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The
University of Chicago
Film Studies Center
Cobb Hall 306
5811 South Ellis Ave.
Chicago, IL 60637
Tel
773.702.8596
Fax 773.702.9042
fsc@uchicago.edu
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Do
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Venues: Chicago & Regional |
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DocFilms
-- the Documentary Film Group
The
oldest running film society in the US, showing films nightly at
the Max Palevsky Theater in Ida Noyes Hall.
Chicago
Filmmakers
Independent avant garde film and video screenings throughout
the year.
Chicago
Reader Film listings for Chicago and suburbs.
Chicago
Sun-Times Calendar - schedules of art house cinema, special
film and media events, and other programs in the arts.
Gene
Siskel Film Center at the Art Institute of Chicago - The
Film Center selects and presents significant world cinema in a non-commercial
context that sets aesthetic, critical, and entertainment standards.
The
Silent Film Society of Chicago
Summer Festivals and periodic screenings throughout the year.
Walker
Art Center (Minneapolis) - Contemporary art center featuring
visual arts, performing arts, film/video, and educational programs.
Wexner Center
for the Arts (Ohio) - The Wexner Center presents a wise
selection of contemporary, historical, and international film otherwise
unavailable to local audiences.
Women in the Directors
Chair - Presents the largest and longest-running women's
film and video festival in the U. S. every March, as well as offering
a number of year-round programs. Website provides links to other
pages devoted to women.
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| Film
Festivals and Awards |
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Film
Festival Directory - Database of all film festivals-- 1995
to date-- worldwide. Search by country and/or date name. Information
includes description, addresses, contact names, and deadlines for
entry.
and
the official sites for:
Academy
Awards
I'd
like to thank.....get your Oscars fix here. In addition to information
about the Academy, there are databases of all the Academy Awards
ever given (nominees as well as winners) from 1927 to the present
and for all the Scientific and Technical Awards - 1930 to the present.
Ann
Arbor Film Festival
A Michigan
festival of independent and experimental 16mm film held annually
in March.
American
Film Institute Awards
Berlin
Film Festival
Chicago
Film Critics Awards
Chicago
International Film Festival
Chicago
Underground Film Festival
Festival
de Cannes
Golden
Globes
LeGiornate
del Cinema Muto
Pordenone
Silent Film Festival held annually in the fall.
Onion
City Film and Video Festival
Annual autumn fest of independent and experimental film sponsored
by Chicago Filmmakers.
Reeling:
The Chicago Lesbian and Gay International Film Festival
The oldest running festival featuring films by and for the gay and
lesbian community, now taking place annually in the summer.
San
Francisco International Film Festival
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International
House Film Society
For
program information, call 702-2274 or email i-house-films@uchicago.edu
Fire
Escape Productions
The University of Chicago's student filmmaking group.
University
Events Calendar
Various
calendars of events, lectures, etc., on campus.
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| Film
Societies & Organizations |
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ASIFA
- International Animated Film Association
The
American Film Institute Online
Society
for Cinema Studies
Chicago
Filmmakers
Media
arts center. Activities include film programming, filmmakers cooperative,
and filmmaking classes.
Cinema
S p a c e
Film
studies at University of California-Berkeley.
UCLA
Home Page School of Theater, Film and Television
Northwestern
University, Department of Radio-Television-Film
Women
in the Directors Chair
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| Film
Trades, Magazines, and Journals |
SCREENsite's
index to scholarly film periodicals
Best for links to scholarly on-line journals.
CineMedia
Guide to Magazines, Trade Publications
(some scholarly, some industry, some popular, some cult).
Hollywood
Reporter
Constantly
updated site all about Hollywood
Entertainment
Weekly
TV,
music, movies and video info
Premiere
Magazine
The
interactive movie magazine
Filmmaker
Magazine
International Indie info including festival coverage
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| Libraries,
Archives and Collections |
| University
of Chicago Libraries |
The
University of Chicago Library Information System (LibInfo)
Resources for Scholarship and Research in the University of Chicago
Library System, including the Library Catalog and Horizon System,
Indexing and Abstracting Services, General Reference Sources, other
Library catalogs, Electronic Text Services, etc. Some pages may
be accessible only to University of Chicago users.
University
of Chicago Library, Sources by Subject--Video Holdings
List of media holdings of the University Libraries' video holdings.
Members of the University community with library privileges may
check out video holdings.
University
of Chicago Library, Sources by Subject--Photography and Film
List of film and photography web sources, compiled and maintained
by the Library Bibliographer for Art, Film and Theater.
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Other
Libraries, Archives and Collections
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University
of Chicago Researchers
PLEASE NOTE: In general, the collections of the following archives
(especially film collections) do not circulate and cannot be loaned
or rented. So, you would have to go there to do research.
However, please check with individual archives for policies. If
they do allow interlibrary loan of videotapes, please make arrangements
through Interlibrary
Loan (the Film Studies Center can't process interlibrary loans).
See
also our Other Universities and our Early
Cinema and Film Preservation sections for further links.
American
Archives of the Factual Film
A research
center for the preservation and study of 16mm non-theatrical films,
the AAFF at Iowa State University collects business, educational,
and documentary productions.
