Links

KEY ORGANISATIONS

Artquest

Artquest is the advice and information service to London’s visual arts professionals at all stages of their careers.

http://www.artquest.org.uk

British Film Institute (BFI)

The BFI offers opportunities for people to experience, enjoy and discover more about moving image culture through preservation, restoration and distribution of films throughout the UK.

http://www.bfi.org.uk

British Council

The British Council is the UK’s international organisation for educational opportunities and cultural relations.

http://www.britishcouncil.org

Independent Cinema Office (ICO)

Established in July 2003, the Independent Cinema Office is a new national organisation that aims to develop and support independent film exhibition throughout Britain.

http://www.independentcinemaoffice.org.uk

LUX

LUX is a not-for-profit organisation that supports and promotes contemporary and historical artists’ moving image work, and those who make it through distribution, exhibition, publishing and research.

http://www.lux.org.uk

FUNDING

Arts Council England

Arts Council England is the national development agency for the arts. Between 2003 and 2006 they will invest £2 billion of public funds in the arts in England, including funding from the National Lottery.

http://www.artscouncil.org.uk

Animate

The Animate project challenges the boundaries of animation through production funding, discussion and screenings.

http://www.animateonline.org

UK Film Council

The UK Film Council is the Government-backed strategic agency for film in the UK. Its main aim is to stimulate a competitive, successful and vibrant UK film industry and culture, and to promote the widest possible enjoyment and understanding of cinema throughout the nations and regions of the UK.

http://www.ukfilmcouncil.org.uk

UMBRELLA ORGANISATIONS

Artsadmin

Based at Toynbee Studios in East London, Artsadmin provide a comprehensive management service and unique national resource for contemporary artists. Developing and promoting artists' work, from the initial stages of a project through to its final presentation.

http://www.artsadmin.co.uk

Enterprise Centre for the Creative Arts (ECCA)

Advice and support for new London-based creative enterprises, self-employed artists and makers. Services include: free one-to-one sessions with enterprise advisors, including specialists in financial and copyright issues; professional practice seminar programme; courses in business start-up and creative enterprise management; and web-based information resources and factsheets.

http://www.lda.gov.uk/server/show/ConWebDoc.914

Live Art Development Agency

The Live Art Development Agency is the leading development organisation for live art in London, offering a portfolio of resources, schemes, projects and initiatives for the support and development of live art practices and discourses. Part research tool, part training ground, part advisory service, part broker and part lobbyist, the Live Art Development Agency is commited to supporting the high risk artists, practices and ideas of contemporary culture. The Live Art Development Agency aims to respond practically and strategically to new artists, practices and ideas and is particularly committed to supporting the work of emergent artists, culturally diverse artists and artists engaging with challenging concepts or forms.

http://www.thisisliveart.co.uk/

New Work Network (NWN)

New Work Network is a national artist-led support organisation which brings together artists, producers, promoters, venues, academics and other practitioners involved in the new work sector in the UK. NWN supports exploratory arts practices which exist between a wide variety of disciplines such as performance, live art, new theatre, new dance, installation, video art, sound art, digital art, time-based and interdisciplinary arts including those that embrace new technologies.

http://www.newworknetwork.org.uk

NODE.London

NODE.London (Networked, Open, Distributed, Events, London) is committed to building the infrastructure and raising the visibility of media arts practice in London. It works on an open collaborative basis geared towards fortifying existing media arts networks, encouraging the production of experimental media arts within a London based framework and assisting in the articulation of such work to a wider audience.

http://www.nodel.org

Sonic Arts Network (SAN)

Sonic Arts Network is a national organisation working exclusively with sound and technology in creative, innovative and experimental ways. Every year they support British artists through a series of new commissions and by providing platforms for their work through performance and exhibition. They realise creative projects with people of all ages through educational workshops and build the profile of electronic music and sound art by bringing the best artists in the world to show their work to British audiences. (Membership is needed to enjoy the full benefit of the network.)

