INFORMATION SERVICES

ART ON FILM DATABASE. Inventory of film/video productions on the visual arts, conducted for a modest fee. c/o School of Information and Library Science, Pratt Institute, 200 Willoughby Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11205. (718) 399-4206. artfilm@sils.pratt.edu.

BASELINE ONLINE SERVICES. An "entertainment industry" database. NYC. (212) 254-8235, or LA (310) 659-3830.

DREAMLIFE.COM. Dreamlife offers a "Quick Coach" that will help you assess where your life is today, where you'd like to go, and how you're going to get there. A neat tool for doing some quick short-and-long-term planning. http://www.dreamlife.com/

ENTERTAINMENT LAW RESOURCES FOR FILM, TV AND MULTIMEDIA PRODUCERS. http://www.marklitwak.com/

FILM FESTIVALS SERVER, a co-production of Moving Pictures Magazine and Multimedia Partners. Links to festivals worldwide. http://www.filmfestivals.com/.

FILM FINDERS, a subscription or pay-per-service online resource. http://www.filmfinders.com.

FISCAL SPONSORSHIP PROGRAMS, New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) maintains this downloadable PDF file of Fiscal Sponsorship programs around the country. http://www.nyfa.org/level3.asp?id=159&fid=1&sid=44.

THE FUND FOR WOMEN ARTISTS. Excellent information resource with a bi-monthly e-newsletter that lists Funding Opportunities for Filmmakers, and a page describing Fiscal Sponsorships. http://www.womenarts.org

FUNDING SEARCH, custom grant funding search service for a reasonable fee. http://www.FundingSearch.com.

i-CONTACT VIDEO NETWORK. Located in UK, this non-profit helps progressive, radical video makers. Site includes "Video Activists Survival Kit" and "How to Write a Press Release." Also provides an e-mail list. http://www.videonetwork.org/

INDEPENDENT FILMS. Chock full of information for the independent filmmaker. http://www.independentfilms.org.

INSIDE INDIES, maintained by ITVS' INDEPENDENT LENS, this site looks at the world of independent film with special features, interviews and online discussions.. http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/insideindies.

MEDIA RESOURCES CENTER/ MOFFITT LIBRARY/ UC BERKELEY. Listings of film and video distributors and producers, as well as other useful links. http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/Distributors.html

NICEM EZ CUSTOM SEARCH. (800) 926-8328. Will do customized computer search of its vast databases on films, videos, producers, distributors, filmstrips, etc. $50/hr. + .20/unit. A division of Access Innovations, P. O. Box 40130, Albuquerque, NM 87196. http://www.nicem.com/

PBS VIDEOFINDERS. (900) 860-9301. Computer search for film/video programs (by title, subject, filmmaker, etc.) for works on PBS or in R.R. Bowker's guide. Charges by the minute for search.

Shades of Day. This site provides a good set of links to many film resources around the Net. http://www.shadesofday.com/links.html .