In the administrative building, there are specialized rooms equipped with technical tools, a laboratory, a 108-seat hall, and auxiliary rooms. There is also a room with modern cinema projection, sound equipment, and acoustic systems for film commission reviews. The 3rd and 4th floors of the archive building consist of cold storage for various types of cinema materials.

The film archive works on film restoration, preservation, and promoting cinema arts. It also conducts research, holds documents, and safeguards materials, including over 64,000 film units, nearly 20,000 photos, and over 14,000 original documents. Notably, rare footage from Azerbaijan's earliest films, like "Bibiheybətdə neft fontanı yanğını" and "Balaxanıda neft fontanı" from 1898, are archived here. The film archive publishes books about the films it preserves, following FIAF guidelines.

Various publications about Azerbaijani film history are prepared here. An example is the catalog of films published in Azerbaijani, Russian, and English, along with an electronic version. This catalog will allow many countries to become the audience of our films. Through research, the negatives and positives of photographs from notable artists such as composers Gara Garaev, Fikrat Amirov, Niyazi, Tofik Guliev, and Muslim Magomaev have been acquired from Russia, Canada, Georgia, and other countries. Among interesting archival documents are duplicates of documents from Ukraine's Simferopol archive, including those of Azerbaijan's first film actor, Kheyri Amirzada, and photographs of our first film actress from the USA, Izzət Orucova, as well as documents related to the production of the poetic film "Sevil" (1929). Through these searches, several lost rare silent Azerbaijani films have been discovered, including "Əvəz-əvəzə" (1925), "Vulkan üzərində ev" (1928, where actor Alasgar Alakbarov made his debut), "İki yoldaş" (1934), "Dəcəl dəstə" (1937, co-founded by Gamar Salamzada, the first Azerbaijani female film director in the East), and more. Additionally, fragments of the film "Hazır ol" (1939) by director Mikail Mikailov, which is considered lost today, and a small but valuable film reel depicting women's fads of the late 19th century, captured by the "Pathe" company in the early 20th century, have been found. A film showcasing the famous "Yablochko" dance by the Nikitchenko brothers in 1946, filmed using a complex technique, has also been discovered and handed over to the state film archive.

The archive contains originals and copies of around 11,100 Azerbaijani and international films. Among them are significant works like "Qız qalası" (1924), "Bismillah" (1925), "Sevil" (1929), "Lətif" (1930), "İsmət" (1934), "Mavi dənizin sahilində" (1935), "Almaz" (1936), "Bakılılar" (1938), "Kəndlilər" (1939), "Səbuhi" (1941), "Arşın mal alan" (1945 and 1965), "Fətəli xan" (1947), "Bakının işıqları" (1950), "Bəxtiyar" (1955), "O olmasın, bu olsun" (1956), and more. The collection includes various types of films, documents related to filmmakers, their manuscripts, documents and materials related to film production, scripts, director's notes, diplomas, and awards.