Film Organizations and Associations (Yale Library Film Studies)

Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences: Professional honorary organization composed of over 6,000 motion picture craftsmen and women dedicated to advancing the arts and sciences of motion pictures. Academy Awards Presentation of the Oscars.

American Film Institute: Advancing and preserving the art of the moving image. Includes the AFI Conservatory, the AFI Los Angeles International Film Festival, and the AFI's National Center for Film and Video Preservation.

Association Française de Recherche sur l’histoire du Cinéma: French film historians and scholars association. Publishes the journal 1895 on film research, film history, methods and tools.

American Screenwriters Association (ASA): Organization dedicated to the promotion of and encouragement of screenwriting as an art form.

Association of Independent Video and Filmmakers (AIVF): National service organization for independent producers of video and film.

Association Internationale du Film d'Animation (ASIFA) ASIFA-Hollywood: A California Non-profit Organization Devoted to the Advancement of the Art of Animation

British Universities Film & Video Council

Broadcast Film Critics Association: The Broadcast Film Critics Association is the largest film critics organization in the United States and Canada, representing 169 television, radio and online critics. Includes the Critics' Choice Awards, reviews of new releases, and more.

Canadian Film and Television Production Association (CFTPA): National association representing independent producers of diverse size and scope working in film, television, and multimedia.

Federation of Commercial Audiovisual Libraries International (FOCAL International): International professional trade association representing film/audiovisual libraries, professional film researchers, producers and others working in the industry.
Fédération Internationale des Archives du Film (FIAF) (International Federation of Film Archives): Association of film archives, dedicated to rescuing film both as cultural heritage and historical documents.

Independent Film & Television Alliance: Formerly known as the American Film Marketing Association (AFMA), IFTA is the trade association for independent motion picture and television production and distribution companies.

International Documentary Association: Promoting nonfiction film and video, supporting documentary filmmakers, and sponsor of an annual documentary film festival.

Motion Picture Editors Guild
National Film Preservation Board (Library of Congress): Includes the National Film Preservation Foundation, Moving Image Archives, National Film Registry, and information on preservation research.

Screen Actors Guild (SAG): Screen Actors union concerned with its members' wages and working conditions on their jobs. Professional organization composed of college and university educators, filmmakers, historians, critics, scholars etc. Advances the field of Cinema Studies in higher-education.

Society for Cinema & Media Studies: Devoted to the scholarly study of film, television, video and new media. Formerly the Society for Cinema Studies.

Sundance Institute: Founded by Robert Redford and dedicated to the development of artists of independent vision and the exhibition of their new work. Sponsor of the Sundance Film Festival.

United Nations Association Film Festival: Organization dedicated to showing international documentaries dealing with UN topics - human rights, refugee protection, immunization, and others.