Links - Film and Video

PRODUCING COMPANIES - groups that create or show art

Greater Vancouver

• Alibi Unplugged Script Reading Series www.alibiunplugged.com
• Armstrong Productions/Alter Entertainment www.alterentertainment.com
• Candlelight Motion Pictures http://candlelightmotionpictures.com
• Celluloid Social Club www.alterentertainment.com/Events.htm
• CN IMAX Theatre at Canada Place www.imax.com/vancouver
• Fifth Avenue Cinema www.festivalcinemas.ca
• Knowledge Network www.knowtv.com
• Pacific Cinémathèque Pacifique www.cinematheque.bc.ca
• The Cold Reading Series www.coldreadingseries.com
• Vancouver International Film Centre http://viff.org
• Video In Studios Media Arts Centre http://www.videoinstudios.com
• West Coast Science Fiction Society (V-Con) www.v-con.ca
• X-Tour: Sightseeing Hollywood in Vancouver www.x-tour.com

British Columbia

• National Geographic IMAX Theatre (Victoria) www.imaxvictoria.com
• Sunshine Coast Film Society www.scfs.ca

FILM STUDIOS - groups that create or show art

Greater Vancouver

• Lion's Gate Studios www.lionsgatestudios.com
• Vancouver Film Studios www.vancouverfilmstudios.com
• The Bridge Studios www.bridgestudios.com

FESTIVALS - groups that celebrate art in the community

Greater Vancouver

• Amnesty International Film Festival www.amnesty.bc.ca
• Cascadia Festival of Moving Images www.stargate.ca/cmia/festival/index.htm
• Cinemuerte International Fantastic Film Festival www.cinemuerte.com
• Crazy 8s (director's filmmaking challenge) www.crazy8s.cc
• Downtown Eastside Film Festival (DTES) http://carnegie.vcn.bc.ca/index.pl/filmfest
• DOXA Documentary Film + Video Festival www.vcn.bc.ca/doxa
• IMAGeNation Aboriginal Film and Video Festival www.imag-nation.com/02_festival.html
• New Forms Festival www.newformsfestival.com
• Out on Screen Queer Film & Video Festival www.outonscreen.com
• Portuguese Film & Video Festival www.portuguesefilm.com
• ReelFast 48Hr Film Festival www.reelfastfilms.com
• Reel to Real: International Film Festival for Youth and Families www.r2rfestival.org
• Rogue Art's Antimatter: Festival of Underground Short Film and Video www.antimatter.ws/index.html
• Signal & Noise - festival of video and sound www.videoinstudios.com
• Sista'Hood Celebration www.sistahoodcelebration.com
• TD Canada Trust Media Arts Festival (child students) www.artsumbrella.com
• Unleashed and Unashamed: Youth Week Festival at VECC www.vecc.bc.ca
• Vancouver Asian Film Festival (VAFF) www.vaff.org
• Vancouver Digital Video Festival www.vidfest.com
• Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) www.viff.org
• Vancouver International Hip Hop Film Festival (VIHF) www.vihf.com
• Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival (VIMFF) www.vimff.org
• Vancouver Jewish Film Festival (VJFF) www.vjff.org
• Vancouver Latin American Film Festival http://www.vlaff.org/
• Vancouver Out on Screen Queer Film & Video Festival www.outonscreen.com
• Vancouver Underground Film Festival www.blindinglight.com/vuff.htm
• Vancouver Videopoem Festival www.cinematheque.bc.ca/videopoem_festival.htm

British Columbia

• Aboriginal Film Festival (Duncanc) http://aff.cowichan.net
• Antimatter Festival of Underground Short Film & Video (Victoria) www.antimatter.ws
• BC Student Film Festival www.bcstudentfilm.com/pages/BCSFF.htm
• Eyelens Film and Video Festival (Galiano Island) www.giftsfilms.com
• Free B Film Festival (Victoria) www.vifvf.com
• Out on the Coast - lesbian focussed film series www.designbybillie.com/outonthecoast/
• Penticton Beach Blanket Film Festival www.beachblanketfilmfest.ca
• Powell River Regional Film Festival www.prfilmfestival.ca
• Telus World Ski & Snowboard Festival (Whistler) www.whistler2005.com
• Victoria Independent Film & Video Festival www.vifvf.com
• Whistler Film Festival www.whistlerfilmfestival.com

SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS - groups that serve the arts

