USA Film Associations, Organizations, and Societies

Film Associations in the USA

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences	Dance Film Association	Motion Picture Association of America
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences	Entertainment Community Fund (formerly The Actors Fund)	National Association of Broadcasters
Alliance for Women in Media	Entertainment Industries Council, Inc.	National Association of Latino Independent Producers (NALIP)
American Film Institute	Entertainment Industry Foundation	National Association of Television Program Executives
American Federation of Musicians	Entertainment Services and Technology Association	National Film Preservation Board
A Minor Consideration	Environmental Media Association	National Film Preservation Foundation
AssistantDirectors.com	Filmmakers Alliance	Professional Lighting & Sound Association
Association of Independent Commercial Producers	Independent Film & Television Alliance	Talent Managers Association
Association of Moving Image Archivists	International Black Broadcasters Association	The American Society of Cinematographers
Association of Talent Agents	International Documentary Association (IDA)	The Film Foundation
Black House	Internet Film Critics Association
Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment (CAPE)	International Laser Display Association
CreativeFuture	International Screenwriters’ Association (ISA)

Film Organizations and Societies in the USA

Film Societies in Each State of the United States of America

Alabama

Sidewalk Film Center & Cinema

Women in Film & Television of Central Alabama

Alaska

Alaska Film Group

Alaska Filmmakers

Arizona

Arizona Production Association	Hanson FilmTV Institute	Independent Film Arizona
Arizona Film Society	Independent Feature Project: Phoenix (IFP/PHX)	Phoenix Screenwriters Association, Inc.

Arkansas

Arkansas Cinema Society (ACS)

Low Key Arts

Women in Film Arkansas (WIFA)

California

Colorado

Aspen Film	Colorado Innovators of New Entertainment Media & Arts (CINEMA)	Film in Colorado
Boulder Community Media (BCM)	Denver Film	Independent Film Society of Colorado (IFSOC)
Colorado Attorneys for the Arts (CAFTA)	Denver Media Professionals	Rocky Mountain Women’s Film
Colorado Film & Video Association (CFVA)	Denver Open Media	Women in Film and Media Colorado (WIFMCO)

Connecticut

Digital Media Connecticut (DMCT)	New England Film	Women in Film & Video New England (WIFVNE)
Imagine Magazine	Real Art Ways

Delaware

Film Delaware

Rehoboth Beach Film Society

District of Columbia

Mid-Atlantic Production Services Directory	Washington, DC Film Society
Television, Internet & Video Association of DC (TIVA-DC)	Women in Film & Video of Washington, DC
Washington Area Lawyers for the Arts (WALA)	Washington Psychotronic Film Society

Florida

Film Florida	Oolite Arts \| Cinematic Arts Residency
FilmGate Miami	Orlando Independent Filmmakers (OIF)
FilMiami	Sarasota Film Society
Florida Film Office, Inc.	South Florida PBS \| film-maker
Miami Beach Film Society	Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts Miami
Miami Film Society	Women in Film & Television Florida (WIFT-FL)
Miami Media and Film Market (MMFM)

Georgia

Atlanta Film Society	Georgia Film & Television Production Sourcebook
Black Women Film Network	Georgia Lawyers for the Arts (GLA)
Explore Georgia \| Film	Georgia Production Partnership
Film Impact Georgia	South Arts

Guam

Guam Council on the Arts and Humanities

Guam International Media Coordinators Association

Pacific Islanders in Communications (PIC)

Hawaii

Creative Lab Hawaii	Hawaii Women in Filmmaking
Hawaii Filmmakers Collective	‘Ohina
Hawaii International Film Association (HIFA)	Pacific Islanders in Communications (PIC)
Hawaii Production Index

Idaho

Arts Idaho

Illinois

Chicago Film Society	Facets	Lawyers for the Creative Arts
Chicago Filmmakers	Free Spirit Media	Mezcla Media Collective
Chicago Media Project	Gene Siskel Film Center	Northwest Illinois Film Office
Chicago Screenwriters Network	Illinois Production Alliance	Reel Chicago
Community Builders Grant \| Camera Ambassador	Independent Film Alliance Chicago	Sisters in Cinema

Indiana

Heartland Film	Indy Art \| Media Co-op
Indiana Filmmakers Network	Mid America Filmmakers

Iowa

Des Moines Film

FilmScene

Iowa Motion Picture Association

Kansas

CinemaKC	mama.film
Film Society KC	Mid-America Arts Alliance
Independent Filmmakers Coalition of Kansas City	Tallgrass Film Association
Kansas City Screenwriters	Wichita Film Commission
Kansas City Volunteer Lawyers & Accountants for the Arts (KCVLAA)	Women in Film & Media Kansas City (WIFM KC)

Kentucky

Appalshop	Louisville Film Society
Creative Lexington	Southern Kentucky Film Commission

Louisiana

Filmshop	New Orleans Video Access Center (NOVAC)
Louisiana Film & Entertainment Association	Robinson Film Center
Louisiana Film & Entertainment Sourcebook	Southern Screen
New Orleans Film Society	Women in Film Television Louisiana (WiFT LA)

