B3 Media
Country
United Kingdom
Type of link
Organization/Institute
B3 makes connections: between Britain's multicultural communities and its creative industries. We do so by uniting the power of digital media with the creative potential of emerging digital artists, film makers, visual artists and sound artists. Our activities - workshops, screenings, studio sessions, talks, networking events - are all about nurturing new talent and creating industry connections. We help them develop, produce and distribute their work, from the first spark of an idea through to the first showing and beyond.
Balkan Documentary Center
Country
Bulgaria
Type of link
Film Center , Organization/Institute
The Balkan Documentary Center (BDC) is an initiative of the team behind AGITPROP production company. On the one hand, it is a virtual network and framework for support, our very own 0700-BALKANDOCU helpline. On the other, it is a brick-and-mortar actual house in downtown Sofia to be equipped with everything necessary to make this support technically possible, from research lab to production equipment and post facilities.
Baltic Films - Estonia/Latvia/Lithuania
Country
Estonia
Type of link
Film Center , Organization/Institute
Baltic Films is the association of three film bodies of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. The need for common activities of small countries has developed hand in hand with the growing film production in the region. In Estonia the state film subsidies are forwarded to independent producers by Estonian Film Foundation, in Latvia by National Film Center of Latvia and in Lithuania by the Ministry of Culture. The film bodies also provide information about local film production and studio facilities, intermediate films to festivals and other events.
Baltic Films - Estonia/Latvia/Lithuania
Country
Estonia
Type of link
Organization/Institute
Baltic Films is the association of three film bodies of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. The need for common activities of small countries has developed hand in hand with the growing film production in the region. In Estonia the state film subsidies are forwarded to independent producers by Estonian Film Foundation, in Latvia by National Film Center of Latvia and in Lithuania by the Ministry of Culture. The film bodies also provide information about local film production and studio facilities, intermediate films to festivals and other events.
Baltic Films - Estonia/Latvia/Lithuania
Country
Estonia
Type of link
Organization/Institute
Baltic Films is the association of three film bodies of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. The need for common activities of small countries has developed hand in hand with the growing film production in the region. In Estonia the state film subsidies are forwarded to independent producers by Estonian Film Foundation, in Latvia by National Film Center of Latvia and in Lithuania by the Ministry of Culture. The film bodies also provide information about local film production and studio facilities, intermediate films to festivals and other events.
Baltic Media Centre
Country
Denmark
Type of link
Organization/Institute, Training Programme
Baltic Media Centre is an independent, non-profit foundation (NGO) promoting democracy, social development and a peaceful international co-operation through the active participation of the media. To stimulate this the centre provides regional, national, and in-house training of media professionals, initiation of international co-productions, legal advice and expert consultancies, networking and other services for radio, television, independent production companies, and print media. One of the activities is the Baltic Sea Forum, which is organized for producers of documentary films and television programmes from the Baltic Sea region.
BAM - Flemish Institute for Visual, Audiovisual and Media Art
Country
Belgium
Type of link
Organization/Institute
BAM is the Flemish institute for visual, audiovisual and media art. It functions as an independent organisation that provides information, and encourages development and networking - both within the visual arts fields and crossing boundaries into other disciplines. BAM encourages collaboration and exchange between Flemish organisations and institutions abroad and tries to increase the interest in and knowledge of the Flemish art scene abroad through an international communication and by organising a visitors programme for foreign art professionals. BAM is funded by the Flemish Community and is based in Ghent, Belgium. For more information on the arts scene in Belgium's French-speaking community (Wallonia and Brussels), you can contact SAP (Plastic Arts Department of the French-speaking Community of Belgium), and the DGLive website has information on the cultural policy of Belgium's German-speaking community.
Banff Centre
Country
Canada
Type of link
Organization/Institute
The Banff Centre is a globally respected arts, cultural, and educational institution and conference facility. The Banff Centre is internationally recognized as the leader on the local, national and international stages in the development and promotion of creative work in the arts, sciences, business, and the environment, a catalyst for creative thought, lifelong learning, the development and showcasing of new work, and the advancement of applied research, a resource for individual and group renewal and transformation, and an enabler of innovation and creativity for participants and staff to question assumptions, explore ideas, embrace change, and exemplify excellence, a destination of choice for conferences.
Banja Luka Film Institute
Country
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Type of link
Organization/Institute
The Banja Luka Film Institute is a non-profit organization that supports and promotes the development of independent cinema in the region, organizes training events and workshops, and plans and coordinates international activities at various festivals and markets.
Barcelona / Catalunya Film Commission
Country
Spain
Type of link
Organization/Institute
Barcelona / Catalunya Film Commission provides a wide range of free services to aid audiovisual production in Barcelona. It offers free information about locations, weather and shooting permits. Its comprehensive guide to the audiovisual sector of Barcelona can be purchased online.
