► Videos online

Film roll

Selection of databases with video streams

Academic Video Online

► Academic Video Online

Video stream database from Alexander Street Press with over 77,000 video titles with thousands of hours of content from 40 individual thematic video collections with documentaries, interviews, performances, news, field recordings, advertising and raw film material from subject areas such as history, economics, psychology, music, dance, theatre or film.

For most films, the film script is displayed in parallel. After free registration, videos can be edited, annotated and shared with other users via playlists.

Selection from the Collections: Art and Architecture in Video, Classical Music in Video, Dance in Video, Fashion Studies Online: The Videofashion Library, Filmmakers Library in Video, Opera in Video, Theatre in Video etc.

Search in: swisscovery or database
Access: in the ZHdK network | via VPN

AVA

► AVA

European and international arthouse cinema of all genres. In addition to feature films, the platform also features documentaries and short films that are rarely seen outside festivals and do not find a place with commercial providers.

When selecting content, AVA cooperates with some of the most renowned European film festivals and film providers, among others.

Search in: Database
Access: for ZHdK members via Switch edu-ID | SLSKey

Further information (in German)

Bloomsbury Video Library

► Bloomsbury Video Library

Filmed performances, feature films, documentaries and educational videos from the fields of visual and performing arts, film and history with exclusive indie films and shorts, avant-garde performances, interviews with renowned writers, artists, choreographers, performers and practitioners, documentaries on an international spectrum of themes, traditions and historical figures.

Search in: swisscovery or database
Access: in the ZHdK network | via VPN

Bloomsbury Drama Online

► Bloomsbury Drama Online

Platform with filmed live performances from classical to contemporary authors as well as educational and documentary films for acting and other theatre professions.

Search in: swisscovery or database
Access: in the ZHdK network | via VPN

dis.art

► dis.art

Streaming platform of the New York artist collective DIS with content on contemporary art, culture, activism, philosophy, technology, etc

Search in: database
Access: in the ZHdK network | via VPN

EAI Electronic Arts Intermix Educational Streaming

► EAI Electronic Arts Intermix

Database with video art by international artists such as Pipilotti Rist, John Baldessari or Merce Cunningham/Charles Atlas with currently around 3000 videos by 74 authors, which is constantly being expanded.

Search in: database
Access: in the ZHdK network | via VPN

Further information (in German)

filmfriend

► filmfriend

From German classics to sophisticated documentaries to international arthouse cinema and children's series, alongside newer films and series, filmfriend also offers tried and tested treasures and favourites from national and international television and cinema. The catalogue is constantly being expanded.

Search in: web portal or app
Access: for ZHdK members via Switch edu-ID | SLSKey

Access information (in German)

kanopy

► kanopy

Approx. 18,000 films, documentaries, series and educational videos, mainly in English, in a wide thematic range; feature films mostly from the canon of film classics.

Around 80% of the content can be found exclusively at kanopy. A particularly attractive feature is an extensive collection of early films (film pioneers) from Australia.

Search in: swisscovery, database or app
Access: in the ZHdK network | via VPN | app login

Further information (in German)

medici.tv

► medici.tv

Online platform for music videos from classical music and jazz, as well as hundreds of events that are broadcast live and available as a stream for several weeks after the live event.

Search in: database
Access: in the ZHdK network | via VPN | SLSKey

MIZ Video online (nanoo.tv)

► MIZ Video online

Weekly growing film archive with currently around 23,000 recordings of television programmes from the fields of visual and media arts, design, film, music, dance and theatre. The programmes are recorded by the MIZ and are available online in stream format via swisscovery.

Search in: swisscovery
Access: in the ZHdK network | via VPN | SLSKey

Further information

More databases

Other databases licensed by the MIZ databases with a focus on film: Link
Freely accessible databases with a focus on film: Link

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