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  4. Film Studies
  5. Film awards

Film Studies

This guide is an introduction to the resources for Film Studies at Dartmouth. If you are interested in Television, see the separate research guide for Television.
  • Introduction
  • Basic information on film
  • Finding a specific film title
  • Streaming film services
    • Readings on streaming video
  • National cinemas This link opens in a new window
  • Course guides for Film & Media Studies
  • Starting your research ...
  • Researching early films
  • Film history through the decades
    • 1960's film history
    • 1970's film history
  • Books about film
  • Film reviews
  • Journals & magazines about film
  • Film theory
    • Feminist film theory
    • Auteur theory
  • Film criticism
    • Feminist film criticism
  • Box office information
  • Film audiences
  • Mass media Industry
  • Primary sources for historical film research
    • Cinema Pressbooks from the Original Studio Collections
    • Congressional Hearings & Communism
    • Film Daily
    • Herrick Library Digital Collections
    • Hollywood and the Production Code
    • Media History Digital Library
    • Moving Picture World
  • Themes
  • Acting
  • Racial & ethnic representation on film
    • African American diaspora
    • Asian American diaspora
    • Hispanic American diaspora
    • Native American & Indigenous peoples diasporas
    • Examples on film
  • LGBTQIA+
    • Examples on film
  • Women on/in/creating Film
    • Examples on film
  • Film genres This link opens in a new window
  • Film & society
  • Screenwriting
  • Film adaptations
    • Shakespeare on film
    • Television to Film adaptations
  • Color in film
  • Film music
  • Film festivals
    • A short list of film festivals
  • Film awards
  • Disney
  • Hitchcock
  • Internet resources
  • Future of Media
  • Back to Film & Media
  • Scholarly communication This link opens in a new window
  • Video Help

Finding movie awards

The following link from Wikipedia is a list of all the possible American film awards presented each year.

  • American film awards

The following subject heading will find items in the Library's online catalog.

  • motion pictures awards

A short, selected list of books.

  • Default blue book coverAward winning films: a viewer's reference to 2700 acclaimed motion pictures by Peter C. Mowrey
    • Book
    Call Number: Baker-Berry PN 1993.9 .M68 1994
    ISBN: 9780899507835
    This is the guide to nearly 2,700 movies that have received at least one major award or festival prize, from the silent era through 1990. For each winner, the entry provides country of origin, year of release, length, format, production credits, cast, subject matter, sequels and remakes, alternate titles, awards won, and, when appropriate, the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) rating. Memorable or award-winning features are discussed and a sampling of the contemporary criticism is given. The award presenters include the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the Berlin Film Festival, the Cannes Film Festival, the Screen Directors Guild of America, the Writers Guild of America, and 24 others.
  • Cover artFilm stars and their awards: who won what for movies, theater and television by Roger Leslie
    • Book
    Call Number: Baker-Berry PN 1993.9 .L47 2008
    ISBN: 9780786440177
    This work covers every actor that received major award recognition for work in movies, theater, and television in the past 80 years. ...
  • Cover artHorror film festivals and awards by Thomas M. Sipos
    • Book
    Call Number: Baker-Berry PN 1995.9 .H6 S535 2012
    ISBN: 9780786465729
    The rise of independent horror filmmaking has spurred a growth of indie horror film festivals, promising promotional and distribution opportunities for selected motion pictures.

Awards

  • The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (A.M.P.A.S.)
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    The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is the world's preeminent movie-related organization, with a membership of more than 6,000 of the most accomplished men and women working in cinema.
  • Annie Awards
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    Awards for excellence in Animation.
  • BAFTA - British Academy of Film and Television Arts
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    British Academy Film Awards are the major film awards held in Great Britain.
  • Film Independent Spirit Awards
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    Founded in 1984, the awards were originally known as the FINDIE ("Friends of Independents") Awards. In 1986, the awards were renamed the Independent Spirit Awards.
  • Golden Raspberry Awards
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    The "Razzies."
  • HFPA & the Golden Globes
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    The Hollywood Foreign Press Association is a group of journalists who cover the movie industry. Not only do they bestow the Golden Globes, but are philanthropic as well.
  • Official Academy Awards Database
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    Search this database for Oscar nominees and winners.
  • The Oscars
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    This site is dedicated to the annual Oscar telecast.
  • SAG Awards
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    The awards focus on both individual performances as well as on the work of the entire ensemble of a drama series and comedy series, and the cast of a motion picture. These honors are fundamental to the spirit of the Screen Actors Guild Awards because they recognize what all actors know – that acting is a collaborative art.
  • Saturn Awards
    • Link
    These awards are sponsored by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films.
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