Film & Media Studies: Web Sources

IDA promotes and supports documentary filmmaking.

Largest and oldest group of independent filmmakers.

Database of movies worldwide. Provides summaries of films and lists actors, directors, and others involved with the making of each film. Official movie websites are provided for many films.

Home of the Oscar and excellence in film.

AFI preserves the history of motion pictures, along with providing leadership in film, television, and digital media.

The BFI brings together the BFI National Archive and BFI Reuben Library, film distribution, exhibition and education at BFI Southbank and BFI IMAX, publishing and festivals. Includes film industry statistics and reports.

Official site for information on the Cannes Film Festival.

Site for the Sundance Film Festival and Sundance Institute providing creative and financial support for filmmakers.

The Toronto International Film Festival is Canada's premiere home of cinema, dedicated to presenting the best of international and Canadian cinema. It offers screenings, lectures, discussions, festivals, workshops, events, professional development and opportunities to meet, hear, and learn from filmmakers from Canada and around the world.

A free collection of digitized historical films, commercials, newsreels, and other clips. According to the collection, most of the movies are available for downloading; others are only available to stream. Most of the movies cover the period from 1891 through 1999.

Comprehensive guide to researching Film Studies.

Site devoted to classic film.

Website devoted to silent era films.

A free online resource, featuring millions of pages of books and magazines from the histories of film, broadcasting, and recorded sound. An initiative dedicated to digitizing collections of important trade papers and fan magazines that belong in the public domain for full public access.