ABOUT US
Beamafilm is a leading B2B streaming service for film-lovers to stream an award-winning collection of documentaries, movies and series. Watch full films and series for free and with no ads with your participating library card or on a 30-day trial.
Featuring the best in international cinema and a curated catalogue of independent and local stories, Beamafilm supports acclaimed, independent film within a unique business model.
Over 20 million participating public and tertiary library members can enjoy unlimited free access to Beamafilm. Anyone can sign up for a free subscription trial or rent films from the rental collection.
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Beamafilm makes it easy to enjoy and support the best in thoughtful entertainment with thousands of acclaimed local and international titles curated within a seamless user experience.
OUR MISSION
Beamafilm’s mission is to enrich people’s lives through meaningful stories, films and series made freely accessible via close partnerships with public libraries, universities, schools, institutions or employers. Our objective is to enable people to freely engage and connect with great stories via partnerships with member-based institutions. Our mission is to deliver an accessible platform that offers a stage for diverse, local, and independent voices presenting different perspectives.
OUR VISION
Beamafilm’s vision is to enrich, entertain, educate, and enlighten by making meaningful stories and films accessible to all and to make the Beamafilm experience enjoyable and inclusive.Our vision is for an accessible platform with a high-quality, curated film collection that can help people to change the way they see the world, to make it easy for people to find and watch something enlightening amongst our handpicked collection of documentaries, indie features and series representing the best in local and international cinema. Viewers are invited to be inspired, delighted, and entertained while supporting local voices and independent film.
WHAT WE DO
In a streaming landscape already overwhelmed by mainstream and international content Beamafilm champions local, diverse and independent voices. We are committed to high quality, local and international cinema and to helping great films reach a growing audience of viewers through a pioneering business model.
WHY THIS MATTERS
Independent channels like Beamafilm are becoming more and more important with social fragmentation on the rise and information access increasingly dominated by corporate interests or major media companies. Our platform offers a stage for diverse, local and independent voices that can present a different perspective.
Many of our movies tackle humanity's toughest questions and enlighten audiences with enduring optimism. Our aim is to inspire people to change their lives and to ultimately change the future. By representing ideas that matter in a range of important disciplines we are reaching thinkers and doers in the fields of technology, entertainment, design, science, humanities, business and development.
Our curated collection can help change the way you see the world. We make it easy to find something great with a handpicked collection of documentaries and indie features representing the best in local and international cinema.
We invite you to be inspired, delighted and entertained while supporting local voices and independent film.
Sign up now to find something new or to rediscover a classic!
PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
Companies and organisations that share our commitment to the power of ideas are invited to partner with us.
Find out how Beamafilm can help you make a difference by bringing important independent stories to audiences in Australasia and globally.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF COUNTRY
Beamafilm wishes to acknowledge the original custodians of Australia and to pay respect to the Gadigal people, the original custodians of Eora Country, the land on which the Beamafilm office is located. We support the call for stronger measures to recognise, protect, and maintain all aspects of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture and heritage.