Film Index International (FII)

Film Index International includes two types of documents:

• Film Records - contain detailed film information including the director, full cast and crew lists, year of release and production information. Credits, awards and a synopsis are also included. .
• Person Records - Person records include complete biographical information, a list of Awards received, plus a complete list of the films the subject featured in.

The list of Search Fields on the right will explain to which of these Record Types each field applies.

More details and samples on either Record Types in the Content page.

Film Index International (FII) offers eight (8) Look ups (i.e., browsable indexes), so you can easily find spelling or format variations of, for example, an author's name or publication subject. You can find the Look up links in the Advanced Search page and they are available for the following searchable fields:

• Cast
• Characters
• Companies/organizations
• Countries
• Crew
• Directors
• People
• Production titles

For a description of these fields, please see the Searchable Fields table to the right. 

Note: Look ups are also available from the Command Line search page (through the Look up terms link located on the right side of the page).

To use and locate a Look up, select the field from the Advanced Search drop-down menu. If a Look up is available, under the search row you will see a link to the Look up (e.g., Look up Authors).  Look ups for Cast, Company/organization, Crew, Director, Subject headings, are listed in the More search options section of the Advanced Search page.

Select the Look up link and then you will see a browsable and alphabetical index for that field.  There are some indexes that will not display an alphabetical list before searching for the term, rather you will have to enter a term first, and then the alphabetical list of matches will display.

Once you locate the index term that you would like to add to your search, mark the item, and then click the Add to search button. The index term will now appear in the advanced search form along with the appropriate pull-down menu selection.  You may select multiple items by checking the box next to each, then selecting either the AND or the OR Boolean operator radio button prior to clicking the Search button.