StreamBerlin is a joint cooperation between AVA, the Association of Public Libraries in Berlin (VÖBB) and Berlin's cultural institutions.
While creating the project, our joint goal was to not only represent Berlin's art and cultural scene online, but also to make this content freely available to all citizens.
StreamBerlin shows Berlin's cultural life in all its diversity. The Konzerthaus Berlin, the Quasimodo Club, the short film festival interfilm and the European Film Academy are all represented in the program. Among StreamBerlin collections viewers can find live sets, classical and jazz concerts, as well as short films and award-winning children's and youth films. The offer is complemented by educational content from the Konzerthaus Berlin for children and youth.
Wherever Berliners are - on holiday, on the train, in the home office or in quarantine - Berlin cultural life is always within reach via the Berlin libraries!
StreamBerlin Collections
Konzerthaus Berlin
Music moves people and brings them together – the Konzerthaus Berlin is convinced of this. From classics performed at the highest level, such as Johannes Brahms’ symphonies with the Konzerthausorchester Berlin under principal conductor Christoph Eschenbach, to hybrid music events both live and online with ensembles from the Berlin music scene. The Konzerthaus and the Konzerthausorchester Berlin are committed to giving a broad public, regardless of education level or social background, the opportunity to enjoy classical music in an unbiased way. At the concert hall on Gendarmenmarkt, this includes large symphony concerts as well as innovative formats, such as the enthusiastically received “Mittendrin – Right in the Middle”, in which listeners sit directly next to orchestral musicians in concert, public rehearsals moderated by conductors, our Mozart matinee with musical childcare.
For StreamBerlin Konzerthaus Berlin provides, apart from recordings of classical concerts, the award winning series of clips #klangberlins that reproduces the sound of Berlin city life.
Quasimodo Live Music Series
Quasimodo is one of the oldest clubs in Berlin. Not only is it one of the most renowned live music clubs in the German capital, but also throughout the whole of Europe. Opened as a jazz club in 1975, Quasimodo soon became the second home for many international artists from a huge range of genres. Located beneath Delphi Filmpalast in the heart of Berlin, Quasimodo Club has become a world-famous venue for jazz, blues, rock, latin, soul and funk concerts, with a well-deserved reputation for high-quality music. Quasimodo unites music fans of all ages from across the world in the spirit of Rock’n’Roll. The club is a space where well-established artists together with emerging talent enjoy engaging with their audience.
For StreamBerlin, Quasimodo has exclusively produced a series of 7 videos in which concert footage alternates with reflections on the various musical styles and musican's personal stories.
interfilm Berlin #CoronaKino
interfilm is Berlin's largest and oldest short film festival. Every year in November, we fill a wide variety of venues throughout Berlin with a diverse program ranging from political concerns to artistic experimentation. More than 400 short films are selected for each festival and curated in the various sections. We have highly-endowed competitions as well as obscure special programs, regional focuses, film talks, workshops, concerts, parties and networking meetings as well as industry events. We are FFA- and OSCAR®-relevant.
For StreamBerlin, interfilm curated a selection of 50 short films from the #CoronaKino programme.
EFA Young Audience Award
The creation of the European Film Academy was the initiative of a group of Europe’s finest filmmakers brought together on the occasion of the first European Film Awards Ceremony in November 1988. It now unites more than 4,000 European film professionals and seeks to support and connect these members and celebrates and promotes their work. The Academy’s aims are to share knowledge and to educate audiences of all ages about European cinema. Positioning itself as a leading organisation and facilitating crucial debates within the industry, the Academy strives to unite everyone who loves European cinema.
That also includes younger film-lovers and as an official category of the European Film Awards, the YOUNG AUDIENCE AWARD presents three European films to 12-14-year-old audiences across Europe. The young audiences participating in the YAA screenings act as a jury and vote for the winner who receives the European Film Awards statuette.
On AVA StreamBerlin the European Film Academy showcases five films that were nominated for or awarded with the Young Audience Award.