Comprehensive global film scholarship database
Screen Studies Collection offers authoritative and highly detailed film index records from leading international sources alongside expansive filmographies, full-text journals, and key reference sources. It includes the following specialist indexes and filmographies: AFI Catalog, Film Index International, and FIAF International Index to Film Periodicals Database.
AFI Catalog (AFI)
The AFI Catalog is the premier, authoritative resource of American film information and covers the history of American cinema comprehensively from 1893 to 1975, with full or short records for films from 1976 to present. Every film produced on American soil or by American production companies is indexed from the birth of cinema to the present day. New records are created by the AFI editorial team and added each year.
Film Index International (FII)
Film Index International is a major information resource for entertainment films and personalities produced in collaboration with the British Film Institute. With a scholarly, inclusive approach to all areas of film studies from the very first silent movies to art house classics or the latest blockbusters, Film Index International provides truly international coverage, indexing films from over 170 countries.
FIAF International Index to Film Periodicals Database
The FIAF International Index to Film Periodicals Database brings together institutions dedicated to rescuing and preserving films. This database contains FIAF’s Treasures from Film Archives, a selection of reference volumes and the linked full text of more than 60 journals that offer a detailed index of the silent era film holdings of archives from around the world. FIAF’s editorial staff, along with its affiliates, produce the FIAF International Index to Film Periodicals which offers in-depth coverage of the world's foremost academic and popular film journals.
Key Themes & Topics:
- Animation
- Cinematography
- Documentary
- Film History
- Film Theory
- Genre Studies
- Global Cinema
- Screenwriting
- Sound Design
Research the Early Modern Period
Extensive Coverage
The collection features more than 550,000 index records for leading film and television journals and magazines created by the scholarly association FIAF, La Fédération Internationale des Archives du Film, as well as essential filmographic reference information from The American Film Institute (AFI) and The British Film Institute (BFI). Full text is available for 60+ key periodicals
International Scope
Offers international coverage of films and film scholarship, including foreign-language titles that document and discuss influential national cinemas of Europe, Asia Pacific, and Latin America, while also offering thorough coverage of the North American and U.K. film industries
Key Reference Works
The collection features major reference works such as The Encyclopedia of Early Cinema, The Routledge Companion to Film History, Oxford History of World Cinema, Critical Ideas in Television Studies, and Film Analysis: A Norton Reader
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