Demo for Film Index International

Film Index International is easy to use. The demo below will show you the search screens and what results to expect. Click the View link in each section below to see further information.

Film Index International home page - explore the content of the site using the Quick search, Film search, and Person search. View

To use the Quick search, simply type keywords into the Quick search field and click go!.

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Film search

Use the Film search to find details of an individual film. You can search by film title, director, characters name, synopsis keyword, awards won, and more.

NEW: The new Synopsis field means you can search for all films containing a particular keyword, such as blackmail, dog, or cooking. View

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The Film search results page below shows 4 matching records from the example search for Director: David Lean and Synopsis: war. Director's name, year of release and production company are also displayed. View thumbnail for film search results
The Film record page below shows the full record for the film Doctor Zhivago. View thumbnail for film record page
NEW: The Durable URL allows users to generate a stable link to person or film records, which can be used to return to the record without running another search. View thumbnail for durable url demo

Person search

The Person search page allows you to find people by name, activity, award, etc. For example, putting "Coen" in the name field will find anyone in the site with "Coen" in their name.

Search Awards by award series, award category, or year. View

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The Person search results page below shows 9 matching records from the search on British BAFTA Best Actor award winners between 1960-1990. View thumbnail for person search results
A Person record shows details about a person and their career in film. View thumbnail for person record

If you would like to create a list of film or person records, you can add them to your Selected records. There are two ways to add a record to Selected records: from the Search results page, and from the full record page.

To access your Selected records, click the Selected records link (next) in the site navigation. View

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The Selected records page shows your chosen records with the selected tickbox. From this page, you can add notes and e-mail selected records to any e-mail address (yours or someone else's) and also click names or film titles to view the full record again. View

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If you would like to view which searches you have performed, click on the Search history link in the navigation. The search histories for Film and Person are kept separately. View thumbnail for Search history