Sooner: Independent Streaming for Smart Minds!
Sooner, the independent streaming platform for sophisticated films and series, offers universities the opportunity to grant their students free access to a unique streaming offering. Students can seamlessly use Sooner with their university's Shibboleth login – secure, anonymous, and without additional registration.
As a truly European alternative, the result of a German-French joint venture, Sooner stands for content that is produced independently of mainstream broadcasters and US studios. In addition, Sooner offers university libraries all content as a feed for inclusion in university databases, keywording and easy discovery.

How Your Students Sign Up on Sooner:
They choose
their university.
They register with their
university credentials.
All films on Sooner
are then available to them.
Discover Cinematic Art: Festival Highlights, Documentaries & Masterpieces.
Our platform provides cultural enrichment that goes beyond pure entertainment – with award-winning festival films, innovative documentaries, and retrospectives of renowned filmmakers. On Sooner, you can find early works by Denis Villeneuve, documentaries by Lutz Dammbeck, or films by Erik Lemke exploring social themes with a keen eye. Sooner also presents content from festival archives of Berlinale, Cannes, and Venice, as well as major documentary festivals like DOK Leipzig and Vision du Réel.

Closely Networked with the Film Industry – for New Talent & Diversity.
Sooner works closely with German film schools such as the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, DFFB, UdK Berlin, HFBK Hamburg, ifs Cologne, and the Film University Babelsberg, providing students with direct access to the European creative scene. Our partnerships with Unifrance and Swiss Films, as well as the mentoring program Into the Wild, which provides targeted support for female filmmakers, underscore our commitment to diversity and to nurturing the next generation of talent.
"A platform like Sooner gives independent films and new talents a stage." – Malena Filmus, Sooner Curator & Actress

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