Created in 1992, thanks to the financing from the MEDIA Programme of the European Union and of the Centre National de la Cinématographie, EUROPA CINEMAS has become the first cinemas network with a mainly European programming. The network provides a financial support to cinemas that commit themselves to the programming of a significant number of non-domestic European films and to the organisation of promotional activities concerning European films for young audiences.

The International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF) brings together institutions dedicated to rescuing films both as cultural heritage and as historical documents.

The Northern Ireland Film and Television Commission's Digital Film Archive (DFA) is an access resource for researchers, students, historians, and anyone who has an interest in moving images. The DFA contains 55 hours of moving images about Northern Ireland from 1897-2000. There are 389 items covering drama, animation, documentaries, news, newsreels, amateur and actuality film.

Irish Film & TV Research Online is a website designed to bring together the wide diversity of research material relating to Irish-made cinema and television as well as to Irish-themed audio-visual representations produced outside of Ireland. It incorporates three searchable databases: Irish Film & Television Index; Irish Film & Television Biographies; and Irish Film & Television Bibliography; and the Irish Postgraduate Film Research Seminar.

Cork Film Centre is a resource-based organisation, focused on developing, promoting and facilitating people working creatively in the medium of the moving image.

The Galway Film Centre offers equipment, training, information and post production facilities are provided at non-commercial rates to independent filmmakers, artists, community groups and educational facilities.

Cork Film Festival is an annual event offering screenings across a wide spectrum of contemporary filmmaking - feature films, documentaries, animation, short films, experimental and student work. The festival is a major showcase for Irish film production..

The Galway Film Fleadh, a six day international film event held every July, welcomes a mad diversity of film-making from around the world. The Fleadh is first and foremost a film-makers festival and attracts directors, actors, cinematographers and artists of all generations and cultural backgrounds to present their work before their peers and to a general audience of perceptive critics.

Access Cinema provides support to Film Societies throughout Ireland

Bord Scannán na hÉireann/the Irish Film Board aims to ensure the continuity of production and availability of Irish films to home and international audiences. It provides loans and equity investment to independent Irish film-makers to assist in the development and production of Irish films.

Filmbase is a support organization for independent film and video makers in Ireland. Filmbase fulfills this role by facilitating Training & Development; Facilities Hire, Information Services; Representation & Lobbying for the low budget film sector. Filmbase also publishes Film Ireland magazine and runs two Short Film Award Schemes.

The Northern Ireland Film and Television Commission is an integrated agency for the development of the film industry and film culture in Northern Ireland. It provides film and television producers from anywhere in the world with all the assistance and information they may need when considering filming in Northern Ireland.

Possibly the single largest repository of film related information.

Ireland Film and Television Net (IFTN) is Ireland's premier film information service. The award-winning IFTN site is the most comprehensive directory ever produced on the Irish Film and Television industry. It is up-dated daily, providing information about all aspects of the audio-visual industry.

Movies.ie is a sister site to Movies Plus magazine, Ireland's only monthly cinema publication. Together we bring you exclusive news and features relating to all things Hollywood. We also bring you interviews with the major filmstars from some of Ireland's best writers, alongside trailers, video podcasts, blogs and more.

The Irish state's agency for the funding of the arts. As an advocate for the arts, The Arts Council commission and publish research and information and undertake a range of development projects. Website offers access to a wide range of Arts related publications.

The bfi was established in 1933 to promote greater understanding, appreciation and access to film and television culture. They manage the largest film archive in the world and are a world leader in film restoration and preservation. The BFI runs the internationally renowned National Film Theatre and London Film Festival, the bfi IMAX Cinema, and the world's largest film library and educational resource. The BFI also run an extensive film education programme.

Film Ireland is a bi-monthly magazine looking at all aspects of film and moving picture culture in Ireland. Film Ireland provides national and international film news, reviews and interviews. As Ireland's national film publication we provide a platform for critical debate on film culture. It is our policy to provide a public record of audiovisual culture in Ireland, to foster film culture in Ireland, providing a critical context for film practice and film policy.

Roger Doyle has worked extensively in theatre, film and dance in particular with the music-theatre company Operating Theatre which he co-founded with actress Olwen Fouere. In 1990, he began his life's work BABEL which would occupy him for 10 years. He is a member of Aosdana, Ireland's state-sponsored academy of creative artists.

Music he wrote for the film 'Budawanny' features on the IFI phone system - listen out for it next time you are on hold!

Temple Bar is a cultural, historic and small business neighbourhood. Temple Bar Properties is the company established in 1991 to revitalise the area as a cultural quarter.

The Irish Film Archive is one of the archives that have contributed material to the Europa Film Treasures project a Europe-wide video-on-demand platform bringing together content from 37 film archives and cinematheques across the continent. The project aims to make Europe’s film heritage available to a large an audience by employing new technologies and encourages European citizens to discover our shared cinematographic heritage.

Award winning Dublin design agency BeeWebbed are the web designers who have re-designed this IFI website as well as designing and developing our related sites: www.reelireland.ie and www.cinemobile.net