Useful Links

Film festivals, sreening events and exhibition agencies

International Film Festivals
http://www.1worldfilms.com/International_Film_Festivals.htm
Film Festival Listings

AssistantDirectors.com
http://assistantdirectors.com/Movies/Shortfilmfestivals.shtml
Film Festival Listings.

Government agencies and funding bodies

Australian Film Commission (AFC)
http://www.afc.gov.au

New South Wales Film and Television Office (FTO)
http://www.fto.nsw.gov.au

Australia Council
http://www.ozco.gov.au

NSW Ministry for the Arts
http://www.arts.nsw.gov.au

Australian Centre for the Moving Image
http://www.acmi.net.au

South Australian Film Corporation (SAFC)
http://www.safilm.com.au

Pacific Film and Television Commission (PFTC)
http://www.pftc.com.au

ScreenWest
http://www.screenwest.com.au

Screen Tasmania
http://www.screentas.tas.gov.au

Film Finance Corporation of Australia
http://www.ffc.gov.au

Miscellaneous

Arts Law Centre
http://www.artslaw.com.au

Australian Copyright Council
http://www.copyright.org.au

Australasian Performing Rights Association
http://www.apra.com.au

Australian Film Television and Radio School
http://www.aftrs.edu.au

Screenwise
http://www.screenwise.com.au

WorkCover NSW
http://www.workcover.nsw.gov.au

Professional, industry and discussion group

Australian Writers Guild
http://www.awg.com.au

Australian Guild of Screen Composers
http://www.agsc.org.au

Australian Screen Directors Association (ASDA)
http://www.asdafilm.org.au

Screen Producers Association of Australia (SPAA)
http://www.spaa.org.au

The Digital Labourers Federation (DLF)
http://www.dlf.org.au
The DLF is a non-profit social group which acts as a contact group for people working in the Digital Arts industry. Most members work in the television and film Industries, however anybody involved in the creation of digital media is welcome. The DLF website also has some good links and other resources.

Sydney ACM SIGGRAPH
http://www.sydney.siggraph.org.au
Sydney SIGGRAPH is a new local chapter of ACM SIGGRAPH, serving the Greater Sydney area. ACM SIGGRAPH is dedicated to the generation and dissemination of information on computer graphics and interactive techniques.

The Australian Interactive Multimedia Industry Association (AIMIA)
http://www.aimia.com.au

The Australian Information Industry Association
http://www.aiia.com.au

Publications

Independent Filmmakers Magazine
http://www.if.com.au

Encore Magazine
http://www.encoremagazine.com.au

Metro Magazine
http://www.cinemedia.net/ATOM/pubs/metro.html

Realtime/OnScreen
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~opencity

Urban Cinefile
http://www.urbancinefile.com.au
What's happening in the local film industry.

Production Book
http://www.productionbook.com.au
Locate film producers and other crew.

Screenhub Online Film News Magazine
http://www.screenhub.com.au
Film news, job offers, crew positions.

International information/organisations

Internet Movie Database
http://www.imdb.com

MovieMaker Magazine
http://www.moviemaker.com

British Film Institute
http://www.bfi.org.uk

ScreenOnline
http://www.screenonline.org.uk
Definitive guide to British film and TV history.

American Film Institute
http://www.afi.com
Centre for Advanced Film and Television Studies

The National Film School of Denmark
http://www.filmskolen.dk

The New Zealand Film Commission
http://www.nzfilm.co.nz

Media  College
http://www.mediacollege.com

Free sound libraries

Flash Kit
http://www.flashkit.com/soundfx

Find Sound
http://www.findsound.com

Sounddogs
http://www.soundogs.com
A great site for sound samples/fx. The sounds are in an mp3 format. Right-click (PC) or control-click (Mac) on mp3 button to save target/download file for use.

Filmsound
http://www.filmsound.org