I am in the process of creating the website I was looking for last May when, disappointed by the new Star Wars Trek movie, I discovered Fan Films. 
I am a Trek fan, but not somebody anyone ever considered a Trekkie (unless you count being called 'Spock' in High School because I was the only girl who kept top grades in the sciences and maintained a businesslike demeanor). I had never been to a convention or wore a Trek uniform or costume. 
I wanted a website that would locate, sort, and describe fan films, where I could just pick which ones to watch. Instead, I found a lot of "industry"-like websites, which strongly supported and cheered on the makers, but were of little use to the non-fanatical Trek fan who might enjoy them, but had no interest in process, or making them him- or herself or in reading endlessly about short character introductions or even watching 2/3 of a 3 part Episode which was not yet fully available.
So I decided to create that website.
http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/
I had no idea what I was taking on. There are at least ten times as many fan films as I thought when I started this exercise. But I have now completed what I consider the rough outline of that website. I have written only a handful of reviews, but have located quite literally hundreds of fan films and tens of fan film producers. I have also made links within the website which are sufficient that I believe it is useful for somebody who is looking for a fan film to watch.
The "Exhaustive" listing of Star Trek Fan Films at this website was useful, but inaccurate. For example, it has "Unity, UK" as a 'completed' fan film set that has no known home of the web. It's on You-Tube, it has a home, and it's still being produced. You can read all about it in my Blog 90, which is at http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/90.html , and is devoted to Star Trek: Unity (England). There is a separate project in the US by the same name, but set in a different Trek time period, and while the English Unity has released over 20 episodes, the American one has produced audio drama, but in working on it's first film.
Of course, the moderators here are free to use my website to update their listings, as I have used their listing as a starting point for mine.
In the long run, I hope my website can serve the Lite Trek Fan who wants to sample Trek films but not devote their lives to them. Originally I started reviewing the best organized groups, but it is the worst organized groups that one must actually watch to organize in my blog. Not all of the worst organized groups produce bad Trek, though. So, in some cases, I've enjoyed the Trek, even if finding it was a Treasure Hunt.
I have also developed a rating system, which prompted me to post this tonight. It is a 5 point system, and my comment on films rated 2 or below is that you'll enjoy watching Neil DeGrasse Tyson on NovaScienceNow more. So wouldn't you know that tonight he opened NovaScienceNow in a TOS captain's uniform? Well, it's good to know he knows who his fans are...
[Constructive comments for website improvements will be appreciated. Yes, I know I haven't reviewed most of the films, so comments I still have to do that are not useful. Feel free to link your own reviews or threads of reviews to the appropriate blog for a film or website in the comment spaces. There is no earthly (or interstellar space) reason the only comments must be mine. The section on Professional Trek is weak and still needs a lot of work, but it is there mostly to serve the Fan Film section, and I intend to get to it later.]
I recommend navigating from either the Table of Contents (near the top, Blog 3) or the Index (near the bottom). Both have links to most of the items they name. You can return to the top, and full website at any time by clicking on the banner at the top of every page, "Star Trek Reviewed".
I am a Trek fan, but not somebody anyone ever considered a Trekkie (unless you count being called 'Spock' in High School because I was the only girl who kept top grades in the sciences and maintained a businesslike demeanor). I had never been to a convention or wore a Trek uniform or costume. I wanted a website that would locate, sort, and describe fan films, where I could just pick which ones to watch. Instead, I found a lot of "industry"-like websites, which strongly supported and cheered on the makers, but were of little use to the non-fanatical Trek fan who might enjoy them, but had no interest in process, or making them him- or herself or in reading endlessly about short character introductions or even watching 2/3 of a 3 part Episode which was not yet fully available. So I decided to create that website.
http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/
I had no idea what I was taking on. There are at least ten times as many fan films as I thought when I started this exercise. But I have now completed what I consider the rough outline of that website. I have written only a handful of reviews, but have located quite literally hundreds of fan films and tens of fan film producers. I have also made links within the website which are sufficient that I believe it is useful for somebody who is looking for a fan film to watch.
The "Exhaustive" listing of Star Trek Fan Films at this website was useful, but inaccurate. For example, it has "Unity, UK" as a 'completed' fan film set that has no known home of the web. It's on You-Tube, it has a home, and it's still being produced. You can read all about it in my Blog 90, which is at http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/90.html , and is devoted to Star Trek: Unity (England). There is a separate project in the US by the same name, but set in a different Trek time period, and while the English Unity has released over 20 episodes, the American one has produced audio drama, but in working on it's first film.
Of course, the moderators here are free to use my website to update their listings, as I have used their listing as a starting point for mine.
In the long run, I hope my website can serve the Lite Trek Fan who wants to sample Trek films but not devote their lives to them. Originally I started reviewing the best organized groups, but it is the worst organized groups that one must actually watch to organize in my blog. Not all of the worst organized groups produce bad Trek, though. So, in some cases, I've enjoyed the Trek, even if finding it was a Treasure Hunt.
I have also developed a rating system, which prompted me to post this tonight. It is a 5 point system, and my comment on films rated 2 or below is that you'll enjoy watching Neil DeGrasse Tyson on NovaScienceNow more. So wouldn't you know that tonight he opened NovaScienceNow in a TOS captain's uniform? Well, it's good to know he knows who his fans are...
[Constructive comments for website improvements will be appreciated. Yes, I know I haven't reviewed most of the films, so comments I still have to do that are not useful. Feel free to link your own reviews or threads of reviews to the appropriate blog for a film or website in the comment spaces. There is no earthly (or interstellar space) reason the only comments must be mine. The section on Professional Trek is weak and still needs a lot of work, but it is there mostly to serve the Fan Film section, and I intend to get to it later.]
I recommend navigating from either the Table of Contents (near the top, Blog 3) or the Index (near the bottom). Both have links to most of the items they name. You can return to the top, and full website at any time by clicking on the banner at the top of every page, "Star Trek Reviewed".
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You need to check the index at the bottom if you want films laid out in alphabetical order. 
In the Table of Contents, it's time line moderated by when I happened to find the item.
In fact I think I sent you an e-mail yesterday (yes, Section 31, before you posted here
) to find out if I could place you more precisely in the UK than just 'somewhere in the country.'. I'm not looking for a street address. For example, Star Trek: Aurora gave me "Boston, Mass., USA." So, Cambridge, England or Belfast, Northern Ireland is fine.
