State Film Service
The State Film Services are combined in the Conference of State Film Services eV (KdL). This was founded before 1954 as a nationwide umbrella organization for regional film services. As a professional multiplier, it mediates and promotes the rental of media productions from well-known organizations and associations from the fields of education, culture and business.
Users can borrow these media free of charge from the individual regional film services . A catalog offers a complete overview of the wide range of media on offer.
The regional film services mediate and promote the rental of audiovisual equipment such as
- DVDs
- CD-Roms,
- Foil folders,
- computer-aided simulation games,
- Video cassettes,
- 16mm copies,
- Slide series,
- Slides,
throughout Germany. You see yourself as a non-commercial service provider in the education, culture and information sectors, in non-commercial school and extracurricular youth and adult education .
The filmmakers are informed about the efficiency of the use of their media and their target groups by the conference of the state film services in quarterly data evaluations . In addition, the regional film services offer the opportunity to present the organization and the media provided at numerous trade fairs, exhibitions, film events, award ceremonies and in their in-house newspaper “Informations für die Medienwirtschaft”.
The media can also be ordered online. In addition to film rental , the State Film Services website offers the option of streaming films, i.e. viewing them directly or loading them onto your local hard drive . The service is free. A log-in is required to use the pages.