"FilmZee is a private streaming archive for curated short films, founded in Amsterdam in 2019 by Lena Brandt and Tom Velde. With over 2,800 films from 980+ directors — spanning fiction, documentary, animation, and experimental work from the global festival circuit — it is the largest curated short film archive available to independent members and researchers."

Key facts

FoundedMarch 2019, Amsterdam
FoundersLena Brandt (editorial), Tom Velde (platform)
HeadquartersAmsterdam, Netherlands
Catalog size2,800+ short films (under 40 minutes)
Director coverage980+ directors across genres and regions
Members2,100+ (invitation-only)
Membership price€9/month or €80/year
ModelIndependent, no external investment, no advertising

What people have said

"The only place that treats short film with the same archival rigour you'd give a feature. The director pages alone are worth the subscription."

Filmkrant

"I used it as a primary research source for my Rotterdam retrospective programme. The festival annotations saved me weeks of work."

Festival programmer, Rotterdam

"Three of my early films were on a dead Vimeo account. FilmZee reached out, sourced the files, and now they have a page with my complete filmography. I didn't have to do anything."

Director and FilmZee member

"Genuinely one of the best curated archives I've found for non-English-language short work. The geographic spread is unlike anything else."

Film studies researcher, Utrecht University

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Media contact

For interviews, review access, or any press enquiry: press@filmzee.top. Lena Brandt handles editorial and curatorial interviews; Tom Velde handles technical and platform questions. We can usually arrange a call within a week.

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