Film library
A film library is a collection of literature and other published media on the subject of film . This also includes the place where this collection is located or the institution that houses it.
Important film libraries
Germany
- Hans Helmut Prinzler Library of the Berlin Film Museum and the University Library of the University of Film and Television, Potsdam
- Library of the German Film Museum Frankfurt and the German Film Institute (DIF)
- Library of the University of Television and Film (HFF) Munich
- Library of the Filmmuseum Düsseldorf
- Film library Hamburg public library
- Library of the Film University Babelsberg Konrad Wolf Potsdam
Institutions with a focus library for film :
- City and University Library Frankfurt am Main
- Center for Art and Media Technology (ZKM) Karlsruhe
- Art Academy for Media (KHM) Cologne
- CineGraph - Hamburg Center for Film Research
- House of Documentary Film Stuttgart
The German film libraries coordinate their activities in the "Film Libraries Working Group"
Austria
- Vienna University Library - Institute for Theater, Film and Media Studies
Other countries
- BiFi - Bibliothèque du film, Paris
- British Film Institute Library
- Cinémathèque Royale de Belgique
- Dansk Film Institute - Bibliorama
- Filmoteca de Catalunya ( Barcelona )
- Finnish Film Archive
- George Eastman House: Richard and Ronay Menschel Library (Rochester, New York, USA)
- Irish Film Archive - Tiernan McBride Library
- Norsk filminstitutt
- Svenska Filminstitutet - biblioteksdatabas Matiné