "122 anos de Cinema Português". Cinema Sétima Arte (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-07-28.