WORLDWIDE NON-COMMERCIAL FILM MAKING LINKS

Federations | Regional Festivals | Selected International Festivals | Selected clubs outside UK

Federations - national groupings of cine and video clubs:

	AMMA	Amateur Movie Makers Association (USA)		AMPS	American Motion Picture Society
	BDFA	German Federation... in German		CVB	Flemish Belgian Federation ... in Dutch
	CVU	Czech Federation ... in Czech & English		FAMM	Federation of Australian Movie Makers
	FEDIC	Italian Federation ... in Italian		FFCV	French Federation ... in French
	FGDCA	Luxemburg Federation ... in French		FNTF	Polish Federation ... in Polish
	FVL	Finnish Federation ... in Finnish		HFS	Croatian Federation ... in Croatian & English
	IYCS	Iranian Young Cinema Society ... in Iranian & English		MAFSZ	Hungarian Federation ... in Hungarian
	NOC	Slovak Federation ... in Slovak & English		NOV A	Netherlands Federation ... in Dutch
	NZAV	New Zealand Amateur Videomakers		SCCA	Society of Canadian Cine Amateurs
	SFV	Swedish Federation ... in Swedish		SWISS	Swiss Federation ... in French & German
	VÖFA	Austrian Federation ... in German
	UNICA - the umbrella organisation for national federations ... our UNICA pages | UNICA's own website
UK Regional Festivals (entry usually restricted to a specific area)
	Frome 5 Minute Festival - open to all			Kent Film Festival
	NERIAC - North East England festivals and other news			Surrey Film Festival
	Sussex Film Festival
Selected International Festivals - all wholly or partly open to non-commercial movies
	AMPS/AMMA - see links above			ARSfilm - Czech festival for movies about art and animation webpage is in Czech but rules and forms are usually available on the IAC website.
	Canadian International Annual Film/Video Festival			Cinemagic
	Cooperative Young Film Maker's Festival - 21 or under			Cotswold International Film & Video Festival
	Croatian Minute Movie Cup			End of the Pier - international, Bognor Regis
	Euro-Film Festival Nordic Area			Euro-Film Festival Scandinavia - Oslo
	Festival of Nations - Austria, free entry			Festival Without Borders - Berlin
	Festival International du Film Animalier -wildlife, France			Golden Diana - Austria
	Guernsey Lily Festival - Channel Islands			Melbourne International Movie Festival
	Oberhausen Short Film Days - free idie/pro, Germany			One-Take Film Festival - biannual Croatia
	Oslo Amateur Film Festival - Norway			Pol-8 - Poland, free entry
	Prague Amateur Filmers Festival - Czechia			SeniorForum - Czech festival for film makers over 58. webpage is in Czech but rules and forms are usually available on the IAC website.
	Transport and Railway Movie Festival - Germany. webpages in German but details are usually on the IAC website.			Wildscreen - biannual UK festival, mainly pro but some amateur

Selected Clubs Outside UK - with websites in English
Australia................................................................................................		......................................................................................................................
ACT Video Camera Club - Canberra		Australian Widescreen Association - Melbourne
Brisbane Video Makers Association		Cronulla Video Club - New South Wales
Gold Coast Video Camera Club - Mudgeeraba		Newcastle Video Makers
North West Tasmanian Video Camera Club		Northside Camcorders Club - Sydney
Oakleigh Movie Club - home of the Melbourne Festival		Ringwood Film & Video Makers - Victoria
South West Video Club - Sydney		Videomakers WA - Bull Creek
Western Australian Film & Video Club Inc. - Claremont		Wollongong Camera Club
Canada
Hamilton Video Film Makers		Toronto Film & Video Club
Vancouver Video Production Club		Victoria Video Club
New Zealand
Auckland 8 Movie Club		Auckland Movie Makers
Capiti Video Camera Club		Christchurch Video Camera Club
Hawkes Bay Video Enthusiasts Club		Nelson Amateur Movie Club
Otago Cine Video Club		Tauranga Video Camera Club
Te Awamutu Camera Club		Wellington Video Camera Club
USA
Buffalo Movie-Video Makers		Long Island Movie Makers
Sacramento Amateur Movie Makers
Germany
Video Aktiv Regensburg - in German, English and Czech

Other Relevant Links

• New York Film Academy
• Smalfilmmuseum (Netherlands Archive and links to thousands of related sites)
• Widescreen Museum (USA)

Page updated on 03 January 2009

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