http://www.sonicartsnetwork.org

CAST & CREW

Shooting People

Shooting People is a completely self-sufficient community run by film-makers for film-makers. It is an online network for film-makers to exchange information and ideas with an large active membership. They run various schemes including daily email bulletins, film previews, masterclasses and public events, showcases members work, publishes books on getting films seen and funded amongst other things.

http://shootingpeople.org

Talent Circle

One of UK's leading free resources for independent film-makers, crew and actors. Through Talent Circle you can advertise for: film-makers, crew, animators, writers, actors, singers, dancers, extras, presenters, look-a-likes and voice over artists.

http://www.talentcircle.co.uk

FILM STOCK, TAPES & DISCS

Fuji Photo Film (UK)

This leading manufacture of motion film produces colour and black and white 35mm, 16mm and digital film stock. Their website has information about the film stocks that they produce and their individual characteristics as well as ordering, storage and processing information.

http://www.fujifilm.co.uk

Kodak Limited (UK)

Kodak Limited (UK) markets a wide range of imaging products and services and plays a leading role in developing and manufacturing new Kodak products for European and worldwide markets. They manufacture a wide range of 35mm and 16mm stock: including super 16mm film, colour, black & white and reversal film stocks.

http://www.kodak.co.uk

PEC

PEC have a huge specialist stock of film, video, audio tapes and discs. They also sell, hire and install a wide range of professional editing machines, lighting equipment, cameras, audio equipment and many accessories.

http://www.pec.co.uk

Stanley Productions

Stanley offer a wide selection of VHS, DV tapes, DVDs as well as audio tapes and 8mm film. They also offer a video, audio, CD or DVD duplication and standards conversion service and repair or service video professional equipment.

http://www.stanleysonline.co.uk

The Widescreen Centre

A totally independent retailer specialising in professional Super 8 services, cine film and equipment, slide projectors and projection screens (including home cinema). They stock a variety of Super 8 and 16mm film, accessories and equipment needed for editing and screening film.

http://www.widescreen-centre.co.uk

CAMERA & EQUIPMENT HIRE

Aimimage Productions

London-based Aimimage offer a range of HD, Digibeta, 16mm and 35mm cameras for hire with and without crew, they also have a well equipped studio facility and lighting apparatus.

http://www.aimimage.com

Four Corners

Four Corners supply a range of 16mm film cameras and have their own post production facilities. They also hire DV and BetaSP cameras, tripods, and sound and lighting equipment.

http://www.fourcornersfilm.co.uk

Ravenscourt Media Ltd

Ravenscourt Media is a social enterprise and is a non-profit making entity working with individuals and community groups. They hire a range of DV and HD cameras, as well as lighting, sound and editing equipment.

http://www.ravenscourtmedia.co.uk

Take Two Films

Take 2 Film Services supply 16mm and 35mm film cameras, a range of video cameras. grip equipment and camera cranes.

http://www.take2films.co.uk

Video Europe

Based in central London, Video Europe provide DV, HD, Digital Betacam as well as lenses, tripods, monitors and lighting equipment. They can also organise crewing.

http://www.videoeurope.co.uk

DIGITAL POST-PRODUCTION

Cinecontact

As an independent post-production facilities company, Cinecontact have suites for on/offline editing with in-house technical support.

http://www.cinecontact.co.uk

Pink Pigeon

Pink Pigeon offer online post-production facilities, DVD authoring and project management. Pink Pigeon's DVD project management involves the co-ordination of design, encoding, authoring and pre-mastering.

http://www.pinkpigeon.net

[ space.media.arts ]

Low cost digital video editing, motion graphics and training facilities. [ space.media.arts ] provides professional post-production facilities which are available to film-makers and moving-image artists for hire at subsidised rates.

http://www.spacemedia.org.uk

team

team offers post-production and out-house equipment hire. They have offline and online editing suites with or without an operator, Pro Tools and audio dubbing facilities and they also hire digital cameras, sound and lighting equipment with or without crew.

http://www.team-online.co.uk

VET

VET are proud of their reputation for providing clients with a relaxed and comfortable working environment supported by their extensive technical expertise. Their mission is to provide a truly excellent service to a broad range of television and other media professionals.

