Film and Video Resources

  • Internet Movie Database
  • Internet Movie Database:Random Movie - Using the Random Movie link, movie fans can bring up database reviews at random.
  • CineMedia - the self-proclaimed "Internet's Largest Film and Media Directory"
  • ScreenSite - links to many educational and commercial film sites
  • aFilm.com - The Internet directory for the film industry
  • American Film Marketing Association
  • American Film Institute
  • AssistantDirectors.com - a busy new site including contact information for production companies and independent contractors, equipment vendors, industry news, and extensive links.
  • The Black Film Center/Archive - (BFC/A) of Indiana University "is a repository of films and related materials by and about African Americans."
  • A Centennial Salute to Cinema - From an exhibition produced by the Photographic History Collection at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History
  • Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
  • Bright Lights Film Journal - is a glossy, 8-1/2" x 11" popular-academic hybrid of movie analysis, history, and commentary, looking at classic and commercial, independent, exploitation, and international film from a wide range of vantage points from the aesthetic to the political. A prime area of focus is on the connection between capitalist society and the images that reflect, support, or subvert it--movies as propaganda. Written by curdled critics and excitable academics.
  • Chicago International Film Festival
  • CinemaSites
  • DocuSeek is a searchable database for documentary, social issue, and educational videos which allows users to search for videos by grade level, length, filmmaker, and other specific characteristics. Search results include complete title information, a detailed description, reviews and awards, plus links to the distributors.
  • DFILM - Digital filmmaking site.
  • Film Advisory Board - Formed in 1988 to provide 'a more informative alternative to the ratings supplied by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA).' This site provides background information on FAB, its rating criteria and a list of films that have been awarded the FAB Award of Excellence.
  • Film.com - the complete World Wide Web film forum
  • Internet Screenwriters Network
  • Screenwriting/Screenwriters Utopia
  • SCREENWRITERS ONLINE - is the ONLY Professional Screenwriter's Resource and Industry Newsletter offering important advice and Inside Information from prominent screenwriters who made their name and earn their living by getting thei scripts made into movies
  • International Television Association (ITVA) - Founded in 1968, ITVA was formed to promote the growth and quality of video and releated media. It strives to serve all professionals in the field of visual communications with expansive networking and professional contact opportunities of the local, national, and international level.
  • Mandy's Film and TV Directory - an internet reference book of professional service-providers in the film and television industry
  • OnVideo - Guide to Home Video Releases
  • SCREENsite - A Film/TV-studies site on the World Wide Web
  • University Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive - University of California at Berkeley
  • WAXWEB - The first interactive feature film on the world wide web, implements a dynamic version of VRML, the new graphics industry standard for virtual reality on the internet

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Last updated: February 12, 2008