
Festival Information
Women's Film Festivals
Gay & Lesbian
Film Festivals
Additional Film
Festival Lists
Distributor Information
Independent Film
Distributors
Fiction Specialty Film
Distributors
Online Distribution Platforms
Crowdsource Distribution
Media Organizations
New York Media
Organizations
Regional Media
Organizations
National Media
Organizations
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FESTIVAL INFORMATION
Women's Film Festivals
FEBRUARY
Athena Film Festival
http://athenafilmfestival.com/
Everett Women's Film Festival
www.everettfilmfest.org
Post Alley Film Festival
http://www.postalleyfilmfestival.com/
MARCH
Arab Women's Film Festival
http://www.arabwomensfilmfestival.nl/
Femcine: Festival Cine de Mujeres
http://femcine.cl/
Femina
http://www.feminafest.com.br/
Film Mor
http://www.filmmor.org/
Films De Femmes
http://www.filmsdefemmes.com/
Fusion Film Festival
http://www.fusionfilmfestival.com/
IAWRT Asian Women's Film Festival
http://iawrtindia.blogspot.com/
International Film Festival
http://www.filmfestivalassen.nl/
Mostra Internacional Films de Dones
http://www.mostrafilmsdones.cat
The Portland Women’s Film Festival
http://www.powfest.com/
Rocky Mountain Women's Film Festival
http://www.rmwfilmfest.org/
Season Film Festival
http://www.seasonfilmfestival.fi/
Seoul Women's Film Festival
http://www.siwff.or.kr/
Underwire 2001
http://www.underwirefestival.com/
Women + Film VOICES FF
http://www.denverfilm.org/filmcenter/detail.aspx?id=26306
Women's Film Festival (Brattleboro, VT)
http://womensfilmfestival.org/
Women in Film & Television (Vancouver)
http://www.womeninfilm.ca/
Women Make Waves
www.wmw.com.tw/en/
APRIL
Archer Film Festival
http://archerfilmfestival.org/
Bird's Eye View Fest(UK)
http://birds-eye-view.co.uk/
Davis Feminist FF
http://femfilmfest.ucdavis.edu/
Freiburger Lesben Filmtage
http://www.freiburger-lesbenfilmtage.de/
Image Of Black Women Film Festival
https://www.facebook.com/IBW.FilmFestival.UK
International Women's FF
http://www.siwff.or.kr/kr/intro/main.php
Internationales Frauen FF
http://www.frauenfilmfestival.eu/index.php?id=2
London Lesbian Film Festival
www.llff.ca
Sarasota Film Festival
http://www.sarasotafilmfestival.com/
Through Women's Eyes FF
http://www.throughwomenseyes.com/
Tricky Women: Animation FF
http://www.trickywomen.at/
JUNE
Bitmap Black Women Film Festival
www.blackwomenfilm.org
Breakthroughs Film Festival
www.breakthroughsfilmfestival.com
Female Eye Film Festival
http://www.femaleeyefilmfestival.com/
Reel Affirmations: Washington DC's International LGBT Film
Festival
http://www.reelsisters.org/
JULY
Blue Stocking Film Series
http://www.bluestockingfilms.com
Etheria Film Night
http://www.etheriafilmnight.com/
AUGUST
Broad Humor
http://broadhumor.com/index.html
London Feminist Film Festival
http://www.londonfeministfilmfestival.com
Michigan Womyn's Music Festival
http://michfest.com/
SEPTEMBER
Elles Tournent Women’s Festival
http://ellestournent.be/?lang=en
Lady Filmmakers Film Festival
www.ladyfilmmakers.com
Moondance International Film Festival
http://www.moondancefilmfestival.com
Mujeres en Foco
www.mujeresenfoco.com.ar
OCTOBER
High Falls Film Festival
http://highfallsfilmfestival.com/
LA Femme FF
http://www.lafemme.org/
Margaret Mead FF/NY
http://www.amnh.org/explore/margaret-mead-film-festival
Mumbai Women's International FF
http://www.mwiff.com/#&panel1-6
Paris International Lesbian and Feminist FF
www.cineffable.fr/en/editoEn.htm
St. John's International Women's Film Festival
http://www.womensfilmfestival.com/
United Nations Association Film Festival
http://www.unaff.org/2014/index.html
Women's International Film and Arts Festival
http://www.womensfilmfest.com/
Women of African Descent Film Festival
http://blackchickmedia.com/2014/01/09/wo-women-of-african-descent-film-festival/
NOVEMBER
AXW Film Festival
http://anotherexperimentbywomenfilmfestival.com/
Citizen Jane
http://citizenjanefilmfestival.org/
L'Origine Del Mondo
www.laboratorioimmaginedonna.it
DECEMBER
International Black Women’s Film Festival
http://www.ibwff.com/

Gay & Lesbian Film Festivals
U.S.A.
