Film Archive

The DFI Film Archive cares for Denmark's film treasury—collecting, restoring and preserving images, from those on nitrate strips to the latest digital renditions. The Archive is open to the general public and film professionals.

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The Archive welcomes visitors who want to donate or watch a heritage film. You may consult the DFI Film Archive if you need information or guidance in regard to preserving and digitalizing film. 

Search for films

You can search for Danish films in Danmarks National Filmography, the DFI database. Here lies a wealth of information about Danish films from the beginning of cinema to the present day. Posters, films, film clips, images and screenplays are also available here.

Moreover, searching in the world's biggest film database IMDB will also bring results if you want to search for a Danish film and read international reviews.

Hiring films

While the Archive's own films are not available for hire to private persons, they are available to film-educational organizations, such as the National Film School of Denmark and the European Film College, to foreign organizations, who are members of FIAF, and to festivals which are supported by the DFI.

The rightful owners of a film, usually the producer or director of the work, or other persons who have a written agreement with the owners may for a fee borrow a film's orginal material, for example, negatives or masters.

See films

There are several channels through which you can access Danish and foreign films:

  • Municipal libraries have collections of Danish and foreign films for hire. Search for a film on www.biblioteket.dk
  • DFI Videotheque, situated in the Library at the Filmhouse, Gothersgade 55, has a facility for watching Danish short, documentary and feature films. For further information see Library
  • Filmstriben (The Film Strip) is a streaming channel from where you can access and see short, documentary and feature films. This is not available for persons or film organizations outside Denmark. This channel can be accessed at most municipal libraries, and is available to some school children who have a login access from their school.
  • Watching films at the Archive. There is limited access to the Arhive's facility for watching films. The fee is DKK 250 kr er hour plus 25% VAT.

Help us identify films

The DFI Film Archive contains several unidentified films. Your help in identifying these is much appreciated. Read the press release Silent Film Freaks! and take a look at the DFI webpage Identify a Film.

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Contact

DFI Film Archive
www.dfi.dk/filmarkiv

Danish Film Institute
Naverland 13-15
2600 Glostrup

tel +45 3374 3620
fax +45 4347 4757

Jacob Trock
Head of Unit, Conservator
tel +45 3374 3622
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Film Historian
tel +45 3374 3629

Field: feature films

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Conservator, Webmaster
tel +45 3374 3631

Field: Short & documentary films

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Booking Manager & Secretary
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