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Websites for Film and TV Production

Documentary | Resources for filmmakers | Organisations | Archives | Television | Film and education | Television companies and broadcasters | Television agencies | Training | Portals

Documentary

• 4 Docs: all about short documentaries
• BBC Commissioning : documentaries : what we're looking for
• Capturing reality : the art of documentary : a journey into documentary filmmaking
• BBC Film Network : documentaries
• DFGDocs : the British Documentary website : the documentary association for the UK
• The films of Kim Longinotto
• The Space: free, live and on demand

Resources for filmmakers

• Avid Community: tutorials and user groups for users of Avid products
• BBC Film Network : showcasing new British filmmaking 
• BBC Motion Gallery : a wide range of unique, high-quality stock videofootage to view online or download to PC
• FilmSound.org : learning space dedicated to the art of film sound
• Health and safety in the film, theatre and broadcasting industries 
• Skillset : film : for filmmakers, employers, training providers and new entrants
• Skillset : television : funding,  training, job profiles and information resources

Organisations

• American Film Institute
• BAFTA - the British Academy of Film and Television Arts
• BECTU : the media and entertainment trade union
• British Artists' Moving Image Database  : designed to assist research into British artists' film and video. Covers experimental and avant-garde film, video art, artists' television, gallery-based installations and other works that use moving image and audio-visual multimedia technologies, made by British and British-based artists.
• British Council : film
• British Film Institute - promoting 'understanding and appreciation of Britain's rich film heritage and culture'
• BUVFC : British Universities Film and Video Council
• News on Screen : The world’s leading resource for the study of newsreels and cinemagazines from the BUFVC
• Directors' Guild of Great Britain & Directors' Guild Trust : working together 'to promote and support directing across all media: film, television, theatre, radio, opera, commercials, music videos, corporate film, multimedia and new technology.'
• EVE:everyone's virtual exhibition: the online catalogue and virtual exhibition space of the Bill Douglas Centre
• Guardian Film
• Guardian Media
• The Internet movie database
• Media Online Focus
• National Media Museum in Bradford
• OFCOM : independent UK communications industries regulator
• Royal Television Society : ' the leading forum for discussion and debate on all aspects of the television community'.
• Screenonline : the guide to Britain's film and TV history.
• Voice of the Listener and Viewer : 'represents the citizen and consumer interest in broadcasting and works for quality and diversity in British broadcasting'

Archives

• BIRTH Television Archive : 'the BIRTH Television Archive (BTA) is the first internet archive of vintage from the early times of European television'
• British Pathe : preview items from the British Pathe Archive, including news, sport, social history and entertainment from 1896 to 1970.
• British TV History : a non commercial site, concentrating on historic broadcasts, timelines, archive issues and TV technology, from the earliest days of mechanical television to today’s digital broadcasts
• Internet moving images archive: movie collection
• Moving History: a guide to UK film and television archives in the public sector
• News Film Online : selected news from the ITN/Reuters archives
• Scottish Screen Archive : Scotland's national moving images collection. Provides over 100 years of Scottish history on film and video.
• Yorkshire Film Archive : the public access film archive for Yorkshire and the Humber

Television

• BBC Editorial guidelines : includes training modules
• The British comedy guide : 'an ever-expanding website dedicated to British TV and radio comedy - all genres, both past and present'.

Film festivals

• Edinburgh International Film Festival : 20 June - 1 July, 2012
• Leeds International Film Festival : 1 November - 18 November 2012
• Raindance Film Festival : 26 October - 7 November, 2012
• Sheffield International Documentary Festival : 13-17 June, 2012

Film and education

• BBC Editorial guidelines : includes training modules
• Film education : resources, training, events

Television agencies

• Film London: the strategic agency for the film and media sector in London
• Northern Film & Media : the regional screen agency covering the North East of England
• Screen Yorkshire: the gateway to the best in film, broadcast and interactive media in Yorkshire and Humber

Television companies and broadcasters

• British Broadcasting Corporation
• Channel 4
• Granada
• Independent Television (ITV)