Kanopy Streaming Video - Free with your library card. Kanopy is an on-demand streaming video service which includes a collection of over 30,000 of the world’s best films, award-winning documentaries, rare and hard-to-find titles, film festival favourites, indie and classic films and world cinema. And features some great kids movies on Kanopy Kids
The Kanopy collection includes indie hits like Hunt For the Wilderpeople and A Quiet Passion, classic masterpieces like Charade and L'Avventura, and award-winning documentaries like the 2017 Oscar®-nominated I Am Not Your Negro and Sundance Film Festival winner 52 Tuesdays.
In addition, a number of films which are set in, and are about Australia, can be found on Kanopy like the Sydney Film Festival winner Zach's Ceremony, the thought-provoking documentaries Murundak: Songs of Freedom and Why Me - Stolen Generations, and acclaimed films like The Dressmaker and the Palme d’Or -nominated drama, Wake In Fright.
Have your library membership number handy, then follow a few steps on the Kanopy website to sign up for the service. Members may choose up to 10 films and documentaries each month to stream using any computer, television, mobile device or platform by downloading the Kanopy app for iOS, Android, AppleTV or Chromecast.
As Kanopy is a streaming service, downloads will count towards the data limits on your own internet plan.
Happy Streaming !