Adam Baran Honolulu Gay And Lesbian Film Festival
www.hglcf.org
Austin Gay & Lesbian International Film Festival
www.agliff.org
Boston Gay & Lesbian Film/Video Festival
bostonlgbtfilmfest.org
Connecticut Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
www.outfilmct.org
Houston Gay/Lesbian Film Festival
www.q-fest.org
Image Out: The Rochester Lesbian And Gay Film Festival
www.imageout.org/index.htm
Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
http://www.mglff.com/
Mix: New York Lesbian & Gay Experimental Film/Video
Festival
www.mixnyc.org
North Carolina Gay/Lesbian Film Festival
festivals.carolinatheatre.org/ncglff/
The New Festival - The New York Lesbian & Gay Film Festival
http://newfest.org/wordpress/
Ohio Lesbian Festival
www.ohiolba.org
Out On Film Festival Atlanta's Gay And Lesbian Film
Festival
outonfilm.org
Outfest: The Los Angeles Gay And Lesbian Film Festival
www.outfest.org
Out Takes: L/G Film Festival (Dallas)
www.outtakesdallas.org
Philadelphia Intl. Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
http://www.qflixphilly.com
Pittsburgh International Lesbian And Gay Film Festival
www.pilgff.org
Portland Lesbian and Gay Film Festival
http://www.plgff.org/
Q Cinema: Fort Worth's Gay & Lesbian International Film
Festival
http://www.qcinema.org
Reel Affirmations: Washington DC's International LGBT Film
Festival"
www.reelaffirmations.org
San Francisco International Lesbian/Gay Film Festival
www.frameline.org
Seattle Lesbian & Gay Film Festival
threedollarbillcinema.org/programs/SLGFF/
Tampa International Gay And Lesbian Film Festival
http://tiglff.com/
Australia
Mardi Gras Film Festival
www.queerscreen.com.au
Melbourne Queer Film Festival
www.melbournequeerfilm.com.au
Queerdoc
www.queerscreen.com.au
BELGIUM
Festival Du Film Gay Et Lesbien De Bruxelles
www.fglb.org
CANADA
Fairy Tales Intl. Queer Film & Video Festival
www.fairytalesfilmfest.com
Image+Nation, Montreal's Queer Film Festival
https://www.facebook.com/image.nation.festival
Inside Out Film Festival (Toronto)
http://www.insideout.ca/
Vancouver Queer Film Festival
http://www.queerfilmfestival.ca/
FRANCE
Cineffable- Paris Lesbian Film Festival
www.cineffable.fr/en/editoEn.h
GERMANY
Freiburger Lesbenfilmtage E.V.
www.freiburger-lesbenfilmtage.de
Lesben Film Festival Berlin
www.lesbenfilmfestival.de
Lesbisch Schwule Filmtage Hamburg
www.lsf-hamburg.de
ITALY
Immaginaria Internaltional Lesbian Film Festival
www.immaginaria.org
U.K.
London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival
www.bfi.org.uk/llgff/
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Additional Film Festival Lists
General Listing
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_film_festivals
International
www.1worldfilms.com/International%20Film%20Festivals.htm
Multicultural/Special Interest
Jewish Film Festivals
www.sfjff.org
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DISTRIBUTOR INFORMATION
Independent Film
Distributors
Arab Film Distribution
www.arabfilm.com Arab Film Distribution provides
American and Canadian theaters, universities, colleges,
museums and media centers with Arab films of high artistic
and educational value.
Artistic License
www.artlic.com Film
distribution company seeking films with strong potential in
the competitive market place. Primarily works with feature
films, recent examples include Afterlife and
Ratcatcher.
