Cambridge University Film Societies

• Soc Doc Soc (Social Documentary Society)

College Film Societies

• Caius Films
• Christ's Films
• Churchill MCR Film Society
• Corpus Christi College Pictures
• Girton College Film Society
• Queens' College Film Society
• Robinson Films
• St John's Films
• Trinity Film Society

Other Cambridge Filmmakers

• Actors at Work Productions
• Cambridge Filmmakers Network
• Cambridge Movies Workshop
• Churchill College MCR Film Society
• Ivan Vallejo & Jonathan Heras
• Ravindran Amaratunga
• Tom Bishop

Cambridge Cinemas

• Arts Picture House
• vue Cambridge
• Cineworld - near The Junction

Academic Links

• Cambridge University Film Seminar - seminars free and open to all
• Cambridge MPhil in Screen Media and Cultures
• Insight - non-profit organisation, specialising in teaching non-mainstream and alternative filmmaking tradition - 10% student discount on all courses

Filmmaking Links

On these sites you can learn the industry jargon and convince people you're a real professional.

• IMDB Film Glossary
• B&N Film Glossary

Lots of guidance from people who know what they're talking about.

• exposure - the internet resource for low-budget film-makers
• Guerilla Filmmaking 101
• filmmaking.com - the filmmaking portal
• filmmaking.net
• talentcircle.co.uk - a free service for emerging talent in Film and TV

Other Universities' Film making clubs & societies

Always interesting to see what others are getting up to... outside the Cambridge Bubble. Some useful tips and interesting films too!

• Queen's University, Belfast
• Imperial College, London, who have their own TV station!
• York Uni have both a TV station and a Cinematography Society.

Technical

• DV FAQ
• Using Digital Reverb Effects
• Digital Digest - video encoding
• VCDHelp - burn your video to VCD, SVCD or DVD
• 3ivx.com - great MPEG4 codec to make high quality compressed films.

Software

• Avid Free Trial ... see also Avid Tutorials
• Apple - iMovie, Final Cut Pro and more... their educational store has discounts for students
• Adobe - Premiere, After Effects
• Versiontracker - latest versions of Mac & PC software (inc. lots of useful shareware/freeware)

Hardware/Media

cheap places to get DV tapes, DVDs etc. online (note that Cinecam has a supply of tapes we bought in bulk that we can offer to you at cheap prices)

• 7dayshop.com - discount photography and video supplies
• SVP Communications - the cheapest place in the UK for blank DVD media
• Carousel - tapes and more...

Other places in Cambridge to buy tapes, cables and stuff:

• Maplin Electronics - probably the cheapest in town (on Regent St. opposite the Arts')
• Jessops - photo and video chain, bit more pricey

General

• Inside Film Calendar of Film Festivals - film festivals around the world
• The Internet Movie Database
• The British Film Institute
• National Film and Television School
• Dark Horizons - film rumours
• Guardian Unlimited Film
• FilmFour
• SingleReel - hosts videos on-line
• BBC One Minute Movies - what it says on the can, if you have a very short film, enter it here!