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Bringing your stories to life through unique and vibrant archival footage.

Search our vast 35mm location collections from 70s New York to 90s London. Immerse yourself in our subcultural collections from the beginnings of hip hop, rave and more ground-breaking scenes.

Kinolibrary footage has featured in many acclaimed productions including Moonage Daydream, Bafta nominated feature Living, Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World, and Madonna’s VMA Awards film. Our clients include BBC, Amazon, Netflix, Tate, Apple, Left/Right, Sony, Nutopia, Channel 4, Mass Appeal, Sky and Supreme - among many others

We have more than 20,000 hours of footage in our collections with a large amount only available through Kinolibrary. Only some of these clips are online so use our free research service to access our full collections or to see more of Kino clips you have found on YouTube.

Our service is fast, flexible and friendly, providing access to a wealth of great content quickly. Why not contact us to see what we can do?

Testimonials

Lisa Savage

Savage Archive Pty Limited

Kinolibrary and I started our love affair in 2015 and years later we are still going strong. Their content is always surprising, bringing colour and vibrancy to the various projects I work on. You can tell that the team respect and value the work of each filmmaker whose archive they represent as well as bringing their passion and dedication to ensure they are doing the very best for their clients. Serena and Jenny have done an amazing job and it’s very exciting to see their Kinolibrary dream continuing to grow

Kate Griffiths

Archive Producer, Clearance Matters

Kinolibrary are simply one of the best archives in the world. Look at the end credits of most archive documentaries and you will likely see their name. Their collections are beautifully curated and managed by a team who are friendly, intuitive, passionate, and professional. They are always the first on my list to contact and They. Always. Deliver. And they work within your budget. And they let you accumulate. I guarantee you will love them!

Amy Dax

Archival Producer

Kino is one of my favorite archives to work with. They are fast, flexible, professional and reliable. Even with the time difference they have been there for me and the project when I needed them.

Every person I've worked with at Kino has been amazing. They've been a calming sea in a clearance hurricane.

Amy Dax Diana: In Her Own Words (National Geographic) The Apollo (HBO) Equal (HBO Max)

Pelle Folmer

Archive Producer, Footage & Image Researcher, Licensing & Copyright Clearances, Archive

"I’ve received astonishing archival footage for two major historical drama projects, both for pre-visualisation, offline and the online process. The dialogue with Kinolibrary is close, and both responses and deliveries are fast."

The projects mentioned are the series CLARK for Netflix directed by Jonas Åkerlund produced by Bright Moving Pictures Sweden AB and HILMA AF KLINT directed by Lasse Hallström produced by Brain Academy AB for Nent/viaplay.

Katia Lom

Independent Filmmaker and Archive Producer

Always a first port of call when sourcing archive footage. A unique beautiful collection that is affordable and managed by a fanstastic team who understand the demands of the broadcasting industry. Kinolibrary's personal approach while assisting with projects has always been a great experience. I could not recommend them enough! www.katialom.co.uk

Luke Price

Film Editor / BBC / Top Gear

Kino will always be at the top of my list of places to hunt down archive treasures. Quite fancy a job there myself, digging though all that amazing footage!

Crystal Thompson

Archival Producer

I love Kino. You all are fast and efficient with requests and have really great cinematic high quality archival footage!

James Hunt

Archive Producer

Kinolibrary are just the best! When embarking on a new archive based project, they are the first people I go to for material. They have such a varied and wonderful collection that it’s always worth tapping them up first (no matter how obscure the subject) to see if they have anything available. 90% of the time they do and it’s always amazing material. But it’s not just their content - it’s everything else combined. Their customer service is always amazing, their knowledge of their archive and research is faultless, screener delivery is seamless, licence rates are brilliant and their master transfers are superb.

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