ArtMattan Productions
www.africanfilm.com
ArtMattan Productions distributes films that focus on the
human experience of black people in Africa, the Caribbean,
North and South America and Europe.
Bullfrog Films
www.bullfrogfilms.com An environmental right film
company that exposes many excellent environmental and
anti-nuke films that have been under-viewed because of their
controversy. They distribute over 300 titles about
environmental activism to schools, colleges and public
libraries.
California Newsreel
www.newsreel.org
California Newsreel has over the years focused on developing
media and audiences in order to broaden and deepen the
discussion of selected social issues. It was founded in
response to the civil rights, student, and anti-war protests
of the late 1960’s.
Cambridge Documentary Films, Inc.
www.cambridgedocumentaryfilms.org Cambridge
Documentary Film distributes social issue documentary work
to colleges, universities, churches, business organizations,
community and religious groups, and individuals around the
world. They are also involved in public service
announcements, Amnesty International and work on oral and
visual histories for libraries and social issue media
projects.
Canadian Filmmaker Resource
Centre www.cfmdc.org
Canada’s oldest artist-run organization is a prime
disseminator of experimental, gay, and lesbian titles from
around the world.
Canyon Cinema
www.canyoncinema.com One of the world's leading
distributors of experimental and independent film, Canyon is
an artist-run organization dedicated to the support,
promotion, distribution and preservation of motion picture
film as an art form.
The Cinema Guild
www.cinemaguild.com
A for-profit distributor of nearly 500 titles
representing a wide variety of independently produced films
and videos, documentary and fiction, features and shorts, in
all markets, including theatrical, semi-theatrical,
television and home video.
Collective Eye Films
www.collectiveeye.org Collective Eye is an educational film distribution
company which represents compelling films that build bridges between cultures
and provide unique perspectives by exploring the untold stories of our time.
Electronic Arts Intermix
www.eai.org A resource
for art videos and alternative media, EAI's collection spans
an eclectic range of genres, styles, and themes, from
performance-based and conceptual works to experimental
narratives and CD-ROM projects.
Facets Multimedia, Inc.
www.facets.org
Facets Multimedia is an arts organization based in Chicago,
Illinois. Facets also has the world’s largest and most
unique collection of foreign, classic American, independent,
experimental, documentary, cult, fine arts, and children’s
videos and DVDs. A select number of films exclusively
acquired for the Facets Video collection are also released
theatrically and in television markets.
Films for the Humanities and
Sciences www.films.com
The largest distributor of videos and CD-ROMs to schools,
colleges, and libraries in North America. Represents every
genre and style, but primary focus is documentaries.
First Run/Icarus Films, Inc
firstrunfeatures.com
icarusfilms.com Distributors of documentary film and video in the U.S.
and Canada, with a primary focus on non-theatrical markets. Open to any
length, format, language or subject matter. Took on the Fanlight collection
of films on health issues a number of years ago.
Frameline
www.frameline.org
Frameline’s mission is to support, develop, and promote lesbian, gay,
bisexual, transgender, and queer visibility through media arts. Through a
variety of programs and activities, Frameline provides access to films and
videos dealing with a wide variety of issues related to sexuality and
gender.
Media Education Foundation
www.mediaed.org The Media
Education Foundation produces and distributes documentary films and other
educational resources to inspire critical thinking about the social,
political, and cultural impact of American mass media.
Microcinema International
www.microcinema.com Microcinema
International provides film, video and digital art to the International
Microcinema Network, a syndicate of exhibition venues that program unique
media in alternative venues around the world.
Milestone Films
www.milestonefilms.com The Milestone Film and Video collection ranges
from the earliest days of cinema, to the golden age of the silents, to the
postwar foreign film renaissance, to the new America independent features,
documentaries and foreign films.
New Day Films
www.newday.com A national distribution cooperative of independent
filmmakers making social issue films. Primarily work with colleges and
universities, libraries, high schools, and community groups.
Noodlehead Network
www.noodlehead.com Distributors
and producers of videos made with kids. Specialize in videos on geography,
video production, health and guidance issues for K-12 schools.
Paper Tiger Television
http://papertiger.org A weekly
public access series that analyzes and critiques issues involving media,
culture, and politics. The Paper Tiger collective of artists and activists
produces about twenty half-hour programs per year that feature critics,
artists, and scholars addressing the ideological assumptions and social
meanings of the mainstream media and the opportunities for alternative
communications sources.