Vancouver

• Cineworks Independent Filmmakers Society www.cineworks.ca
• CHRC - Film and Television Training Database www.flimtvtraining.ca
• Greater Vancouver Media Association - 604-681-4420
• IATSE 891 (International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees & Moving Picture Technicians) www.iatse.com/home.html
• Moving Images Distribution www.movingimages.bc.ca
• PAL Vancouver (Performing Arts Lodges of Canada) www.palvancouver.org
• Port Moody Film Society www.geocities.com/ccrc09/portmoodyfilmsociety.html
• PRAXIS Centre for Screenwriters www.praxisfilm.com
• Safety and Health in Arts Production and Entertainment (SHAPE) www.shape.bc.ca
• Video In Studios Media Arts Centre www.videoinstudios.com
• Women in Film & Television Vancouver www.womeninfilm.ca

British Columbia

• ACFC West Local 2020 (Association of Canadian Film Craftspeople) www.acfcwest.com
• ACTRA/Union of BC Performers www.ubcp.com
• BC Council of Film Unions - 604-983-5531
• BC Film www.bcfilm.bc.ca
• BC Film Classification Office www.pssg.gov.bc.ca/film_class/
• BC Film Commission www.bcfilmcommission.com
• BC Institute of Film Professionals www.bcifp.com
• BC Media Eductors (BCME) www.bcstudentfilm.com
• BC Motion Picture Association (BCMPA) - 604-623-3447
• BC Professional Videographers Association (BCPVA) www.bcpva.org
• Canadian Film & Television Production Association, BC Producers' Branch www.cftpa.ca
• MediaNet (Victoria) www.media-net.bc.ca
• Powell River Regional Film Commission www.prfilm.ca
• Reel West www.reelwest.com
• Show It In Public www.showamovie.ca
• Western Association of Broadcast Engineers www.wabe.ca

Canada

• Aboriginal Film and Video Alliance www.banffcentre.ca/Aboriginal_Arts/
• Aboriginal Media Industry Professionals Association (AMIPA) - 250-493-7181
• Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television www.academy.ca
• Allegro Films Distribution Inc. (Montréal) - 514-529-0320
• ACTRA (Academy of Canadian Cinema, TV, and Radio Artists) www.actra.ca
• Astral Distribution Group (Montréal) - 514-939-5000
• Audio Visual Licensing Agency (AVLA) (Toronto) - 1-800-668-8820
• Canadian Animation Producers Association (CAPA) - 416-588-5571
• Canadian Association of Broadcasters (CAB) www.cab-acr.ca
• Canadian Association of Film Distributors and Exporters (CAFDE) - 450-689-9950
• Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (CBSC) www.cbsc.ca
• Canadian Film and Television Production Association (CFTPA) www.cftpa.ca
• Canadian Film Centre (CFC) www.cdnfilmcentre.com
• Canadian Film Institute (CFI) www.cfi-icf.ca
• Canadian Filmmakers' Distribution Centre www.cfmdc.org
• Canadian Motion Picture Distributers Association (CMPDA) - 416-961-1888
• Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) www.crtc.gc.ca
• Canadian Retransmission Collective (CRC) www.crc-scrc.ca
• Canadian Society of Cinematographers (CSC) www.csc.ca
• Canadian Stuntmen's Association (CSA) www.canadianstuntmensassociation.com
• CFP Distribution Inc. (Montréal) - 514-342-2340
• Directors Guild of Canada (DGC) www.dgc.ca
• Documentary Organization of Canada (DOC) www.cifc.ca
• Entertainment Industry Coalition www.actratoronto.com/members/agents_eic.html
• Federation of Canadian Guilds & Unions in Film & Television - 416-462-0211
• Film Studies Association of Canada www.film.queensu.ca/FSAC/Home.html
• Film and Television Training Database from the Cultural Human Resources Council http://www.filmtvtraining.ca
• Fight Directors Canada www.fdc.ca
• First Weekend Club www.firstweekendclub.ca
• Guild of Canadian Film Composers www.gcfc.ca
• IATSE Canada (International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees) www.iatse.lm.com/candir.html
• Independent Media Arts Alliance (IMAA) www.imaa.ca
• Indigenous Media Arts Group (IMAG) www.imag-nation.com
• Inuit Broadcasting Corporation (IBC) www.inuitbroadcasting.ca
• Media Awareness Network www.media-awareness.ca
• Motion Picture Theatre Association of Canada www.mptac.ca
• National Archives of Canada - Film, Video and Sound http://www.archives.ca/02/020114_e.html
• National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians (NABET 700) (Toronto) www.nabet700.com
• National Film Board of Canada www.nfb.ca
• National Screen Institute www.nsi-canada.ca
• North American Broadcasters Association (NABA) www.nabanet.com
• PAL Canada (Performing Arts Lodges of Canada) www.palcanada.org
• Screenwriter Mentorship Program www.screenwritermentorship.com
• Stunts Canada www.stuntscanada.net
• Talent Agents and Managers Association of Canada (TAMAC)
• Television Bureau of Canada Inc. www.tvb.ca
• The Film Reference Library (Toronto) www.filmreferencelibrary.ca
• Union des artistes www.uniondesartistes.com
• Video Software Dealers Association (VSDA) www.vsda.org

