Facilities directed at the general public include a library and Cinemateket, Denmark's national film museum.

Tine Fischer [da] was appointed to take over from current director of the institute, Claus Ladegaard, from 1 August 2024.

Occasionally contemporary films which would otherwise not reach the Danish market are shown.

[citation needed] The Danish Film Institute's library on the first floor holds 55,000 books and subscribes to 240 mainly European and American magazines.

The library lends regular books—usually for a period of one month—while magazines, manuscripts and rarer publications may only be referenced on the premises.