PBS www.pbs.org
The home video arm of PBS promotes PBD programming via direct-to-consumer
distribution services that include: shopPBS, the PBS Home Video catalog,
on-air direct response sales, and third-party catalog and special market
outlets.
Phoenix Learning Group
www.phoenixlearninggroup.com
The Phoenix Film and Video media library contains over 5,500 educational
videos plus DVDs, CD-ROMs. Laserdiscs, and multi-media programs for K-12
schools, colleges and universities, public libraries, museums, business &
industry, staff development and other specialized markets.
Porchlight Entertainment
porchlight.com An independent
distributor of films and TV focusing solely on programs that promote
positive values and/or are family-friendly.
Seventh Art Releasing
www.7thart.com Theatrical
distributor with a video label and a full-time world sales unit, working
mostly in docs.
Strand Releasing
strandreleasing.com/ Independent
distribution company that handles shorts and feature films, especially those
with lesbian and gay themes.
SubCine
www.subcine.com SubCine is an artist-run and artist-owned collective
of Latino issue film and video makers.
Third World Newsreel
www.twn.org A nonprofit media arts
organization that fosters the creation and dissemination of independent film
and video made by and about people of diverse racial, ethnic, and cultural
backgrounds. Also work with social justice media.
Video Data Bank
www.vdb.org A nonprofit that has assembled and distributes one of the
largest collections of videos by and about artists to museums, galleries,
alternative spaces, festivals, and in curricular programming.
V Tape
www.vtape.org A distribution system for media works by artists and
independents, strongly committed to the medium of video and media
artworks.
Women Make Movies
www.wmm.com The world's largest distributor of films by and about
women, is a non-profit feminist, multicultural media organization which
provides services to both the producers and users of media by and about
women.
Zeitgeist Films
www.zeitgeistfilms.com Since
1988, Zeitgeist Films has accumulated a collection of the best international
cinema by working with the most talented and innovative filmmakers in the
world. Zeitgeist Films is a North American independent film
distribution company based in New York.

Fiction Speciality
Distributors
Focus Features
www.focusfeatures.com
Focus Features is a motion picture production, financing, and worldwide distribution company committed to bringing moviegoers the most original stories from the world’s most innovative filmmakers. Focus Features is the specialty films unit of Universal Pictures, a division of Vivendi Universal Entertainment
Fox Searchlight Pictures
www.foxsearchlight.com
Fox Searchlight Pictures (a division of Fox Entertainment Group, Inc.) is principally engaged in the development, production and worldwide distribution of feature films and television programs, television broadcasting and cable network programming. The company aims to release films that appeal to an upmarket audience and also have the potential to cross-over commerciallySony Pictures Classics
www.sonyclassics.com
Sony Pictures Classics is an autonomous company of Sony Pictures Entertainment that acquires, produces and distributes independent films from around the world. The company has a working relationship with Columbia Tristar Entertainment to distribute films on home video.
United Artists
www.unitedartists.com
The studio was established in 1919 by the distinguished ensemble of Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks and D.W. Griffith. Rather than own production facilities and soundstages, United
Artists functioned almost exclusively as a distribution entity. United Artists has enjoyed an unparalleled reputation throughout decades of history as a forum for artists to nourish the projects other studios refused to risk.
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http://www.fandor.com/
itunes
http://www.apple.com/itunes/?cid=OAS-US-DOMAINS-itunes.com
BitTorrent Film Distribution
http://bundles.bittorrent.com/
Vimeo on Demand
http://vimeo.com/ondemand
Netflix www.Netflix.com
Amazon on Demand
http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&docId=1000739191
SundanceNow
http://www.sundancenow.com/
Snag Films
http://www.snagfilms.com/
VHX http://www.vhx.tv/
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Crowdsource
Distribution
Gathr Films http://gathr.us/
Tugg http://www.tugg.com/
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The Brooklyn Arts Council
www.brooklynartscouncil.org
A service organization dedicated to helping artists, arts
organizations, and community groups promote and sustain the arts.
It provides grants, resources, referrals, networking opportunities, and
seminars.
Downtown Community Television
www.dctvny.org
An independent non-profit media center that provides public access
to the electronic media arts with an emphasis on helping marginalized
communities that could not otherwise afford a media arts education,
providing at-cost classes as well as the most advanced cameras and
editing systems available.
