The Maughan is frequently used as a filming location. Credits include Enola Holmes (doubling for the Houses of Parliament), Johnny English (doubling for the Tower of London), The Imitation Game and The Take.
Use Library Search to access an extensive collection of ejournals and print journals. Titles include:
Asian Cinema | Film History |
Sight and Sound | Film Quarterly |
Arts & Humanities print journals are held on the ground floor of the Maughan Library. See our Floorplans.
If you need resources beyond King's, you may want to visit other libraries with film collections:
Please check for access restrictions before visiting.
Welcome to the Collections Guide for Film Studies
This guide provides tailored information on library collections and links to some of our key resources.
A diverse collection of films covering a wide range of genres and multiple languages. Staff and students have access to subscription titles as well as free content.
BFI Player is a video on demand service from the British Film Institute, streaming acclaimed, landmark and archive films. These are available for rent, for subscription or for free. King's College London has a subscription. The placement and availability of films is dependent on rights agreements with licensors. The focus is on British and European independent films, as well as international releases.
Additional information:
Access your free BFI Player subscription in 3 easy steps:
1. Go to player.bfi.org.uk/students and create an account OR sign in if you already have one by selecting 'Already have an account? Sign in'
2. Select university from the dropdown list
3. Authenticate subscription using your university credentials
FYI:
• Once you've set up your subscription, you can simply login on BFI Player for the remainder of this academic year. You don't need to use the subscribe link
• BFI Player is unavailable outside the UK
• Rentals and festival events are not included in the subscription offer
• Make sure you tick the box ‘I’d like to receive the newsletter’ for exclusive competitions, watchlists and other BFI opportunities via email.
A reminder that users need to re-subscribe every year e.g. if someone had an account last year, they simply need to visit player.bfi.org.uk/students and select 'Already have an account? Sign in'.
King's username and password required - Registration required
A key streaming resource for films. Includes French, Spanish and Asian feature films, plus documentaries and videos on a wide range of subjects.
King's username and password for access off campus
Offers a huge collection of films, TV and radio programmes which have aired on UK channels. Useful for titles that are not available via commercial streaming services or on DVD.
BoB (Box of Broadcasts) National is a shared online off-air TV and radio recording service for UK higher and further education institutions. You can choose and record any broadcast programme from 60+ TV and radio channels. The recorded programmes are then kept indefinitely (no expiry) and added to a growing media archive (currently at over 1 million programmes), with all content shared by users across all subscribing institutions.
Please note: Individual registration is required and access is only available from the UK.
King's username and password for access on and off campus - Registration required
A film streaming resource specialising in features and documentaries from Spanish-speaking countries. Also includes titles in a number of languages.
King's username and password for access off campus
A vast multi-disciplinary video collection. Includes a large number of documentaries on its Film Platform and Documentary channel.
King's username and password for access off campus
Covers a wide range of subjects including feature films and documentaries.
King's username and password for access off campus
King's username and password for access off campus
Sourced from the British Film Institute (BFI), Socialism on Film documents the communist world, from the Russian Revolution to the end of the Cold War. This unique multimedia collection spans most of the twentieth century and contains documentary films, features and newsreels from countries including the USSR, Vietnam, Korea, Cuba, China and East Germany, and provides a counterpoint to Western perceptions of communist states.
King's username and password for access
The following eresources are focused on film, media and performing arts:
King’s username and password for access off campus
King’s username and password for access
King's username and password for access
King’s username and password for access off campus.
Senate House Library is a large humanities research library in Bloomsbury.
King’s staff and students are entitled to free membership which provides
borrowing rights to print books and remote access to most eresources.
See Membership for information on signing up.
Many films are available online but some are only released on DVD. Our collection of DVDs, blu-rays and videos is on the ground floor of the Maughan Library in rooms G.68, G.69 & G.70. Films are arranged A-Z by title, with numerical titles at the start of the sequence, at classmark PN1995. See our Floorplans.
Search for DVDs using Library Search and refine your results by 'Resource type' to 'Videos'.
Players for multi-region DVDs and VHS are in G.70. Headphones are provided in booths, or if you prefer to use your own, some equipment is bluetooth compatible. Group viewing facilities with large screens and multi-region blu-ray players are in G.71.
The print book collection for Film Studies is on the second floor of the Maughan Library in rooms 2.56, 2.57, 2.58 and 2.59. See our Floorplans.
Key classmarks include:
The following eresources cover a range of disciplines including your subject area:
King’s username and password for access off campus
King’s username and password for access off campus
King's username and password for access off campus
King’s username and password for access off campus
King’s username and password for access
King’s username and password for access off campus
UK and international newspapers are useful for a range of subjects. Our collection provides a range of historical titles and current editions.