Maine

Imagine Magazine	Points North Institute
Maine Film Association (MFA)	Portland Media Center
Maine Film Center	Women in Film & Video New England (WIFVNE)
New England Film

Maryland

Baltimore Film Office	Saul Zaentz Innovation Fund in Film and Media \| Johns Hopkins University
Creative Alliance	Stavros Niarchos Foundation Parkway
Maryland Film Industry Coalition	Television, Internet & Video Association of DC (TIVA-DC)
Maryland Regional Production Guide	Washington Area Lawyers for the Arts
Maryland Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts	Women in Film & Video of Washington, DC
Mid-Atlantic Production Services Directory

Massachusetts

Almanack Screenwriters	Massachusetts Production Coalition
Berkshire Film and Media Collaborative	New England Film
Filmmakers Collaborative	Provincetown Film Society/Institute
Imagine Magazine	Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts Massachusetts
Martha’s Vineyard Film Society	Women in Film & Video New England (WIFVNE)

Michigan

Allied Media Projects	Michigan Film Industry Association (MiFIA)
Digital Arts, Film & Television (DAFT)	Michigan Production Alliance
Final Girls	Waterfront Film
Grand Rapids Community Media Center (GRCMC)

Minnesota

FilmNorth	Minnesota Lawyers for the Arts (MnLA)	Screenwriters’ Workshop
The Film Society of Minneapolis St. Paul	Minnesota Women in Film and Television	St. Paul Neighborhood Network (SPNN)
Jerome Foundation	Northern Film Alliance	Upper Minnesota Film Office (UMFO)

Mississippi

Mississippi Arts Commission

Mississippi Film Alliance

Missouri

CinemaKC	Independent Filmmakers Coalition of Kansas City	Missouri Motion Media Association (MOMMA)
Cinema St. Louis	Kansas City Screenwriters	Ragtag Film Society
Continuity	Kansas City Volunteer Lawyers & Accountants for the Arts (KCVLAA)	St. Louis Volunteer Lawyers and Accountants for the Arts (VLAA)
Film Society KC	Mid-America Arts Alliance	Women in Film & Media Kansas City (WIFM KC)
Film St. Louis	Midwest Artist Project Services (MAPS)

Montana

Bozeman Film Society	Montana Film Society
MAPS Media Institute	Roxy Film Academy

Nebraska

Film Streams	Mid-America Arts Alliance	Nebraska Independent Film Projects (NIFP)
Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center	Nebraska Community Media (NCM)	Vision Maker Media (Native American and Alaska Native Only)

Nevada

Cinefemmes	Nevada Arts Council	Vegas PBS \| Production Services
Indie Film Factory	Nevada Film Alliance

New Hampshire

Imagine Magazine	New England Film	Women in Film & Video New England (WIFVNE)
The MacDowell Colony	New Hampshire State Council on the Arts

New Jersey

CineTech Media Professionals	Montclair Film	Rutgers Film Co-op/New Jersey Media Arts Center
Express Newark \| Community Media Center (CMC)	Newark Women in Film	Women in Media – Newark

New Mexico

Albuquerque Film & Music Experience (AFMX)	New Mexico Film Foundation	New Mexico Girls Make Movies (NMGMM)
New Mexico Entertainment	New Mexico Film Resource	New Mexico Women in Film (NMWIF)

New York

North Carolina

AVLFilm	Cucalorus
Carolina Film Community	Footcandle Film Society
Carolina Film Network	NC Film News
Charlotte Regional Film & Video Guide	Triangle Filmmaking Community

North Dakota

Dakota Media Access	North Dakota Council on the Arts
NDstrong	North Dakota Film Society

Ohio

Case Western Reserve University Film Society	Kent State Film Club
Cleveland Film	Mid Ohio Filmmakers Association (MOFA)
Cleveland Film Society	Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts
Film Cincinnati	Women in Film and Television Ohio (WIFTOH)
Gateway Film Center	Women in Film Cincinnati
Glass City Film Society

Oklahoma

Cherokee Nation Film Office	Oklahoma Media Network
Creative Oklahoma	Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition (OVAC)
deadCenter Film	Southern Oklahoma Filmmaker Collective
Mid-America Arts Alliance

Oregon

BendFilm	Northwest Production Index	Oregon Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts
Central Oregon Film Office	Open Signal \| Portland Community Media Center	Portland Art Museum Center for an Untold Tomorrow (PAM CUT)
Film Southern Oregon	Oregon Made Creative Foundation	Women in Film Portland
Klamath Film (Problem with home only)	Oregon Media Production Association (OMPA)

Pennsylvania

BlackStar Projects	Pennsylvania Film Industry Association	Pittsburgh Center for Arts and Media
Bryn Mawr Film Institute (BMFI)	Philadelphia Community Access Media (PhillyCAM)	Scribe Video Center
Film Society of Northwestern Pennsylvania	Philadelphia Film Society	Women in Film and Media Pittsburgh (temporarily down for maintenance)
Greater Philadelphia Filmmakers	Philadelphia Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts (PVLA)	WQED Filmmakers
Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council Business & Legal Services	Philadelphia Women in Film & Television (PWIFT)

Puerto Rico

Asociación de Documentalistas de Puerto Rico (ADocPR)

El Taller Cinemático Inc.