ArchivesUSA
Bibliographic records describing primary source materials
in archives and manuscript repositories throughout the United States.
Center for Motion Picture Study, Academy of Motion Picture Arts
and Sciences
Basic
information on the library and archives.
Community
of Film Archives
A catalogue
of film archives in the United States complied by the National
Film Preservation Foundation. Lists contact information for
each archive as well as a brief description of their holdings.
Footage.net
Commercial
site for stock, archival and news footage from a number of diverse
sources.
George
Eastman House
Information
about the collections, film program and International Museum of
Photography at the George Eastman House.
Indiana
University Black Film Center/Archive
The
BFC/A is a repository of films and related materials by and about
African Americans.
Library
of Congress Online Services
The
Library of Congress Online System, FTP sites, LOCIS Database (be
sure to read through search commands before using).
Museum
of Broadcast Communication
Located
in the Chicago Cultural Center, MBC's archival holdings include
9,000 hours of television broadcasts which are searchable online
at this site.
National
Archives and Records Administration Audiovisual Locator (NAIL) Database
The
NAIL database contains 81,000 entries on items held by the NARA
Still Pictures Branch and the Motion Picture, Sound and Video Branch.
Political
Commercial Archive at the University of Oklahoma
The
Political Commercial Archive (PCA) serves as a repository for radio
and television commercials.
University
Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive
Film
and video collections (strong on experimental and avant-garde titles)
and exhibitions at the University Art Museum and Pacific Film Archives,
UC-Berkeley.
UW-Madison
South and South East Asian Film and Video Catalogs
South
and Southeast Asian videos in the UW-Madison collection.
Vanderbilt
Television News Archive
Television
news media resources and archive at Vanderbilt University.
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| Video
and Multimedia Sources on the web (find that video!) |
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| Pre-Cinema,
Early Cinema & Silent Era |
Early
Motion Pictures Home Page
Information
on, and downloading of, films in the Library of Congress Paper Prints
Collections.
GRAFICS
Early Cinema Site
GRAFICS
is a research group about early cinema in Quebec, located at University
of Montreal. In French.
Silent
Movie Directory
For
the silent movie fan or researcher--a page of links to sites on
early cinema as well as usenet discussion groups, etc.
Silent
Film Sources
A link
page for silent film resources on the internet.
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| Film
Preservation |
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Association
of Moving Image Archivists
The
International Federation of Film Archives
National
Film Preservation Foundation
Good
source for preservation news and updates on the Saving the Silents
film preservation project.
US
National Film Registry Titles
Titles
inducted by the National Film Preservation Board. Links to Home
Page for Preservation Board. A related link is the National
Film Registry at the Library of Congress.
Thanhouser
Company Film Preservation
Thanhouser
Company Film Preservation, Inc. is a nonprofit company dedicated
to the acquisition, preservation and distribution of films, photographs
and research materials about the Thanhouser Company, and its successor
company, Thanhouser Film Corporation.
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| Copyright,
the Web and Multimedia |
Copyright
Law of the United States of America
The full
version in downloadable form.
Fair
Use in the Electronic Age: Serving the Public Interest
Working
document prepared by representatives of the American Association
of Law Libraries, American Library Association, Association of Research
Libraries, Special Library Association, and others.
Intellectual
Property Magazine
A quarterly
online magazine addressing issues in law and policy for high technology.
UCLA
Online Institute for Cyberspace Law and Policy
WWW
and Copyright Policy
Links
to various sites about copyright, the Web and multimedia projects,
including the
CCUMC Fair Use Guidelines for Educational Multimedia
ICANN
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
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| Miscellaneous |
On
This Day in Movie History
Find out
what happened on this day in movie history.
Drive-In
Theatre
Fans
of the drive-in look no further. This site covers history and hosts
the schedules of still operating drive-ins.
Polish
Cinema Database
Query
this database for information about Polish films.
Hollywood
Sign
Snapshots
of the Hollywood sign, updated throughout the day.
Internet
Movie Database
Large database covering many film topics.
Cinemedia
Wide-ranging index of movie-related sites. Has History/Research
link.
Cinema
Sites
Links to a plethora of film related information and merchandise.
SCREENsite:
Film and TV Studies
Education, research, production and misc. information about film,
television and video.
Mr.
Showbiz
Site features "The Daily Dose; Scoop; The Writers; The Critics;
The Numbers; Star Bio's; Awards," etc.
Media
Collections and Resources
Film review databases and media resources indexed by the UC-Berkeley
gopher.
Chicago
Filmmakers Online Resources
List of online film sites compiled by Chicago Filmmakers.
Studios,
Production and Distribution Companies--Internet Movie Database
Internet Movie Database index of production & distribution companies.
These sites in turn can link to various individual film sites.
Animation
World Network
Clearinghouse for animation information - includes Animation World
Magazine (online), festival info.and links to amazing animation
websites.
Entertainment
Technology Center Home Page (University of Southern California)
Practical applications of emerging entertainment industry technologies.
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to fsc@uchicago.edu.
The
University of Chicago Film Studies Center assumes no responsibility
for the contents of the pages and sites listed above. If you have
questions about the following sites, please contact the organization
or company managing the site.
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