4d ago

TIFF Unlimited is a great Netflix alternative if you're also looking to get European content

It's a streaming platform from the makers of the Transylvania International Film Festival (TIFF) organizers. It's currently only available in Romania, but I guess a VPN will do (or kindly ask them to support the entire Europe as a response to Trump). You won't find the big budget Hollywood blockbusters, rather it's more dedicated to independent filmmakers. Could also be useful if you're looking to break free from American cultural products.

unlimited.tiff.ro/

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Thanks for sharing. I'll be sure to try it out next month.
At the moment I'm trying out Arte (French) and Play Suisse (Swiss; you'll need a vpn for this one). Both of them are free and I'm surprised by the quality of service. I also discovered some great bangers there. The two inconveniences I found are the identity card requirement for Arte to access all of their catalogue (some of the stuff is age restricted) and the fact that Play Suisse is region locked for whatever reason.
- Germany's public broadcasting services have pretty decent streaming sites too, mostly European productions (love all those dark Scandinavian crime thrillers) but also even some US blockbusters. Unfortunately geoblocked as well but a VPN should fix that. ZDF and ARD are the two big ones and then there's a bunch of regional ones in top, however they share most their content between them so chances are you'll only need one of those pages.
  Age restriction is a thing here too but only necessary until 22:00, apparently they assume kids are all in bed then and they don't need to check your age anymore. :)
  EDIT: Arte is a French/German cooperation BTW, they have both French and German productions and everything gets dubbed in French/German respectively.
  
  @snuggledick
  Age restriction is a thing here too but only necessary until 22:00, apparently they assume kids are all in bed then and they don't need to check your age anymore.
  Lol, they're treating it like TV 😅
  and everything gets dubbed in French/German respectively.
  Hmm, subtitles would be an option as well for anyone else who doesn't understand the languages (that well)? 😁
  @TacticalCheddar
- Yeah, well, from my experience TIFF Unlimited really is like Netflix, albeit with less restrictions (i.e. you can still share the account)
- You might also try TV5 Monde. Focused on French language content and no subscription required. (I think not even a login)

Dang! Hopefully they open up to the rest of us soon :D

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