Free Streaming Films added to the ORL Digital Collection

The Okanagan Regional Library is adding to its collection of digital resources with “IndieFlix”, a streaming video service that provides access to award-winning independent feature films and documentaries from around the globe. Anyone with an ORL card will be able to create an IndieFlix account and watch streaming content for free.

The IndieFlix collection includes over 7,000 titles, including independent film festival hits from Sundance and Cannes.

“What’s great about this collection is that the content is always available for streaming; there are no holds or waiting or downloading needed”, explains ORL’s Virtual Branch Head, Chantelle McGee. “The films on IndieFlix can be streamed on any Internet-enabled computer, tablet, smartphone, or even through an Xbox or Roku.”

IndieFlix is the ORL’s first collection of streaming films and it includes a variety of content, everything from documentaries to film shorts to television series. There are channels for PBS, action, romance, festivals, foreign, food and much more.

“It’s exciting as more and more online content becomes available to library customers”, she adds. “Over the past few years we’ve greatly expanded our eBook and eAudiobook collections, and have added services like Zinio for Libraries that allow users to download magazines for free.”

To access IndieFlix, you must be an ORL cardholder. Membership in the ORL is free to anyone who lives in, or owns property or a business, in the ORL district which spans from Golden to Osoyoos. From the ORL’s website, click on “View all digital resources” and find the IndieFlix link under the Movies heading. Before streaming videos for the first time, you will have to create a login account or use your Zinio for Libraries account information to sign in.