http://www.vet.co.uk

FILM LABORATORIES

no.w.here

no.w.here is a new centre for artist film production in London run by the artist film-makers Karen Mirza and Brad Butler. Creating a cultural centre for the artist film-making community no.w.here provides public access to a unique set of film facilities at low cost.

http://www.nowhere-lab.org

Soho Images

Soho Images film laboratory offers a complete range of Standard 35mm, Super 35mm, Standard 16mm and Super 16mm film processing and printing services in colour and black & white. Soho Images also provide a comprehensive telecine service in a range of formats, including Super 8 and 16mm.

http://www.sohoimages.com

LEGAL ISSUES

Medialex Legal & Business Network

Quality training delivered by a cooperative of leading media lawyers and business professionals, legal and business support and free legal advice.

http://www.medialex-uk.com

Own It

Own It is a new service which offers free intellectual property advice for London’s creative people.

http://www.own-it.org

GALLERIES

Artprojx

Artprojx works with a variety of corporate, charity, individuals and arts organisations nationally and worldwide to plan innovative and viable arts and culture focussed solutions to integrate with business, marketing and individual needs.

http://www.artprojx.com

inIVA (Institute of International Visual Arts)

inIVA creates exhibitions, publications, multimedia, education and research projects, designed to bring the work of artists from culturally-diverse backgrounds to the attention of the widest possible public. Anchored in the diversity of contemporary British culture and society, inIVA engages with culturally-diverse practices and ideas, both local and global.

http://www.iniva.org

Institute for Contemporary Arts (ICA)

ICA is one of the leading venues for moving image work in the UK. Their program of national and international artists includes exhibitions, film seasons, lectures and seminars and a variety of performances.

http://www.ica.org.uk

Serpentine Gallery

The Serpentine organises up to five exhibitions annually, and is the only publicly funded gallery in London to consistently maintain free admission.

http://www.serpentinegallery.org

Whitechapel Art Gallery

The Whitechapel Art Gallery was founded in 1901 to bring great art to the people of East London. The Gallery is internationally acclaimed for its exhibitions of modern and contemporary art and its pioneering education and public events programmes.

http://www.whitechapel.org

INDEPENDENT CINEMAS (LONDON)

BFI Southbank

The BFI Southbank offers the widest range of films screened anywhere in the UK. It is a national organisation which screens rare silent comedies to cutting edge digital cinema, blockbusters to B-movies, classics to cult movies in a variety of seasons, festivals and retrospectives.

http://www.bfi.org.uk/southbank

Curzon Soho

The Curzon Soho show a broad range of art-house and independent films and shorts. Situated in London's Soho district, the cinema has three well equipped screens and there is also a café at street level. Curzon Cinemas also operate Curzon Mayfair, Chelsea Cinema and the Renoir.

http://www.curzoncinemas.com/curzonsoho.htm

The Horse Hospital

The Horse Hospital is a unique arts venue in London which has been providing a space for underground and avant-garde media since 1993. They offer regular events to members showing rare film, music, and art.

http://www.thehorsehospital.com

INDEPENDENT CINEMAS (UK EXCL. LONDON)

Arnolfini

Arnolfini boasts a wide range of facilities and spaces over its four floors. They have an internationally acclaimed programme which includes visual arts exhibitions, live art and performance, as well as dance and cinema and a series talks and lectures.

http://www.arnolfini.org.uk

The Cube Microplex

The Cube Microplex has played host to an astounding set of entertaining activities and is run by a group of voluntary artists-workers-enthusiasts. The Cube works hard at presenting cinema, music Burlesque in full 3D, discussions, secret and overt community groups.

http://www.cubecinema.com

Dundee Contemporary Arts

DCA is an internationally renowned centre for contemporary arts. DCA has five floors of galleries, cinemas, artists facilities, education resources, the University of Dundee Visual Research Centre and a cafe bar.

http://www.dca.org.uk

FACT (Foundation for Art and Creative Technology)

A registered charity, FACT is a leading organisation for the development, support and exhibition of film, video and new and emerging media. FACT has commissioned and presented over 100 digital media artworks.

http://www.fact.co.uk

Showroom

One of the largest independent cinemas in Britain, comprising four small cinemas, Showroom is dedicated to providing regional audiences with access to an extensive programme of international and independent film and media.

