European Film Collections in Kanopy
The Library's subscription to the streaming platform Kanopy includes a number of historical and contemporary European film collections. UCLA students, staff, and faculty accessing from off-campus must first be logged into the campus VPN or proxy server.
Additional Streaming Media
- Socialism on Film: The Cold War and International Propaganda This link opens in a new windowThis collection of films from the communist world reveals war, history, current affairs, culture and society as seen through the socialist lens. It spans most of the twentieth century and covers countries such as the USSR, Vietnam, China, Korea, much of Eastern Europe, the GDR, Britain and Cuba. Browse sub-collections for more on subjects covered.
- Kanopy This link opens in a new windowOn-demand streaming video service for educational institutions with thousands of documentaries, training films and theatrical releases across diverse subjects and disciplines. More information on Kanopy access and use is available on this guide.
- Alexander Street Press This link opens in a new windowUCLA subscribes to several dozen distinct databases hosted by Alexander Street Press. This interface allows you to search across most of them. Click on "My Collections" to see the list of subscribed databases.
- Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI) Educational Streaming Site This link opens in a new windowEAI's Educational Streaming Site is a subscription-access layer of the EAI Online Catalogue. Full-length streaming videos are available for selected artists, with an emphasis on video and media art, performance art, and experimental film. Artists and titles are added on an ongoing basis. The campus subscription to Electronic Arts Intermix was initially funded for the campus by the generous support of the UCLA Art Department.
- European Film GatewayGateway to films, photographs, and ephemera from European film archives and cinémathèques.
- filmarchives onlineCatalog of film archives from across Europe, with an emphasis on non-fiction documentary, newsreel, and educational content. Some streaming video also available.
- 35mm Online - EU and Poland Cultural MinistryHundreds of classic Polish films have been made available to watch legally for free online as part of a project funded by the European Union and Poland’s culture ministry. Among the films published on the 35mm.online website – all of which have English subtitles – are works by famed directors Andrzej Wajda and Krzysztof Kieślowski, including the former’s Man of Marble and Man of Iron and the latter’s Three Colours trilogy.
