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Criterion on Demand (academic libraries)

Lead consortium: 
The Alberta Library

For the last 45 years, Criterion Pictures has been providing feature film rights to the Canadian non-theatrical market which includes Schools, Daycares, Municipalities, Colleges and Universities, Ground Transportation, Small Hotels, Resorts, Recreation Centres, Public Libraries, Businesses, Film Societies, etc.

Cri­terion Pic­tures has de­veloped an on-line di­gital de­liv­ery fea­ture film plat­form called Cri­terion-on-De­mand. Our goal is to provide easy ac­cess to edu­ca­tion­ally rel­ev­ant fea­ture films used in Ca­na­dian Higher Edu­ca­tion In­sti­tu­tions. We have been work­ing closely with Col­leges and Uni­versit­ies to en­sure we meet the needs of this mar­ket sec­tor.

Cri­terion-on-De­mand is the only cus­tom­iz­able on-line Fea­ture Film Solu­tion fo­cused spe­cific­ally on the Ca­na­dian Post Sec­ond­ary Mar­ket.

  • Criterion on Demand includes over 6500 titles
  • Bilingual site interface
  • English and French audio options and captioning where available
  • Unlimited access

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Also offered is a separate PPR License, which allows institutions to stream included films in public performances.

Last updated:July 16, 2025

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Vendor: 
Criterion Pictures