{{Short description|Online film information database}}
{{Infobox website | name = Complete Index to World Film since 1895 | url = {{URL|http://www.citwf.com/}} | commercial = No | type = Online film database | language = English | owner = Alan Goble | author = Alan Goble | launch_date = {{Start date and age|2004}} | current_status = Active }}
The '''Complete Index to World Film''' ('''CITWF''' or '''citwf.com''') is an online database containing information related to film productions worldwide. The database has been compiled by Alan Goble and Valan Publishing and has been available online since 2004.
The project originated as a print reference work. In 1990, ''The Complete Index to World Film Since 1895'' was published in two volumes by Bowker Saur ({{ISBN|1857392523}}).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.emeraldinsight.com/Insight/viewContentItem.do?contentType=NonArticle&contentId=1498733 |title=The Complete Index to World Film Since 1895 |publisher=Emerald Insight |access-date=2009-02-13}}</ref> A CD-ROM edition followed in 1995.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/els/07408188/1999/00000021/00000004/art00036 |title=The Complete Index to World Film Since 1895 [CD-ROM] |publisher=IngentaConnect |access-date=2009-02-13}}</ref>
According to Guinness World Records, the database has been recognised as the largest published film-related database, containing over 756,000 title entries.<ref>{{cite web |title=Largest database of published films |url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/73039-largest-database-of-published-films |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250910214911/https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/73039-largest-database-of-published-films |archive-date=10 September 2025 |website=Guinness World Records |access-date=10 September 2025}}</ref>
==Overview== The Complete Index to World Film contains information on more than 518,000 films produced in over 175 countries between 1888 and 2019. The database includes production details, cast and crew information, and references to related publications.
A subscription version is available to libraries and institutions. This version contains additional reference material, including more than 580,000 citations to books and academic journals.
==Alan Goble== ''Title (Year) Director. Place'' is a 2023 documentary portrait of Alan Goble, the creator of the database.<ref name="f&f-BC/title-year-director-place">{{cite web |title=Title (Year) Director. Place |url=https://filmsandfestivals.britishcouncil.org/projects/title-year-director-place |website=filmsandfestivals.britishcouncil.org |publisher=British Council |date=12 May 2025 |access-date=10 September 2025}}</ref><ref name="titleyeardirectorplace">{{cite web |title=Title (Year) Director. Place |url=https://titleyeardirectorplace.com/ |website=titleyeardirectorplace.com |access-date=10 September 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230723150424/https://titleyeardirectorplace.com/ |archive-date=23 July 2023}}</ref><ref name="suncoast/database-creator">{{cite news |last=Bentley |first=Cheryl |title=British Internet Film Database Creator Visits West Pasco |url=http://suncoastpasco.tbo.com/content/2008/mar/14/british-internet-film-database-creator-visits-west/ |work=Suncoast News |date=March 14, 2008 |access-date=10 September 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240207051108/https://www.nitrateville.com/viewtopic.php?t=728 |archive-date=2024-02-07}}</ref>
==Related websites== * [https://firstcenturyofcinema.com/about.aspx First Century of Cinema]<ref name="libguides.wofford/Media/websites">{{cite web |last=Brown |first=Tim |title=Film & Digital Media: Websites |url=https://libguides.wofford.edu/FilmDigitalMedia/websites |website=LibGuides |publisher=Wofford College |access-date=10 September 2025}}</ref> * [https://www.citwf.com/about.aspx Complete Index to World Film]<ref name="libguides.wofford/Media/websites"/>
==Related works== Goble, Alan. ''[https://archive.org/details/completeindextol0000unse The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film]''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. {{lccn|99058986}} {{doi|10.1515/9783110951943}}
==See also== * AllMovie * Internet Movie Database * ''Newark Athlete'', an 1891 film directed by William Kennedy Dickson
==References== {{Reflist|30em}}
==External links== * {{Official website|http://www.citwf.com/}}
Category:British film websites Category:Online film databases Category:Internet properties established in 2004