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.

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List of the first films by country

CountryYearSilent filmSound recordingColour filmLongest filmNotes
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 1888 Roundhay Garden Scene (1888) [1] [2] Algy the Piccadilly Johnny (1900)
Blackmail (1929 film) 		Representatives of the British Isles (1909) [3]
Flag of the United States.svg 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)
Flag of France.svg France 1895 Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory (1895) [4] Le Cid (1900) Vie et Passion du Christ (1903) Out 1 (1971)
Flag of Germany.svg Germany 1895 Akrobatisches Potpourri (1895)Death of Othello (1907)
I Kiss Your Hand, Madame (1929)		Casanova (1928)
Flag of Italy.svg 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)
Flag of Spain.svg Spain 1896 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)
Flag of Japan.svg Japan 1898Bake Jizo (1898)Reimai (1926)
Fujiwara Yoshie no furusato (1930)		Gate of Hell (1953)
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 1912 A Ruined Life (1912)
Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark 1897 Kørsel med Grønlandske Hunde (1897) [7]
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 1896 Gestoorde hengelaar (1896) [8] Philips-Radio (1932)Bloemenvelden Haarlem (1910) [9]
Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary 1896March at the Buda Castle (1896)Kék Bálvány (1931) Sátántangó (1994)
Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina 1897 La bandera Argentina (1897) La Flor (2018)
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic 1898 Výjezd parní stříkačky k ohni (1898) Tonka of the Gallows (1930)Jan Roháč z Dubé (1947)
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland 1922Histoire de Monsieur Vieux-Bois (1922)
Flag of Austria.svg Austria 1907 Am Sklavenmarkt (1907)G’schichten aus der Steiermark (1929)
Flag of Iran.svg Iran 1930 Abi and Rabi (1930)
Flag of Poland.svg Poland 1894Ślizgawka w Łazienkach (Skating-rink in the Royal Baths) (1894) Morality Mrs. Dulska (film) (1930)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 1897Niagara Falls (1897)
Flag of Russia.svg Russia 1893The jumping rider (1893) The Nightingale (1936 film)
Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria 1963Peuple en marche (1963)
Flag of the Republic of China.svg Taiwan 1922The Eyes of Buddha (1922)
Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 1911 The Great Kimberley Diamond Robbery (1911) Sarie Marais
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Bosnia & Herzegovina 1985Collapse (1985)
Flag of Israel.svg Israel 1948Bayit Ha'Arava (1948)
Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico 1898 Don Juan Tenorio (1898)
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium 1909De Reid van Antwerpen naar Kongo (1909)
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Yugoslavia 1947 Slavica (1947)
Flag of Norway.svg Norway 1907 Fiskerlivets farer (1907)Den store barnedåpen (1931)
Flag of Greece.svg Greece 1906Olympic Games (1906) The Girl from Corfu (1956)
Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil 1897Ancoradouro de Pescadores na Baía de Guanabara (1897)
Flag of India.svg India 1898Dancing scenes from "The Flower of Persia" (1898) [10] [11] Alam Ara (1931) Kisan Kanya (1937)
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong 1909Stealing a Roasted Duck (1909)White Gold Dragon (1934)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China 1905 Dingjun Mountain (1905)Singsong Girl Red Peony (1930) Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks (2003)
Flag of Palestine.svg Palestine 1911The first film of Palestine (1911)
Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland 1915Breiðafjarðareyjar (1915)
Flag of Finland.svg Finland 1904Novelty from Helsinki: School youth at break (1904)Lahyn's Say It in Finnish (1931
Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia 1915La hija del Tequendama (1915)
Flag of Peru.svg Peru 1911Los Centauros Peruanos (1911)Resaca (1934)
Flag of Chile.svg Chile 1897El desfile en honor del Brasil (1897)
Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba 1897Simulacro de incendio (1897)
Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay 1923 Souls on the Coast (1923)
Flag of Georgia.svg Georgia 1909Berikaoba-Keenoba (1909)
Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia 1912Utotškini lendamised Tartu kohal (1912)
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Puerto Rico 1953Los Peloteros (1953)
Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam 1923Kim Vân Kiều (1923)
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan 1970 Kyz-Zhibek (1970)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 1896 Passengers Alighting from Ferry Brighton at Manly (1896)
Flag of Nepal.svg Nepal 1964 Aama (1964)
Flag of Cambodia.svg Cambodia 1962Kbone Chivt (1962)
Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan 1998Abraham's Odyssey (1998)
Flag of Nicaragua.svg Nicaragua 1960La Llamada de la muerte (1960)
Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal 1896Saída do Pessoal Operário da Fábrica Confiança (1896) A Severa (1931) The Artist and the City (1956) [12]
Flag of Romania.svg Romania 1911Amor fatal (1911)
Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt 1907The Visit of the Khedive Abbas Helmi (1907)
Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines 1905Luzon Lingerie (1905) Evolution of a Filipino Family (2004)
Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea 1948The Night before Independence Day (1948)Chunhyangjeon (1935)
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria 1915 Bulgarian is Gallant (1915)
Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela 1897 Un célebre especialista sacando muelas en el gran Hotel Europa (1897)
Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia 1910Sokolski slet (1910)
Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia 1904The Coronation of King Peter the First (1904)
Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand 1923 Miss Suwanna of Siam (1923)
Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey 1914 Ayestefanos'taki Rus Abidesinin Yıkılışı (1914)
Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia 1897A Camp of Zingari Gypsies (1897)
Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia 1898Razgled po Ljubijani (1898)
Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia 1950 Darah dan Doa (1950)
Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon 1929The Adventures of Elias Mabrouk (1929)
Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg 1922Belgique - le charm de l'Ardenne (1922)
Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh 1927 Sukumari (1927) Amra Ekta Cinema Banabo (2019)
Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco 1962 Children of the Sun (1962)
Flag of the Taliban.svg Afghanistan 1939Laila Majnoon (1939)
Flag of Albania.svg Albania 1947Kino Kronika Nr. 1 (1947)
Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore 1927The New Immigrant (1927)
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican Republic 1923La Leyenda de Nuestra Señora de Altagracia (1923)
Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg Kyrgyzstan 1992Gde tvoy dom, ulitka? (1992)
Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania 1909On the River Neman (1909)
Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine 1910Shemelko-Denshchyk (1910)
Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia 1925 Corazón Aymara (1925)
Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia 1930 Lāčplēsis (1930)
Flag of Iraq.svg Iraq 1948Alia et Issam (1948)
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijan 1898 The Oil Guzh in Balakhany (1898)
Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan 1929 Husn Ka Daku (1929)
Flag of Armenia.svg Armenia 1919 Ravished Armenia (1919)
Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica 1930El Retorno (1930)
Flag of Ecuador.svg Ecuador 1924El Tesoro de Atahualpa (1924)
Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland 1910 A Lad from Old Ireland (1910)
Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia 1933Leila Majnun (1933)Laila Majnun (1933)
Flag of Montenegro.svg Montenegro 1922Voskresenja ne biva bez smrti (1922)
Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 1898 Opening of the Auckland Industrial and Mining Exhibition (1898)
Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia 1979 Bush Mama (1979)
Flag of Mongolia.svg Mongolia 1936The Mongolian Boy (1936)
Flag of Panama.svg Panama 1929LosAbismos de la vida (1929)
Flag of Belarus.svg Belarus 1926Tales of the Woods or True Forest Story (1926)
Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon 1962Aventure en France (1962)
Flag of Greenland.svg Greenland 1934 Palos brudefærd (1934)
Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala 1949Caribeña (1949)
Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait 1971Bas ya Bahar (1971)
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia 1973Language du geste (1973)
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka 1947 Kadawunu Poronduwa (1947)
Flag of Bhutan.svg Bhutan 1989Gasa lamai singye (1989)
Flag of Burkina Faso.svg Burkina Faso 1971No pincha (1971)
Flag of Malta.svg Malta 1953 Malta Story (1953)
Flag of Paraguay.svg Paraguay 1955Codicia (1955)

See also

References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ "First surviving film". Guinness Word Records. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  3. ↑ McKernan, Luke (2018). Charles Urban: Pioneering the Non-Fiction Film in Britain and America, 1897-1925. University of Exeter Press. ISBN   978-0859892964.
  4. ↑ La Sortie des ouvriers de l’usine Lumière. SilentEra.com. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ Salida de misa de doce del Pilar de Zaragoza. (in Spanish). Decine21. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  7. ↑ 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.
  8. ↑ The First Dutch Film: Gestoorde hengelaar. EYE Film Institute Netherlands. Archived from the original on 26 October 2011. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  9. ↑ "Kleur in de vroege Nederlandse film".
  10. ↑ 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.
  11. ↑ Rajadhyaksha, Ashish; Willemen, Paul (2014-07-10). Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema. Routledge. ISBN   978-1-135-94325-7.
  12. ↑ Resende, Tiago (2018-11-14). "122 anos de Cinema Português". Cinema Sétima Arte (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-07-28.
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