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Stream movies with your library
With filmfriend, you just need your library card to discover a whole world of film: feature films, documentaries, kids' movies, and more – all completely free, at filmfriend.de or straight on your TV.
Your library card gives you convenient, user-friendly access to streaming thousands of films, with around 300 new titles every year!
Users of participating libraries can choose from over 2,300 films and 130 series, including award-winning films and series. Search functions and carefully curated collections will help inspire you to discover the right titles, without endless scrolling.
Nowhere else are the selection criteria so clearly laid out: Our Kids section alone has 35 collections. Each children's film is not only marked with the FSK rating, but also with an educationally sound age recommendation.
And best of all, filmfriend is free to members of participating libraries in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Luxembourg, and Belgium.
Is my library included?
Since its launch in Berlin in July 2017, a lot of other public libraries and university libraries have opted for filmfriend.
Is your library already included? Find out now. Simply enter your zip code on this website and discover a filmfriend library near you:
The Film University library
The Film University library is among the most comprehensive specialist libraries on film and media studies in Germany. It includes more than 110.000 books and journals about film, television, and media studies. Approximately 4.5 million articles and film reviews can be found in the newspaper clippings archive. Some 40.000 videos/DVDs can be viewed in the videotheque. Approximately 4.000 practical filmmaking exercises and formally assessed thesis films from Film University graduates are stored in the Film Archives. A collection of classical and soundtrack CDs as well as DVD-ROMs rounds out the offerings.