http://www.showroom.org.uk

Star and Shadow Cinema

A membership led cinema showing radical, independent and historically important films and other media events, the Star and Shadow Cinema is run by four different groups who each add to the programming schedule.

http://www.starandshadow.org.uk

Watershed

Watershed is the south west's leading media centre for the digital age, providing opportunities for all to experience, enjoy and learn about contemporary moving image media. The programme of feature films, video, digital media, courses and events is presented in three cinemas, three event suites and online.

http://www.watershed.co.uk

UK FILM FESTIVALS

Birds Eye View Film Festival

The focus of the Birds Eye View Film Festival is emerging women film-makers. It features dynamic and diverse programming of quality work during a week of screenings, educational events and talks.

http://www.birds-eye-view.co.uk

Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF)

Categories for features, shorts, documentary, animation, music promos, experimental and young person's films, submissions to be 70mm, 16mm, 35mm (occasional Beta, Digital Betacam, Super-16mm). Films submitted from outside the UK must have been produced during the two years before festival and British films during the year before festival.

http://www.edfilmfest.org.uk

Encounters - Short Film Festival

Categories for live action, animation, drama, documentary, experimental, artists' film and video and mixed media, films should be under 30 minutes and must have been produced during the two years before festival.

http://www.encounters-festival.org.uk

Evolution

Evolution explores experimental and avant-garde approaches to film / video and media art. Over the space of a week, international artists, film-makers and curators participate in talks, screenings, live performances, workshops and exhibitions.

http://www.lumen.org.uk/evolution/index.html

Halloween Short Film Festival

The Halloween Short Film Festival is energetically programmed by Philip Ilson and Kate Taylor. The program includes an eclectic range of short works (encompassing animation, music videos, experimental films etc) as well as live performances from film-makers, VJs and various bands.

http://www.shortfilms.org.uk

London Film Festival

The Times BFI London Film Festival screens on average 280 films from 60 countries, presenting new film from the full spectrum of world cinema. The festivals program is broken into various sections. The Experimenta section is dedicated to experiments with the moving image, including feature films, documentaries, short films, lectures and performances by film-makers and artists.

http://www.lff.org.uk

onedotzero

onedotzero's annual festival, now in its 10th year explores new forms of moving image across music video, computer gaming, cinematics, architecture, motion graphics, new media, feature films and graphic-inflected narrative shorts and documentaries with a series of panels, presentations, and live events.

http://www.onedotzero.com

S1 / Salon

S1 / Salon is a season of artist short film and video programmes hosted in the project space at S1 Artspace, Sheffield. Over the past two years the salons have screened over eighty films by artists based in the UK and overseas.

http://www.s1artspace.org

WORLD FILM FESTIVALS

Ann Arbor Film Festival

Ann Arbour Film Festival is the longest running festival of independent and experimental film in the USA. They are open to all motion pictures and all genres that demonstrate a high regard for the moving image as an art form.

http://www.aafilmfest.org

Avanto

Avanto Helsinki Media Art Festival is Finland's annual festival audiovisual art, multi-projections, installations and experimental film and video.

http://www.avantofestival.com

Biennial of Moving Images

The Biennial is one of the oldest and most important events in Switzerland to feature artists' videos and films and multimedia works. The Biennial includes a week of festival screenings and events and the exhibition stays open for a month.

http://www.centreimage.ch/bim.php

Cinematexas International Short Film Festival

Cinematexas is an international short film, arts, music and politics festival in Austin, Texas dedicated to showcasing work from emerging and established artists from Austin and the rest of the world. Cinematexas has evolved into the most cultivated short-film festival in the US.

http://www.cinematexas.org

Clemont-Ferrand Short Film Festival

Clemont-Ferrand is one of the main international short film festivals and the world's largest short film market. They program the full spectrum of short films with an emphasis on mainstream work.

http://www.clermont-filmfest.com

European Media Art Festival

European Media Art Festival showcase experimental shorts and feature films, music videos, new forms of narration and documentation, video and computer installations and multimedia performances, VJs and expanded cinema.

