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Festivals and premieres, retrospectives and tributes in original versions and analogue original formats, contemporary cinema and film history, performances, workshops and debates - by becoming a member, you will support our efforts to promote international film and video art and will enjoy numerous perks and benefit from attractive offers. You can choose your membership according to your needs.

The Arsenal - Institute for Film and Video Art e.V. has different membership models:

Premium memberships

Members of Arsenal Freundeskreis help support our efforts to educate the public about international film and video art. They receive invitations to openings and other special events. They can attend all Magical History Tour screenings for free. Furthermore, they are entitled to special conditions if they want to rent our cinemas.

Living Archive members help us to continue our archival work. They receive free DVDs of films that Arsenal has digitalized and restored, invitations to premieres, guided tours of the archive and free access to the archive’s editing tables for viewing purposes.

Arsenal Freundeskreis Membership

Are you interested in becoming an Arsenal Freundeskreis member or premium member? Are you a student or filmmaker and want to know about the benefits of Arsenal Freundeskreis membership? All the information you need about the advantages of becoming an member of the Arsenal Freundeskreis can be found here at a glance.

Arsenal Freundeskreis Membership

annual fee 100 €
- Regular invitations to film screenings and selected events (free admission for you and one accompanying person)
- Invitation to special events such as openings and guided tours 
- Reduced admission to all Berlinale Forum and Forum Expanded events
- monthly program sent by mail and email newsletter
- 20% discount on selected publications and merchandising products

Arsenal Freundeskreis Student Membership

annual fee 75 €
- all the benefits of Arsenal Freundeskreis membership listed above plus
- 2 hours free access to an editing table for viewing purposes

Arsenal Freundeskreis Premium Membership

annual fee 250 €
- all the benefits of Arsenal Freundeskreis membership listed above plus
- for private individuals: free admission to 5 freely selectable screenings with companion (subject to availability) as well as free tickets with companion for representative individual events
- institutions: 10 free tickets for employees to freely selectable screenings (subject to availability) as well as free tickets with companion for representative individual events

Arsenal Freundeskreis Filmmaker Membership

annual fee 150 €
- all the benefits of Arsenal Freundeskreis membership listed above plus
- 5 hours free access to an editing table for viewing purposes
- reduced fee for annual Arsenal Summer School

Contact Us

Arsenal – Institute for Film and Video Art
Potsdamer Straße 2
10785 Berlin
Email: freundeskreis@arsenal-berlin.de
Telephone: +49-30-26955-100
Fax: +49-30-26955-111

Become a member now and download the application form.
You can pay here via PayPal or credit card:

Living Archive Membership

Fifty-five years since Arsenal was founded, our collection now comprises some 10,000 titles, including numerous unique items. Political cinema, experimental film, independent cinema: On the basis of our institution’s living history and its global networks, our archive reflects half a century of film art. As part of contemporary projects by artists, curators and academics, films that were long invisible are now being digitalized and if need be restored. They can now reach audiences not only in Berlin, but all over the world. Some of them are returning as digital copies to where they were once produced and lost.
By becoming a Supporting Member of Living Archive, you will be helping us to continue our archive work.

Living Archive membership

annual fee 150 €
- Regular invitations to film screenings and selected events (free admission for you and one accompanying person)
- Invitation to special events such as openings and guided tours
- free entry by invitation to premieres of all films digitized by the Arsenal (except premieres during the Berlinale)
- monthly Arsenal program sent by mail
- 3 DVDs of your choosing of films digitized by the Arsenal

Living Archive extended membership

annual fee 300 €
- all the benefits listed above plus
- 2 hours free access to the archive for viewing purposes
- participation in a curator guided tour through the archive

Living Archive premium membership

annual fee 500 €
- all the benefits listed above plus
- free participation in the Arsenal Summer School
- free entry by invitation to premieres of all films digitized by the Arsenal (including premieres during the Berlinale)

Contact Us

Arsenal – Institute for Film and Video Art
Potsdamer Straße 2 
10785 Berlin
Email: mail(at)arsenal-berlin.de
Telephone: +49-30-26955-100 
Fax: +49-30-26955-111

Become a member now and download the application form.
You can pay here via PayPal or credit card:

Recommending New Members

Dear arsenal freundeskreis members,

Do you know any other Arsenal enthusiasts who want to support our work and who would like to take advantage of arsenal freundeskreis premium / standard membership, or student / filmmaker membership? Recommend the arsenal freundeskreis to someone you know and receive a free copy of a current publication of your choice when they sign up for membership.

By becoming a member of the freundeskreis, you’ll be helping us to maintain and continually expand the services provided by Arsenal – Institute for Film and Video Art. Please let us know if you have recommended us to a new member. Please dornload the form for recommending new members as a PDF and send it to us by mail, fax or email. Please also select your choice of publication. As soon as we have received the registration form from the new member, we will send you your chosen publication.

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Arsenal on Location is funded by the Capital Cultural Fund

The international programs of Arsenal on Location are a cooperation with the Goethe-Institut