International

• American Indian Film Institute (San Francisco, USA) www.aifisf.com
• American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) (USA) www.theasc.com
• Association of Moving Images Archivists (AMIA) (USA) www.amianet.org
• IATSE International (International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees & Moving Picture Technicians) www.iatse-intl.org
• International Centre of Films for Children and Young People (CAN) http://erc.unesco.org/ong/en/directory/ONG_Desc.asp?mode=gn&code=798
• International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF) www.fiafnet.org
• International Film & Television Alliance (IFTA) www.ifta-online.org
• International Television Association (ITVA) www.itva.org
• Association Internationale du Film d'Animation (ASIFA) http://asifa.net/
• MediaRights.org www.mediarights.org
• Motion Picture Association (MPA) www.mpaa.org
• National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians (NABET) (US) www.nabetcwa.org
• National Association of TV Programming Executives (NATPE) (USA) www.natpe.org
• Native American Producers Alliance (NAPA) http://members.aol.com/napa4go/napa4.html
• Native American Public Telecommunications (NAPT) www.nativetelecom.org
• North American Broadcasters Association (NABA) www.nabanet.com
• Screen Actors Guild http://new.sag.org/sagWebApp/index.jsp
• Society for Cinema Studies (USA) www.cmstudies.org
• Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) (New York) www.smpte.org
• Writers Script Network (USA) www.writersscriptnetwork.com

TELEVISION STATIONS

• Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN) www.aptn.ca
• Bravo! www.bravo.ca
• Canadian Televsion www.ctv.ca
• Channel M - Multivision Television www.channelm.ca
• Independent Film Channel Canada www.ifctv.ca
• Northern Native Broadcasting Yukon (NNBY) www.nnby.net
• ZeD www.zed.cbc.ca

WEB RESOURCES - web-based resources

Greater Vancouver

• Vancouver Actor's Guide www.vancouveractorsguide.com

British Columbia

• BCCrew.com www.bccrew.com
• Film in BC www.film.bc.ca
• Film List (BC Film Commission) www.bcfilmcommission.com/news/film_lists.php

Canada

• Canada's Media Link Database - Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television www.academy.ca/links/linksearchAlpha.cfm
• Canadian Actor Online www.canadianactor.com
• Canadian Film Listings (films currently screening in Canada) www.genieawards.ca/cfl/cfllfcng.cfm
• Film and Television Training Database http://www.filmtvtraining.ca
• Hollywood North Online www.hollywoodnorthonline.com
• Hollywood North Report www.hollywoodnorthreport.com
• Independent Film Canada www.independentfilmcanada.com 

International

• Black Film Centre/Archive: Film Related Internet Resources www.indiana.edu/~bfca/websites.html
• ComposersNet.com www.composersnet.com
• Ifilm.com - independent film www.ifilm.com
• Independent Film Center www.independentfilmcenter.com
• Internet Movie Database http://us.imdb.com
• MediaRights.org www.mediarights.org
• National Information Centre for Educational Media (NICEM) (USA) www.nicem.com
• Screenwriters Online www.screenwriter.com