Rhode Island

Imagine Magazine	New England Film	Women in Film & Video New England (WIFVNE)
Media Education Lab	Rhode Island Film Forum

South Carolina

Beaufort Film Society	South Carolina Arts Commission
Carolina Film Alliance	South Carolina Humanities
Carolina Film Community	Indie Grants/South Carolina Young Filmmakers Project
Carolina Film Network	SC Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts (SCVLA)

South Dakota

Arts South Dakota

Cinema Falls

Tennessee

The Belcourt Theatre	Nashville Filmmakers Guild
Indie Memphis	Nashville Women in Film & Television
Memphis and Shelby County Film And Television Commission	On Location: Memphis
Memphis & Shelby County Film & Television Production Directory	Volunteer Lawyers & Professionals for the Arts (VLPA)

Texas

Austin Film Festival	Dallas Screenwriters Association	Texas Accountants and Lawyers for the Arts (TALA)
Austin Film Society	Mid-America Arts Alliance	Texas Motion Picture Alliance (TXMPA)
Dallas Film	San Antonio Black International Film Festival	Women in Film Dallas
Dallas Filmmakers Alliance	San Antonio Community Access Network (SA-CAN) Studios	Women in Film & Television Houston
Dallas Producers Association	Southwest Alternate Media Project (SWAMP)

United States Virgin Islands

St. John Film Society

Virgin Islands Council on the Arts

Utah

Motion Picture Association of Utah (MPAU)	Utah Film Center
Salt Lake Film Society	The Utah Filmmakers Association
Slamdance	Utah Lawyers for the Arts
Sundance Institute	Utah Women in Film and Television

Vermont

Imagine Magazine	Stowe Story Labs
John M. Bissell Foundation, Inc.	Vermont Arts Council
Media Factory	Vermont International Film Foundation (VTIFF)
New England Film	Women in Film & Video New England (WIFVNE)

Virginia

Arlington Independent Media	Virginia Production Alliance
James River Film Society	Virginia Screenwriters Forum
Mid-Atlantic Production Services Directory	Washington Area Lawyers for the Arts
Television, Internet & Video Association of DC (TIVA-DC)	Women in Film & Video of Washington, DC

Washington

Bellingham Film	Pickford Film Center	Tacoma Film Alliance
Northwest Film Forum	Seattle Film Summit	Three Dollar Bill Cinema
Northwest Production Index	SIFF	Washington Lawyers for the Arts (WLA)
Northwest Screenwriters Guild (NwSG)	Spokane Film Project	Women in Film Seattle
Olympia Film Society

West Virginia

Mid-Atlantic Production Services Directory

West Virginia Filmmakers Guild (WVFG)

West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture and History

Wisconsin

Film Wisconsin	Madison Media Professionals	The Wisconsin Production Guide
Green Bay Film Society	Milwaukee Film
Imagine MKE	Milwaukee Independent Film Society

Wyoming

Laramie Film Society

Wyoming Arts Council

Alliance For Women in Media	SAGindie
American Cinema Editors	Science & Entertainment Exchange
American Film Institute	Screen Actors Guild Foundation
American Society of Cinematographers	Southern Screen
Arpa Foundation for Film, Music & Art	Stage 32
Casting Society of America	Stage Directors and Choreographers Society
Center for Independent Documentary	Sundance Institute
Cinereach	The Film Collaborative
Entertainment Community Fund	The Gotham
Film Independent	The Paley Center for Media
Filmmakers Collaborative	The Society of Motion Picture & Television Engineers
Independent Film & Television Alliance	The Society of Operating Cameramen
Latino Film Institute	The Studio Teachers
Organization of Black Screenwriters	USITT
RxLaughter

Film Consortium San Diego	Palm Springs International Film Society
Film Independent	Palm Springs Women in Film and Television (PSWIFT)
Filmmakers Alliance	Reel Directory
Film LA	SFFILM
LA 411	Southwestern Law School Entertainment & The Arts Legal Clinic
Latino Film Institute	Streetlights
Los Angeles Post Production Group (LAPPG)	Visual Communications
Media Arts Center San Diego	Women in Film Los Angeles
NewFilmmakers Los Angeles	Women in Film San Francisco Bay Area
Outfest	San Francisco Cinematheque
Pacific Arts Movement	San Francisco Film Society

Auburn Cinefile Society	HamptonsFilm	New York Production Guide
Black Film Space	Hudson Valley Film Commission	New York Women in Film & Television (NYWIFT)
The Black TV & Film Collective	Jacob Burns Film Center	NY 411
Brooklyn Filmmakers Collective	Jerome Foundation	Rooftop Films
Cardozo Law Filmmakers Legal Clinic	Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment (MOME)	Squeaky Wheel Film & Media Art Center
Cornell Cinema	Mono No Aware	Stockade Works
Downtown Community Television Center (DCTV)	New York Film/Video Council (NYFVC)	The Gotham Film & Media Institute
Film at Lincoln Center	New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA)	The Post New York Alliance
Filmshop	New York Production Alliance	Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts (VLA)