Experimental Television Center
www.experimentaltvcenter.org
The Center’s mission is to support the creation of work using new
technology by providing space, time, and funding to artists as well as
to encourage informed appreciation of media art by supporting it’s
exhibition.
Film Forum
www.filmforum.com
A non-profit movie house for
independent premieres and
repertory
programming.
Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center
www.hallwalls.org
An art center and exhibition space located in Buffalo, Hallwalls mission
is to bring the newest and most challenging work in the contemporary
arts, including experimental film, video art, activism, and documentary
film, to the interested public.
Harvestworks
www.harvestworks.org
A non-profit organization that cultivates artistic talent through
electronic technologies. Harvestworks programs provide the artist with
production studios, grant opportunities, education, communal lab
practice, and distribution.
Harlem Arts Alliance
http://www.harlemaa.org/
Harlem Arts Alliance (HAA) is a not-for-profit arts service organization
committed to nurturing the artistic growth and the development of artists and
arts organizations based primarily in Harlem and its surrounding communities.
The Kitchen
www.thekitchen.org
A multi-disciplinary presenting organization that provides visionary
artists with much needed technical, artistic, and administrative
resources for performances and exhibitions.
Millennium Film Workshop
www.millenniumfilm.org
A non-profit organization offering various programs and services such as
filmmaking workshops and equipment access, which includes facilities for
editing, screening and shooting, as well as continuously presenting on
going film-talks and screenings. (New York)
New York Film and Video Council
www.nyfvc.org
A non-profit organization that provides the opportunity for a
diverse cross-section of the New York media community to view new works,
discuss major issues confronting the field, encounter new technologies,
meet visiting producers, and share resources..
New York Foundation for the Arts
http://www.nyfa.org
NYFA serves individual artists, promotes their freedom to develop and
create, and provides the broader public with opportunities to experience
and understand their work. NYFA accomplishes this by offering financial
and informational assistance to artists and organizations that directly
serve artists.
New York Women in Film and
Television
www.nywift.org A non profit membership
organization dedicated to helping women reach the highest levels of
achievement in film, television and other moving-image media industries,
and to promoting equity for women in these industries.
Reel Women
www.reelwomen.com A full service video and film production firm.
Specialize in documentaries and magazine format programming as well as
award wining travel documentaries across the globe.
Squeaky Wheel
www.squeaky.org
A grassroots, non-profit media arts center, dedicated to promoting
and supporting film, video, computer, digital, and audio art through
providing low-cost access to video and film equipment rental, editing
suites, workshops, and screenings of independent and avant-garde film
and video.
Standby
www.standby.org
The Standby Program allows
artists and independent producers access to the highest
quality post production facilities available. Services
include editing, audio post production, DVD authoring,
duplication and conversions, preservation restoration, film
processing and film to tape.
Third World Newsreel
www.twn.org
An alternative media arts organization committed to the creation and
appreciation of independent and social issue media by and about people
of color, and the peoples of developing countries around the world.
Provides distribution, fiscal sponsorship and workshops.
Visual Studies Workshop
www.vsw.org
A center for media studies, including photography, visual books,
digital imaging, film, and video. It serves visual artists and the
general public with diversified programming in education and
exhibitions. Artists residencies, access programs, and internships make
the facilities available for the production of artworks and for
scholarly research.

Regional Media Organizations
911 Media Arts Center
www.911media.org
A Media Arts Center that supports the expressive use of innovative
media tools by providing the access, training, and environment needed to
create/exhibit works of enduring merit and artistic excellence.