http://www.emaf.de

EXiS (Experimental Film and Video Festival)

New experimental film and video festival in Seoul, South Korea.

http://www.ex-is.org

Images Festival Of Independent Film And Video

Images festival is devoted to independent and experimental film and video, as well as installation and new media work.

http://www.imagesfestival.com

Impakt Festival

Impakt is an audio-visual arts organisation that runs an annual festival as well as events and exhibitions throughout the year. Their festival includes film and video work as well as installations and performances.

http://www.impakt.nl

Microwave International Media Art Festival

The Microwave Festival has in recent years expanded the festival to include interactive media art and installations as well as its video programs.

http://www.microwavefest.net/flash.html

New York Underground Film Festival

Held annually at Anthology Film Archives the NYUFF is dedicated to screening films that are innovative, subversive, uncompromising and controversial. They screen a wide range of work including features, shorts, documentary, experimental and animation.

http://www.nyuff.com

Oberhausen International Short Film Festival

Oberhausen is the oldest short film festival in the world. They are dedicated to discussion and debate and welcome works that challenge forms of narrative, documentary or experimental film.

http://www.kurzfilmtage.de

Rotterdam International Film Festival

Rotterdam is one of the major film festivals with many sidebars and parallel events (including film market and feature film production forum). Artists' work has a strong presence throughout the festival including artists' features, shorts and documentaries as well as installations, performances and new media projects.

http://www.filmfestivalrotterdam.com

Stuttgart Filmwinter Festival For Expanded Media

Stuttgart Filmwinter Festival for Expanded Media has a large film and video competition, as well as installations, performances, seminars and workshops.

http://www.filmwinter.de

Tampere Film Festival

Tampere Film Festival is an independent short film festival with an international and national competition and film market.

http://www.tamperefilmfestival.fi

Transmediale International Media Art Festival

Transmediale is the biggest festival for the art and creative use of digital media in Germany. Once a year, the festival presents new and significant projects of digital culture and offers reflections on the role of digital technologies in contemporary society.

http://www.transmediale.de

VIDEOEX International Experimental Film & Video Festival

VIDEOEX shows a range of experimental video and film in their large international competition. They also have retrospectives, thematic programs and expanded cinema events.

http://www.videoex.ch

VIPER International Festival for Film Video and New Media

VIPER is one of the key European film, video and new media festivals. Their international competition is based on different themes each year.

http://www.viper.ch/content/index.php

WRO International Media Art Biennale

WRO is an independent cultural institution, acting in the field of new media art. Their Biennale is the oldest and largest festival of media arts in central Europe. As well as the program of new film and video work they have installations, performances and retrospectives of key artists.

http://www.wrocenter.pl

SKILLS & EDUCATION

British Universities Film and Video Council (BUFVC)

BUFVC exists to support and promote the use of moving images in UK higher and further education, and the use of moving images in research generally. They provide a variety of services, databases, publications and other activities including a variety of short courses in film, video and television.

http://www.bufvc.ac.uk

CCC Media

CCC Media offer training and production support. They run a variety of workshops and seminars covering technical, production, business and marketing aspects of the creative media industry.

http://www.cccmedia.co.uk

PRINT MAGAZINES

Afterall

Online and printed contemporary arts magazine. Each substantial issue is focused on five international artists who are linked by their relevance to a pertinent contemporary debate.

http://www.afterall.org

Art Monthly

UK contemporary visual arts monthly magazine dedicated to in-depth features, previews, reviews and profiles of rising artists.

http://www.artmonthly.co.uk

The Artists Information Company

The Artists Information Company provides various services for visual artists including a monthly publication. They coordinate projects and research and aim to widen artists' access to professional information.

http://www.a-n.co.uk

Film Comment

Respected New York magazine published by the film society of Society of Lincoln Center. The bi-monthly publication features a broad range of articles covering world cinema present and past as well as occasional coverage of experimental film and artists' moving image work.

http://www.filmlinc.com/fcm/fcm.htm

Filmwaves

Filmwaves is a non-profit making publishing project devoted to film-making in its various incarnations. It endeavors to develop knowledge of film culture, provide technical advice and to share with its readers the experience of making films. Filmwaves also have a dedicated artists' moving image section Art In-sight.

