Find out more about the Oscars and films with ALIS

The 82nd Academy Awards, more popularly known as the Oscars were held on 7th March.

The Oscars

• See who the nominees were in all categories
• You can find the winners for the past awards by searching the Academy Awards database.
• Read some facts about this year's Oscar nominees.

You can find out more about films and other film awards from the information below

• Films on DVD in the library
• Other Film Awards
• Film Facts
• Film Festivals

Films on DVD in the library

• You can search our library catalogue to see which films we have.
• Check which films have been added to stock recently by looking at the new DVDs list.

Other Film Awards

• The British Academy of Film and Television Awards (BAFTAs) were awarded recently. Details of this and previous year's winners can be seen.
• The Golden Globes are awarded annually too.
• The Golden Raspberry Awards (Razzies) are awarded the day before the Oscars.

Film Facts

• Based on the Book is a compilation of information on films that were based on novels, short stories and plays.
• Look up Chambers Film Factfinderfor various information . As this is available through our database Credo and requires a library membership number if accessing outwith our libraries.
• Find out about the film industry in the Filmmakers Yearbook including film awards and festivals
• Information about music in film is available at Soundtrack.net

Film Festivals

• Access to wordwide film festival information from Film Festival.com
• Britfilm provides details of over 1300 film festivals
• Keep up to date with what is happening at the Edinburgh Film Festival