(Seattle, WA)
Atlanta Film Festival 365
http://www.atlantafilmfestival.com
Atlanta Film Festival 365 (ATLFF365) is a membership-based 501(c)(3) arts
non-profit with a mission to lead the community in creative and cultural
discovery through the moving image. ATLFF365 presents a diverse slate of
year-round offerings for film-lovers, filmmakers, and established & emerging
industry professionals. Year round programs—screenings, events, discussions,
workshops, panels, and educational activities, coupled with an interactive
website, and engaged social media platforms (Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIN &
more)—provide a forum for building the community of film lovers and film
supporters. (Atlanta, GA)
Austin Cinemaker Co-op
www.cinemaker.org A non-profit film
resource center, the Austin Cinemaker Co-op offers a variety of
educational workshops, low-cost super 8 film equipment rental and film
festivals throughout the year. (Austin, TX)
Bay Area Video Coalition
www.bavc.org
BAVC is the largest and most advanced independent media arts center
in the country, providing workshops, training programs, equipment
rental, editing suites, and tape preservation. (San Francisco, CA)
Community Art Center-Teen Media
Program
www.communityartcenter.org
The Teen Media Program offers production, promotion and distribution
facilities for teens from the Cambridge area through mentoring, video
training, media literacy courses and access to equipment. (Cambridge,
MA)
Chicago Filmmakers
www.chicagofilmmakers.org Chicago
Filmmakers is a non-profit media arts organization that promotes
opportunities for artists to create video and film media of social and
political impact that will offer audiences images different from the
ones reflected in the mainstream sphere by providing equipment access,
classes, lectures and seminars, internships, outreach programs,
production classes and workshops. (Chicago, IL)
Grand Rapids Community Media Center
http://www.grcmc.org/
Grand Rapids
Community Media Center offers tools and training in media through consultations, lecture
series, workshops and internship programs. (Grand Rapids, MI)
IFP: Minnesota Center for Media Arts
http://ifpmn.org/
IFP: Minnesota Center for Media Arts is a
non-profit arts organization that encourages the diversity and quality
of independent media production by providing media artist services,
workshops, internships, consultations, exhibitions and access to
facilities and equipment. (Minneapolis, MN)
Intermedia Arts
www.intermediaarts.org
A nationally recognized organization that fosters dialogue between
cultures through art, providing educational opportunities to youth and
artists that provide participants with the artistic means to create
dialogue. (Minneapolis, MN)
James River Film Society
http://www.jamesriverfilm.org/ A non-profit organization promoting and supporting media artists
by offering information, resources, classes and workshops, equipment
access and public screenings. (Richmond, VA)
Media Alliance
www.media-alliance.org
A non-profit training and resource center for media workers,
community organizations, and political activists. (San Francisco, CA)
Media Arts Center of Orange
http://www.mac-orange.com/index.php
The Media Arts Center of Orange offers professional, state-of-the-art video
editing facilities, website design, DVD authoring and duplication services,
software development, package design. (Orange, CT)
Nebraska Independent Film Projects
http://nifp.org NIFP’s mission is to bring diversity to film, television and web
audiences through the support of Nebraska's independent filmmakers and
media artists. NIFP supports film projects, acts as an advocate
for filmmakers, and offers educational opportunities to filmmakers.
(Lincoln, NE)
New Orleans Video Access Center
www.novacvideo.org
NOVAC’s mission is to foster the creation and appreciation of
independent, non-commercial video by offering low-cost access to
facilities, workshops, newsletters, consulting, projection, script
assistance, production, and post production services and fiscal
sponsorships. (New Orleans, LA)
Northwest Film Center
www.nwfilm.org
Founded to encourage the study, appreciation and utilization of the
moving image and to foster artistic excellence in the discipline,
though providing a variety of film and video exhibitions and education
programs. (Portland, OR)
Philadelphia Film Office
www.film.org Greater Philadelphia
Filmmakers serves artists by offering services such as seminars,
training, networking opportunities, internships, resource organization
and screenings. (Philadelphia, PA)
Philadelphia Independent Film/Video
Association (PIFVA)
www.pifva.org
PIFVA is a non-profit organization that offers independent film, video
and new media artists of all genres and levels of experience a variety
of service programs including production assistance, instruction,
mentoring, internships, networking opportunities and advocacy.
Pittsburgh Filmmakers
www.pghfilmmakers.org
One of the oldest independent media organizations in the country,
Pittsburgh Filmmakers offers programs in exhibition, equipment access,
education and community outreach in their commitment to advancing
artistic excellence in the media arts. (Pittsburgh, PA)
Real Art Ways
www.realartways.org Offering audio-digital
skills workshops, internships and community outreach programs, Real Art
Ways is an alternative, multi-disciplinary organization that exhibits
and promotes emerging and accomplished artists and their projects.
