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Reference

Background information and facts about film.

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences offers history and facts about the Academy and
annual award program. Includes a database of award nominees, winners and statistics.

All Movie Guide allows users to search for entries in a variety of ways including by people or title
or to browse by country or genre. There is also a glossary of film terms and a list of essays by
freelance critics.

Box Office Mojo provides statistics and analysis of box office data.

Internet Movie Database provides a collection of movie information on about 400,000 titles.

Watchmovies is a comprehensive online source on cinema industry history and
includes also sections on world cinema and biographies.

Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh: Resource Guide: Movies and Films. This guide by the public library provides among other things links to awards and festivals, filmmaking, history of film and reviews. The focus lies on the Pittsburgh Region and Pennsylvania, but it also includes selected national and international venues and resources.