Österreichisches Bundesinstitut für den Wissenschaftlichen Film, ÖWF#
Oesterreichisches Bundesinstitut fuer den Wissenschaftlichen Film, OeWF, founded in 1962 as section "Academic Film" of the Federal Main Office for Photographic Pictures and Educational Film ("SHB-Film"), in 1972 renamed "Bundesstaatliche Hauptstelle fuer Wissenschaftliche Kinematographie" (BHWK), renamed OeWF in 1984. Main institution of the Ministry of Science responsible for supporting Austrian universities and Institutions of Higher Learning regarding the use of audio-visual media. Its fields of activity are the production, collection, documentation and distribution of Austrian and foreign educational films.