(Hartford, CT)
Scribe Video Center
www.scribe.org With a focus on engaging
people of color, women, disabled and those with limited economic
resources, Scribe Video Center is a non-profit video arts center located
in Philadelphia that promotes the advancement of new media, film and
video as tools for progressive social change through Fiscal Sponsorship
programs, education, community outreach, production consultations and
equipment access. (Philadelphia, PA)
Southwest Alternate Media Project
www.swamp.org
A non-profit media arts center, SWAMP promotes film, video, and new
media through education, information and presentation activities.
(Houston, TX)
The Austin Film Society
www.austinfilm.org/
Dedicated to fostering the art of film and to supporting the
creative vision of filmmakers; the Society screens films by independent
filmmakers, holds workshops, and has a production fund. (Austin, TX)
The North West Film Forum
http://nwfilmforum.org/
A non-profit organization that programs artistic film, houses a studio
for use by up and coming film artists, and helps independent filmmakers
each year through workshops, filmmaking grants, and access to production
and post-production equipment. (Seattle, WA)
Women in Film
http://www.wifdallas.org/ A
nonprofit organization committed to promoting and enhancing the
recognition of all professional women in the film and video industry as
well as pursuing equitable treatment and opportunities. (Dallas, TX)

Asian American Arts Alliance
www.aaartsalliance.org
Founded to increase the support, recognition, and appreciation of Asian
American arts by providing a centralized information network, vital
resources and advocacy services, and ongoing technical assistance to
Asian American artists and organizations.
Beyondmedia’s Women International
Information Project
www.beyondmedia.org/wiip.html WIIP assists
women in creating videos and web- sites that communicate their world
views, share information about their economic and social initiatives,
and facilitate political participation within their constituencies. WIIP
supports women's social change from the grassroots level, through
women's community-based organizations, by providing media workshops,
media-producing equipment, and ongoing partnerships. (Chicago, IL)
Center For Independent Documentary
www.documentaries.org
The Center collaborates with independent producers to create films and
videos on issues of contemporary social and cultural concern and is
committed to the successful completion and distribution of these
projects, through contributing production equipment, access to
discounted post-production facilities, providing fundraising assistance,
distribution assistance, fiscal sponsorship, creative, and even moral
support.
The Corporation for Public
Broadcasting
www.cpb.org A
private, non-profit corporation that funds more than 1,000 locally
operated
public radio
stations and
public television
stations across the country and the production of
independent educational programming.
Independent Filmmaker Project
www.ifp.org
IFP is a not-profit service organization dedicated to providing
resources, information, and avenues of communication for its members:
independent filmmakers, industry professionals, and independent film
enthusiasts. They hold workshops and large-scale conferences.
Independent Television Service
www.itvs.org
ITVS brings independently produced programs to television, programs that
engage creative risks, advance issues, and represent points of view not
usually seen on commercial or public television.
The National Alliance For Media Arts
And Culture
www.namac.org
NAMAC is a non-profit association composed of organizations who provide
a wide range of support services for independent media, including media
education, production, exhibition, distribution, collection building,
preservation, criticism, and advocacy.

International Sales
Agents
Ampersand (France) www.ampersand.fr
Autlook Filmsales (Austria)
www.autlookfilms.com
Andana Films (France) www.andanafilms.com
Arte (France)
http://sales.arte.tv/home.action
Autentiic (Germany)
http://www.autentic.com/en/autentic.html
Beyond Distribution (UK)
http://www.beyond.com.au/
Cat & Docs (France)
http://catndocs.com/
Celluloid Dream (France)
www.celluloid-dreams.com
Cinephil (Israel)
http://www.cinephil.co.il/
Deckert Distribution (Germany)
http://deckert-distribution.com/
Doc & Film International (France)
www.docandfilm.com
Dogwoof Global (UK)
http://dogwoofglobal.com/
Dreamlab Films (France)
www.dreamlabfilms.com
DR International Sales (Denmark)