Base-court
Country
Switzerland
Type of link
Organization/Institute
Base-court is an association that was created in 1999 with the aim of promoting the production and distribution of short film in Switzerland.
Bavarian Film and Television Fund
Country
Germany
Type of link
Organization/Institute, Funding
The FilmFernsehFonds Bayern (FFF), in which the Free State of Bavaria, public and private television stations as well as the Bavarian Regional Media Authority (BLM) are working together, has the goal of developing the film funding system, both in terms of quality as well as quantity. Through this funding instrument, the production location of Bavaria can consolidate and further develop its outstanding position. In the FilmFernsehFonds Bayern the film industry has gained a partner who can give them comprehensive advice, monitoring and funding.
BBFC - British Board of Film Classification
Country
United Kingdom
Type of link
Organization/Institute
The British Board of Film Classification is an independent, non-governmental body, which has classified cinema films since it was set up in 1912, and videos since the passing of the Video Recordings Act in 1984. Through the efficient classification of the moving image into advisory and age-related categories, the provision of consumer advice and the maintenance of our archive: we give the public information that empowers them to make appropriate viewing decisions for themselves and those in their care. We help to protect vulnerable viewers and society from the effects of viewing potentially harmful or unsuitable content while respecting adult freedom of choice; we provide media industries with the security and confidence of cost-effective, publicly trusted regulation and help to protect providers of moving image content from inadvertent breaches of UK law.
Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien - Federal Commision for Culture and Media
Country
Germany
Type of link
Organization/Institute, Funding
Goverment representatives for culture and media. Department K 35 - film department.
BECTU - Broadcasting, Entertainment, Cinematograph and Theatre Union
Country
United Kingdom
Type of link
Organization/Institute
BECTU is the independent union for those working in broadcasting, film, theatre, entertainment, leisure, interactive media and allied areas who are primarily based in the United Kingdom.
Belarus Videocenter
Country
Belarus
Type of link
Organization/Institute
Belarus Videocenter
BFFS - British Federation of Film Societies
Country
United Kingdom
Type of link
Organization/Institute
BFFS is the national organisation for the development, support and representation of film societies throughout the UK.
BIFI - Bibliothèque du film
Country
France
Type of link
Organization/Institute
BIFI is a public film library that offers services, products and documents in the field of cinema. The website also gives access to the catalogue of films and documents, offers a selection of texts from the film magazine Ciné-Regards, presents historically important themes and personalities.
Bill Douglas Centre for the History of Cinema and Popular Culture
Country
United Kingdom
Type of link
Organization/Institute
The Bill Douglas Centre for the History of Cinema and Popular Culture contains both a public museum and an academic research centre, housing one of Britain's largest public collections of books, prints, artefacts and ephemera relating to the history and prehistory of cinema. The Bill Douglas Centre opened to the public in the autumn of 1997 as part of the British celebrations of the centenary of cinema. Unlike the majority of these celebrations, the Centre is a permanent facility, encouraging the ongoing enjoyment, understanding and study of the twentieth century's greatest popular art form and its precursors.
BIMA - British Interactive Media Association
Country
United Kingdom
Type of link
Organization/Institute
Established in 1985, the British Interactive Media Association (BIMA) is the trade association representing the diverse interests of the UK interactive industry.
Binger Filmlab
Country
The Netherlands
Type of link
School, Organization/Institute, Training Programme
Deadline month
September
Binger Filmlab is an Amsterdam based international feature-film development centre where talented writers, directors, producers and script editors from around the world can place both their projects and their usual working practices within an inspiring environment of fellow filmmakers, to be coached and supported by internationally acclaimed mentors and advisors.
BIPP - British Institute of Professional Photography
Country
United Kingdom
Type of link
Organization/Institute
The British Institute of Professional Photography is the premier qualifying body for professional image makers in the UK with over 3500 members covering every type of photography.
BIPT - Belgian Institute for Postal Services and Telecommunications
Country
Belgium
Type of link
Organization/Institute
BIPT supervises two economic sectors: the postal sector and the telecommunications sector, now called electronic communications.
BKSTS - The Moving Image Society
Country
United Kingdom
Type of link
Organization/Institute
BKSTS aims to educate, train and represent those involved creatively and technically within the moving image industry. As well as meetings, presentations, seminars, international exhibitions and conferences, BKSTS - The Moving Image Society also organizes an extensive programme of training courses, lectures, workshops and special events.
Black Box Foundation
Country
Hungary
Type of link
Organization/Institute, Producer
Black Box Foundation was amongst the first film companies to make documentaries about the changes in the political and social system in Hungary and other ex-communist countries. The organisation was founded in 1987, and during the last 15 years they have recorded 4.000 hours on video about ethnic minorities, discriminated groups, mentally or physically handycapped people, as well as many films and television programs about the changes in social and political life. They founded the Romany Media School in 2001, presently attended by 14 students. The staff of the Black Box Foundation was awarded the Hungarian Pulitzer Prize in 1993.