http://www.filmwaves.co.uk

Frieze

Frieze magazine is Europe's leading contemporary art and culture publication. Frieze includes essays, reviews, columns and listings by forward thinking writers.

http://www.frieze.com

Vertigo Magazine

Vertigo exists to promote independence, innovation and diversity in moving image culture. A visually stunning magazine for a visually stunning medium, read it for cutting-edge features on unique, exciting and challenging films from all over the world. Published twice a year in January and July.

http://www.vertigomagazine.co.uk

ONLINE MAGAZINES

Bright Lights Film Journal

Bright Lights Film Journal is a popular-academic hybrid of movie analysis, history, and commentary, looking at classic and commercial, independent, exploitation, and international film from a wide range of vantage points from the aesthetic to the political.

http://www.brightlightsfilm.com

E-flux

E-flux (electronic flux corporation) is a New York-based information bureau dedicated to world wide distribution of information for contemporary visual arts institutions via the internet.

http://www.e-flux.com

Jump Cut

Jump Cut publishes material on film, television, video and related media and cultural analysis.

http://www.ejumpcut.org

Kultureflash

Kultureflash is a free, weekly newsletter covering contemporary culture in and around London. Their postings include information on art, gigs, films, talks, clubs and more - they are committed to profiling an eclectic mix of events in London.

http://www.kultureflash.net/current

Senses of Cinema

Senses of Cinema is an Australian based online journal devoted to the serious and eclectic discussion of cinema with regular, wide-ranging analysis and critique of International and Australian cinema, past and present.

http://www.sensesofcinema.com

ONLINE RESOURCES

British Artists' Film and Video Study Collection

The Study Collection is a unique resource, it consists of an extensive range of reference materials, including: video copies of artists' works, still images, historical posters and publicity materials, paper documentation and a publications library.

http://www.studycollection.co.uk

Luxonline

Luxonline is a free comprehensive online resource for people wishing to learn about and explore British based artists' film and video. Luxonline is an ongoing project, artists will continue to be added to the virtual archive as the project develops. The project aims to develop an appreciation and understanding of both film and video art.

http://www.luxonline.org.uk

The Moving History Project

This is a research guide to the UK's twelve public sector moving image archives presenting detailed information on these film and television collections.

http://www.movinghistory.ac.uk

New Media Encyclopaedia

The New Media Encyclopedia is the first trilingual English-French-German catalogue of its kind freely available online. As well as being a source of information and tool for research and a scholarly work, the site is designed to be a locus of debate on artistic practices related to the new media.

http://www.newmedia-art.com

ARTISTS WORK ON DVD & VIDEO

Index DVD

Index releases and distributes audiovisual works relevant to the history of international and Austrian film, video and media art. For the label's launch 15 DVDs with the works of mostly Austrian artists were published.

http://www.index-dvd.at/en/index.html

Lowave

Lowave is an independent Paris based DVD label working with the objective of discovering and promoting contemporary film and video art. Its ambition is to create a new marketplace for the work of cutting-edge artists and film-makers.

http://www.lowave.com

Other Cinema DVD

The Other Cinema digital project provides an alternative platform for the distribution of extraordinary film works. They celebrate peculiar visions and offbeat sensibilities, drawn from the contemporary underground as well as the archives. Beat, auteur, exploitation, or industrial, Other Cinema aims to deliver a decidedly different audio-visual experience, opening up spaces both marvelous and dangerous.

http://www.othercinemadvd.com

Raro Video

Raro Video, an Italian DVD and video label, release a wide range of art and experimental titles. Apart from classic, cult and arthouse cinema (including Godard, Oshima, Jodorowsky) they have a sub-label dedicate to experimental film, video art, animation and new media work.

http://www.rarovideo.com

Re:voir

Re:voir are a pioneering video label founded in 1994 with the aim to make available an affordable collection of videotapes of experimental films. Their collection aims to represent the rich and diverse body of work of both classic and contemporary artists' film and video.

http://www.re-voir.com

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