http://www.dr.dk/Salg/DRsales/index.htm
Filmoption (Canada) www.filmoption.com
Films Boutique (Germany)
www.filmsboutique.com
First Hand Films
(Switzerland and Germany)
http://www.firsthandfilms.com/
Forward Entertainment
(US)
www.forwardentertainment.us
GA&A International (Italy) http://www.gaea.it/
Go2films (Israel) http://www.go2films.com/
HanWay Films (UK) www.hanwayfilms.com
Illumina Films (The Netherlands)
http://www.illuminafilms.nl/
Java Films (France) http://www.javafilms.fr/
JMT Film Distribution (Israel)
http://www.jmtfilms.com/
Kinosmith (Canada)
http://www.kinosmith.com/
Kudos Family Distribution (Norway)
http://kudosfamily.com/
Le Pacte (France) http://www.le-pacte.com/
Les films du 3 mars (Canada)
http://www.f3m.ca/index_eng.php
Looking Glass International (Australia)
www.lookingglassint.com
Louise Rosen LTD (US)
http://www.louiserosenltd.com/
NPO/RNW Sales (The Netherlands)
http://www.nposales.com/
Nordic World (Norway)
http://www.nordicworld.tv/
Off the fence (The Netherlands)
http://www.offthefence.com/
Paul Thiltges Distribution (Luxembourg)
http://www.ptd.lu/
Rise and Shine World Sales (Germany)
http://www.riseandshine-berlin.com/
Ro*co Films International (US)
www.rocofilms.com
Ronin Films (Australia)
www.roninfilms.com.au
Ruth Diskin Films (Israel)
http://www.ruthfilms.com/
SD Cinematografica (Italy)
http://www.sdcinematografica.com/index.php
Sideway Film, LTD (UK)
www.sidewaysfilm.com
SND Films (The Netherlands) http://www.sndfilms.com/
Submarine Entertainment (US)
http://www.submarinedeluxe.com/
SVT Sales (Sweden) http://svtsales.com/
Taskovski Films, LTD (UK)
http://www.taskovskifilms.com/
Telepool (Germany) http://www.telepool.de
Trustnordisk (Denmark)
http://www.trustnordisk.com/
Vantage Media International (US)
http://www.vmiworldwide.com/
Wavelength Picture (UK)
http://www.wavelengthpictures.co.uk/
Wide House (France) http://widehouse.org/
Wide Management (France)
http://www.widemanagement.com/
Windrose International (France)
http://www.windrose.fr/
The Yellow Affair (Sweden)
www.yellowaffair.com
Zed (France) http://www.zed.fr/
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Additional Links
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
http://www.oscars.org/
Anthology Film Archives
http://anthologyfilmarchives.org/
California Lawyers for the Arts
http://www.calawyersforthearts.org/
Directors Guild of America, Inc.
www.dga.org
Film Fatales NYC
A collective of female filmmakers based in New York City.
Fair Use Project
http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/focus-areas/copyright-and-fair-use
Filmmakers Alliance
http://www.filmmakersalliance.org/Home.html
Film Forum http://filmforum.org/
Hollaback
Hollaback is a movement to end street harassment powered by a network of local
activists around the world. We work together to better understand street
harassment, to ignite public conversations, and to develop innovative strategies
to ensure equal access to public spaces.
Hudson Valley Film Commission
http://www.hudsonvalleyfilmcommission.org/
IFP www.ifp.org
International Documentary Association
www.documentary.org
The Independent http://www.aivf.org/
Indiewire http://www.indiewire.com
Kids Guide to Making Movies
https://seatup.com/blog/kids-guide-to-making-movies
LGBTQ College Guide
http://www.onlinecolleges.net/for-students/lgbtq-college-guide/
Melbourne
Video Production Offers a glossary of video
terminology for beginners.
The National Alliance for Media and Culture (NAMAC)
http://www.namac.org/
Peerspace Peerspace is an online marketplace for unique spaces that
can be utilized for a variety of creative and productive uses. Whether
you’re looking to book a film shoot, hold a casting session, collaborate
with colleagues, host a screening, or throw a wrap party, Peerspace is the
first platform to easily find and book space for any of your production
needs, on any budget.
https://www.peerspace.com
Quad Cinema http://quadcinema.com/
Screen Actors Guild
http://www.sagaftra.com/
SAGIndie http://www.sagindie.org/
Welcome
Change
Welcome Change is a small independent documentary production company owned by
Academy Award® nominated director
Alice Elliott. Since 1991, Welcome Change has been making films that focus
on people with disabilities and communities that are reinventing themselves. Our
mission is to lead social change by revealing the big stories hidden in the
human heart.
Writers Guild of America, East
www.wgaeast.org
Writers Guild of America, West
www.wga.org
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