EDUCATION - groups that teach art

Greater Vancouver

• Ai Centre for Digitial Imaging and Sound www.artschool.com
• BC Institute of Film Professionals www.bcifp.com
• Capilano College Professional Film Studies http://www.capcollege.bc.ca/continuinged/film/courses.html
• Film Program, University of British Columbia www.film.ubc.ca
• Film and Television Training Database www.flimtvtraining.ca
• Kaleidoscope Film Production Program www.mccecd.bc.ca/kaleidoscope
• Langara College Film Arts www.langara.bc.ca/programs/FLMA.html
• Praxis Centre for Screenwriters www.praxisfilm.com/events.html
• Professional Film Arts Program, UBC Continuing Studies www.cstudies.ubc.ca/film
• Summer Visions Film Institute for Youth www.cinematheque.bc.ca/summer03.html
• Trebas Institute www.trebas.com
• Vancouver Film School www.vfs.com

British Columbia

• Gulf Islands Film & Television School www.giftsfilms.com
• Okanagan School of the Arts (Penticton) www.osarts.com

SUPPLIERS - groups that sell art or materials

Greater Vancouver

• Biz Books www.bizbooks.net
• Christie Lites www.christielites.net

FUNDING - groups that provide funding to the arts

British Columbia

• BC Arts Council www.bcartscouncil.ca
• BC Film www.bcfilm.bc.ca
• TELUS BC New Media and Broadcast fund http://about.telus.com/funds/foundation/telusfund.html

Canada

• Bell Broadcast and New Media Fund (Bell Fund) www.bell.ca
• Bravo!FACT www.bravofact.com
• Canadian Audio-Visual Certification Office (CAVCO) www.pch.gc.ca/cavco/index_e.cfm
• Canada Feature Film Fund www.telefilm.gc.ca
• Canadian Independent Film and Video Fund www.cifvf.ca
• Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) www.acdi-cida.gc.ca/dip
• Canadian Television Fund www.canadiantelevisionfund.ca
• Department of Canadian Heritage - Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit www.pch.gc.ca/pc-ch/pubs/2002/02_e.htm#cfvptc
• Department of Canadian Heritage - Canadian Independent Film & Video Fund www.pch.gc.ca/pc-ch/pubs/2002/02_e.htm#cifvf
• Department of Canadian Heritage - Canadian Television Fund www.pch.gc.ca/pc-ch/pubs/2002/02_e.htm#ctf
• Department of Canadian Heritage - Film or Video Production Services Tax Credit www.pch.gc.ca/pc-ch/pubs/2002/02_e.htm#fvpstc
• Department of Canadian Heritage - National Training Program in the Film and Video Sector www.pch.gc.ca/pc-ch/pubs/2002/02_e.htm#ntfvs
• Department of Canadian Heritage - Northern Native Broadcast Access Program www.pch.gc.ca/pc-ch/pubs/2002/01_e.htm#nnbap
• Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DEFAIT) - Film, Video and Television www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/arts/film-en.asp
• Gerald Pratley Award - Scholarship for Film Students Entering or Continuing Graduate Studies www.film.queensu.ca/FSAC/Pratley.html
• Independent Production Fund www.ipf.ca
• Much Music VideoFACT www.muchmusic.com/music/videofact/
• National Film Board (NFB) www.nfb.ca
• Telefilm Canada www.telefilm.gc.ca

AWARDS - groups that give awards to the arts

British Columbia

• Leo Awards www.leoawards.com
• Vancouver Arts Awards www.vancouverartsawards.ca

Canada

• Bessies: TV Commercial Awards www.tvb.ca/bessies.htm
• Department of Foreign Affairs & International Trade - Film & Television (DFAIT) www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/arts/film-en.asp
• Edward R. Murrow Awards www.rtnda.org/asfi/awards/murrow.shtml
• Gemini Awards www.geminiawards.ca
• Genie Awards www.genieawards.ca
• Golden Reel Awards www.genieawards.ca/goldenreel.cfm
• Governor General's Performing Arts Awards www.bell.ca/ggawards
• Governor General's Awards in Visual and Media Arts http://www.canadacouncil.ca/prizes
• Leo Awards (motion picture) www.leoawards.com
• ZeD Drama Prize (filmmakers) www.nsi-canada.ca/dramaprize/index.html

PUBLICATIONS - books, magazines, etc.

• Canadian Journal of Film Studies www.filmstudies.ca/CJFS_completeINDEX.htm
• Broadcast Dialogue www.broadcastdialogue.com
• Entertianment Weekly www.ew.com
• Playback Magazine www.playbackmag.com
• Reel West Magazine www.reelwest.com/magazine/mag.htm
• Shift Magazine www.shift.com
• Who's Who in Canadian Film & Television www.academy.ca/pub/pubwhoswho.htm

Last Updated: Friday, May 30, 2008