Services
The DEFA Foundation’s holdings are available through the following institutions:
International
DEFA Film Library
504 Herter Hall
University of Massachusetts Amherst
161 Presidents Drive
Amherst, MA 01003
phone: +1 413 545-6681
E-Mail: defa@german.umass.edu
Internet: www.umass.edu/defa
The DEFA Film Library was founded on September 23, 1993 in Amherst. The University of Massachusetts Amherst co-founded the institution with its home base in the German Studies Department. DFL is regarded as the world’s only archive and research center outside Germany that is committed to the cinematic heritage of East Germany.
In October 2013, the DEFA Film Library acquired the exclusive cinema exploitation rights of the DEFA film stock in the United States and Canada. It also offers non-exclusive screenings of DEFA films to Goethe-Institutes. DFL also produces and distributes films on DVD with English subtitles for the North American market.
Footage Service
PROGRESS Film GmbH
Große Brauhausstraße 8
06108 Halle (Saale)
GERMANY
phone: +49 30 323 060-13
E-Mail: contact@progress.film
online: www.progress.film
PROGRESS is the exclusive commercial evaluator in the field of footage service. The online platform progress.film offers digital access to the cinema heritage of the GDR for research and viewing purposes. By 2023, the DEFA film heritage will be completely entered on the platform.
Cinema
Stiftung Deutsche Kinemathek
DEFA-Filmverleih
Mauerstraße 79
10117 Berlin
GERMANY
phone: +49 30 300903-634
E-Mail: defa-filmverleih@deutsche-kinemathek.de
Internet: www.deutsche-kinemathek.de
Film Research: www.deutsche-kinemathek.de/filmverleih/verleihfilme
In addition to numerous other functions, the Deutsche Kinemathek is a foundation responsible for the worldwide commercial and non-commercial evaluation of the DEFA Foundation’s film stock, and it contracts licenses for cinema screenings.
Research
Bundesarchiv-Filmarchiv
Finckensteinallee 63
12205 Berlin
GERMANY
phone: +49 30 187770-0
E-Mail: berlin@bundesarchiv.de
Internet: https://www.bundesarchiv.de
Filmrecherche: www.bundesarchiv.de/benutzungsmedien/filme
The Film Archive at the German Federal Archives houses the complete stock of DEFA films. Material is available for internal use for academic purposes and viewings only after prior registration. Commercial and non-commercial uses are only possible with the consent of the copyright holder.
Die Filmsammlung wird ergänzt durch umfangreiches Filmbegleitmaterial wie Plakate, Fotos und Presseartikel.
Pre-research can be done using the Federal Archive website. Requests to access materials must be made in writing.