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- Link
- http://efilms.ushmm.org/
- Category
- Arts and Humanities
- Subject
- Film Studies, History
- Type of resource
- Archives/Museums, Databases, Streaming/Download
This site gives a fascinating glimpse into life in Austria in 1938, seen from the perspective of fifty ‘ephemeral’ films selected from the collections of the Austrian Film Museum, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute. These films - amateur, educational, industrial, scientific - act as a corrective to the official film record (mainly Nazi propaganda films) and give an insight into daily life in prewar Austria, depicting the vibrant Jewish community, the turmoil of the Anschluss and the persecution of the Jews which followed the Nazis’ takeover.
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- http://arcticcentre.ulapland.fi/afbare/default.aspx#.V39ZOj_sL9k
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- Science and Technology
- Subject
- General Science, Geography, Geology, Nature
- Medium
- Film/Video
- Type of resource
- Archives/Museums, Databases, Streaming/Download
The Arctic and Barents Documentary Film database contains information on over 35,000 films made in or about the Arctic held by the archives of the Russian TV companies GTRK Murman, TV Pomorye and Finnish broadcaster YLE. Detailed information with scene by scene description and a digitised preview (in avi format) is available for more than 1000 films, but researchers wishing to view the films in their entirety will have to travel to the University of Lapland.
Other Online Moving image
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- https://www.indiana.edu/~cogfilms/index.php
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- Arts and Humanities, Science and Technology
- Subject
- Computing, Film Studies
- Type of resource
- Databases, Web Links
Originally created by the Cognitive Science department at the University of California, San Diego and now hosted by the University of Indiana, Bloomington, the Cognitive Science Movie Index is a broad list of films that showcase themes in the Cognitive Sciences, with the aim of highlighting their potential usefulness in an educational context. A feedback system enables users to rate each film based on quality, relevance and accuracy.
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- https://www.uni-hildesheim.de/
- Category
- Arts and Humanities
- Subject
- Ethnology, Film Studies, Media Studies
- Medium
- Film/Video
- Type of resource
- Databases
This database is the result of a project at the University of Hildesheim, Germany to study how interaction between people from different cultures has been portrayed in film and television. The website consists of a list of around 150 films, with brief synopsis and credits and then a selection of scenes which have been analysed according to a prescribed list of criteria, such as ‘affectivity’, ‘formality’ and ‘proxemics (space and distance orientation)'. One of the programmes analysed according to these criteria is the British television sitcom ''Allo ‘Allo!' which looks at the depiction and interaction of German, French and English stereotypes.
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- Link
- http://www.caribbeanfilm.com/
- Category
- Arts and Humanities
- Subject
- Film Studies, Women’s Studies
- Medium
- Film/Video
- Type of resource
- Databases, Festivals, Information Sources, Streaming/Download, Web Links
Launched in 2015, this resource is the largest single source of information on films produced in and about the Caribbean, featuring information on more than 500 films from the English, Dutch, French and Spanish-speaking Caribbean. Entries feature, synopsis, production details, brief credits and cast information and most are accompanied by excerpts or trailers. The focus is on contemporary film, so most of the films are post-2000 but a Classic Films section includes films reflecting the region’s rich cinematic history, from well-known titles like The Harder They Come to less widely recognised examples such as Haïti, le chemin de la liberté, the first Haitian feature film. The database features examples from the Caribbean diaspora, so films set in the UK, such as Babylon also feature. A section on Caribbean Women in Film highlights the work of female directors and a there are also links to information about film festivals, film schools and a bibliography.
Other Online Moving image
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- Link
- http://www.schb.org.uk/films/
- Category
- Bio-Medical
- Subject
- Biology, Medicine
- Type of resource
- Databases, Video Sources, Web Links
List of documentary and drama films chosen for their potential use in teaching and exploring aspects of biomedical ethics. The films are arranged according to a variety of topics from Abortion to Xenotransplantation: other subjects include Cloning, Eugenics, Embryology and Organ Trafficking. Information about each film is limited to year and country of production, duration and production company. The aspects of the film most pertinent to the subject are highlighted in a summary. There is no moving image content but some of the records provide links to other sites. The site is hosted by the Scottish Council on Human Bioethics.
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- https://amianet.org/
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- Arts and Humanities
- Subject
- Film Studies
- Medium
- Film/Video
- Type of resource
- Databases, Footage Sources, Information Sources, Organisations, Video Sources, Web Links
An online database of over 600 entries from the Association of Moving Image Archivists (AMIA). The portal is designed to provide academics, archivists, artists, curators, educators, exhibitors, filmmakers, programmers, researchers and students with a centralised means of discovery - interconnecting moving image catalogues, services, resources, websites and related information. The database can be searched by organisation, country, genres and type of material. Typically the information given is contact details, a summary of the collection, and the URL. The information is supplied by the institution itself and so necessarily the amount of detail on individual collections is uneven. The site is managed and maintained largely by volunteers and may be slow to update.
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- http://bufvc.ac.uk/screenplays/
- Category
- Arts and Humanities
- Subject
- Drama, Literature, Media Studies
- Medium
- Film/Video
- Type of resource
- Databases, Information Sources, Reviews
Launched in 2016 Screen Plays documents British television productions of plays that were originally written for the theatre. In its current ‘soft launch’ version, it features television productions of theatre plays from television’s first thirty years, 1936 to 1965. There is also a selection of later records which will be added over the coming months. The resource will embrace all productions to date by summer 2016. The site also offers information on the audiovisual and print sources that are known to exist for each of the productions: these include archival production files, contemporary newspaper reviews, scholarly writings, practitioners’ autobiographies and the recordings themselves (both those existing only in archives and those available commercially). Searches can be undertaken by title, series, channel, date, production company, theatre company, and theme (e.g. Africa, mental health, pantomine).
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- Link
- https://thefilmcatalogue.com
- Category
- Arts and Humanities
- Subject
- Film Studies
- Medium
- Film/Video
- Type of resource
- Databases, Information Sources, Producers/Broadcasters
The Film Catalogue contains thousands of projects and films that are available at all major film markets, including the American Film Market, European Film Market, Hong Kong Filmart and Cannes Market. The site includes trailers and posters, gives a synopses and lists projects that are seeking distribution partners. Searches can be made by production status, genre, language, budget, director, cast, company, and title. The Film Catalogue, updated daily, is a free service of the Independent Film & Television Alliance, a non-profit association whose mission is to provide the independent film and television industry with marketplace-oriented services and worldwide representation.
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- Link
- http://film.britishcouncil.org/british-films-directory
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- Arts and Humanities
- Subject
- Film Studies
- Medium
- Film/Video
- Type of resource
- Databases, Information Sources
The British Council’s British Films Directory is an extensive searchable database of new British films containing a continuously expanding record of UK features, shorts, documentaries and animation. Its archive of British films extends back to 1998. Each entry contains a brief synopsis, along with information on the sales agent, production company, cast and crew. A separate section, Films in Production lists British feature films in progress either in pre-production, production, or post-production, prior to their inclusion in the British Films Directory. It also lists a film’s director, producers, screenwriter, cast, sales agent and production status.
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