NC State Film Department

Professional Organizations

American Film Institute
www.afi.com

Association of Moving Image Archivists (AMIA)
Devoted to advancing the field of moving image archiving by fostering cooperation among individuals and organizations concerned with the acquisition, description, preservation, exhibition and use of moving image materials. Annual conference information, as well as links to The Moving Image journal, can be found on this website.
http://www.amianet.org/

British Film Institute
www.bfi.org.uk

Screensite
ScreenSite facilitates the teaching and research of film/TV/new media and is designed principally for educators and students.

A useful resource for locating undergraduate and graduate programs in film as well as jobs in the industry.
www.screensite.org

Society for Cinema and Media Studies (SCMS)
The major scholarly organization devoted to the academic study of film and other visual media. Annual conference information, as well as links to Cinema Journal, can be found on this website.
www.cmstudies.org

University Film and Video Association (UFVA)
The UFVA is an international organization where media production and writing meets the history, theory and criticism of the media. They also sponsor an annual conference.
http://www.ufva.org/

Research sites

The Internet Movie Database
Great place to start if you want the production information (actors, director, producer) for over 100,000 films made in the United States and around the world. Some entries include links to reviews.
www.imdb.com

Film and Television Studies Gateway
A nonprofit organization called Academic Info sponsors this site, so there are no ads! It offers links to sites on film theory, film history, women and film, and international film. www.academicinfo.net/film.html

American Museum of the Moving Image
Dedicated to educating the public about the art, history, technique, and technology of film, television, and digital media, and to examining their impact on culture and society.
www.ammi.org /site/site.asp

National Film Preservation Foundation
Working with archives and others who appreciate film, the NFPF supports preservation activities nationwide that ensure the physical survival of film and improve access to film for study, education and exhibition.
www.filmpreservation.org

Black Film Center/Archive
The Black Film Center/Archive at Indiana University is a repository of films and related materials by and about African Americans.
www.indiana.edu/~bfca/websites.html

Library of Congress Motion Picture and
Television Reading Room
www.lcweb.loc.gov/rr/mopic

PopcornQ
Database and information source for gay and lesbian film culture.
www.popcornq.com

Cinenet
Resources on Spanish and International cinema.
www.cdmedia.es/cinenet.htm

George Eastman House
http://www.eastmanhouse.org/

Margaret Herrick Library, at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
http://www.oscars.org/mhl/

Festivals

Telluride Film Festival

Student Symposium

Student Symposium Application Information

MA English--Film Studies student Robert Phillips went to Telluride in 2007: "The Telluride Film Festival was a life-altering experience. I saw films that will be on everyone's must-see list this year. It was not uncommon to walk past actors like Laura Linney, Sean Penn, Marsha Gay Harden, Jennifer Jason Leigh, or Daniel Day-Lewis. In the student symposium sessions, following the screenings, students were given the opportunity to speak directly with filmmakers like Werner Herzog, Tom Shadyac, Sarah Gavron, Todd Haynes, Marjane Satrapi, Peter Sellars, Shyam Benegal, Ken Burns, and Cristian Mungui. To be guided through the festival by the likes of NPR's Howie Movshowitz and UC Berkeley Professor Linda Williams was an experience that is difficult to express in words. Any student, whether undergraduate or graduate, who is interested in film should make every effort to attend the Telluride Film Festival. The way you think and feel about movies will be forever altered by the experience."

See “Local Film Scene” page for more information about local festivals.