Cinema & Media Studies

The Motion Picture Association of America, Inc. (MPAA), together with the Motion Picture Association (MPA) and MPAA's other subsidiaries and affiliates, serves as the voice and advocate of the American motion picture, home video and television industries in the United States and around the world. MPAA's members are the six major U.S. motion picture studios: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures; Paramount Pictures Corporation; Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc.; Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation; Universal City Studios LLC; and Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

An independent non-profit organization devoted to preserving America's film heritage. Known for their "top ten" and "best of" lists, e.g. top ten romantic comedies, 100 greatest movie quotations.

The British Film Institute (BFI) is a charitable organization established by Royal Charter to "encourage the development of the arts of film, television and the moving image throughout the United Kingdom, to promote their use as a record of contemporary life and manners, to promote education about film, television and the moving image generally, and their impact on society, to promote access to and appreciation of the widest possible range of British and world cinema and to establish, care for and develop collections reflecting the moving image history and heritage of the United Kingdom."

The official website of the Cinema Studies department of Oberlin College.

Offers the best of independent cinema along with Hollywood fare at locations around the greater metropolitan area including the Apollo Theatre in Oberlin, and the Cedar Lee in Cleveland Heights.

Created in 1977, the Cleveland International Film Festival is held each March. The eleven-day festival screens more than 200 new independent feature and short films from local filmmakers as well as those from throughout the United States and dozens of foreign countries. The festival is held at Tower City Cinemas in downtown Cleveland.

Founded in 1986, the alternative film theater shows art, independent, and foreign films as well as revived classics. Located within the Institute’s Gund Building at the corner of East Boulevard and Bellflower Road in University Circle.

With one of the oldest museum film programs, the CMA typically shows two films per week throughout the year.

Home of the LCCC Film Series.