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Cornell Cinema

Cornell Cinema began in 1970 as a university film society, but has evolved into a media arts center with a national reputation. Cornell Cinema's primary purpose is to expose Ithaca and regional audiences to alternative forms of cinema (such as documentary, classic, and experimental films) as well as alternative voices not usually heard through the mass media. Its secondary purpose is to provide affordable, second-run commercial entertainment for the Cornell community.

Location

Cornell University 104 Willard Straight Hall
Ithaca, NY 14853
United States

Columbia Film Society / Nickelodeon Theatre

The Columbia Film Society is a community arts organization whose aim is to stimulate discussion and enhance appreciation of media arts in the community by presenting a wide variety of alternative films and sponsoring media arts events and educational programs. The Nickelodeon Theatre is home for the Society to showcase films and videos found outside the commercial cinemas in the area.

Location

937 Main Street
Columbia, SC 29201
United States
33° 59' 51.5184" N, 81° 1' 54.9624" W

Cinema/Chicago

Cinema/Chicago is the presenting organization of the Chicago Intl. Film Festival North America's oldest competitive international film festival. Their founding goals remain the same: to discover and present new filmmakers to Chicago and to acknowledge and award these filmmakers for their artistry.

Location

30 E Adams St Ste 800
Chicago, IL 60603-5628
United States
41° 52' 45.9408" N, 87° 37' 42.708" W

Chicago Filmmakers

Chicago Filmmakers is a media arts organization that fosters the creation, appreciation and understanding of film and video as media for artistic and personal expression, as well as media of important social and community impact. Our mission is to provide an opportunity for artists to make films outside the mainstream marketplace, to distribute and exhibit this work, as well as to build audiences and to increase media attention for it.

Location

5243 N. Clark St. 2nd Fl.
Chicago, IL 60640
United States

Canyon Cinema

Canyon Cinema's unrivaled collection of more than 3500 films traces the history of the experimental and avant-garde filmmaking movement from the 1930s to the present.

Canyon's primary activity is the distribution of 16mm films, videotapes, and DVDs by independent film artists. Independent filmmakers, unlike commercial filmmakers or studio artists, rarely receive financial compensation for their work. The money that Canyon Cinema returns to the artists helps them continue making their films.

Location

145 Ninth Street Suite 260
San Francisco, CA 94103
United States
37° 46' 33.0888" N, 122° 24' 49.7736" W

Austin Film Society

The Austin Film Society is a non-profit organization that promotes the appreciation of film and supports creative filmmaking by:
  • Showing great films and premieres
  • Managing a 100,000 square foot film production facility in central Austin
  • Awarding grants and supporting filmmakers
  • Teaching kids & adults about filmmaking
  • Presenting the annual Texas Film Hall of Fame awards to raise funds for all the above

Location

1901 East 51st Street
Austin, TX 78723
United States
30° 18' 2.9124" N, 97° 41' 41.3988" W

Athens Center for Film & Video

The Athens Center for Film and Video's purpose is to develop encourage sponsor and otherwise support the appreciation production and growth of independent media arts in southeast Ohio and the surrounding region.

Location

75 W. Union St. Rm. 407 P.O. Box 388
Athens, OH 45701
United States
39° 19' 41.2644" N, 82° 6' 14.3136" W

Asian CineVision Inc

Asian CineVision is a nonprofit media arts organization dedicated to promoting and preserving Asian and Asian American media expressions by:

  • Helping to develop and support both emerging and experienced Asian American film and video makers and other media artists working in a range of genres and styles; and
  • Helping to ensure that the full spectrum of Asian and Asian American media works reach diverse audiences in Asian American communities and beyond.

Location

133 W. 19th St. 3rd Fl.
New York, NY 10011
United States

Association for Visual Artists

AVA serves as an advocate for the visual arts through programming, arts advocacy, exemplary community citizenship and by an increase in diversity among artist and art advocate members. AVA provides members with opportunities to exhibit and sell their artwork; teach and facilitate; and cultivate their community leadership skills. AVA’s role in visual arts education is seen in schools, recreation centers, hospitals, the workplace and public spaces.

AVA’s mission is to promote, support and advocate for original visual art and artists.

Location

30 Frazier Avenue Suite A
Chattanooga, TN 37405-3931
United States
35° 3' 43.8984" N, 85° 18' 27.3204" W

Ann Arbor Film Festival

The Ann Arbor Film Festival is the longest-running film festival of its kind in N. America showcasing films that break new ground challenge conventions give voice to diverse perspectives inspire cultural education and engage audiences worldwide.

Location

308 1/2 S. State St. Ste. 22
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
United States
42° 16' 44.8716" N, 83° 44' 27.0744" W