diff --git a/apps/electron-backend/src/app/events/database/content.events.ts b/apps/electron-backend/src/app/events/database/content.events.ts
index 78687e51c..e863a65e7 100644
--- a/apps/electron-backend/src/app/events/database/content.events.ts
+++ b/apps/electron-backend/src/app/events/database/content.events.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  * Operations for managing and searching content (streams, movies, series)
  */
 
-import { and, desc, eq, inArray, sql } from 'drizzle-orm';
+import { and, desc, eq, inArray, or, sql } from 'drizzle-orm';
 import { ipcMain } from 'electron';
 import { getDatabase } from '../../database/connection';
 import * as schema from '../../database/schema';
@@ -16,6 +16,25 @@ function escapeLikePattern(term: string): string {
     return term.replace(/[%_\\]/g, '\\$&');
 }
 
+/**
+ * Build LIKE patterns for multiple case variants to improve non-ASCII matching
+ * in SQLite (default LIKE case-insensitive behavior is ASCII-only).
+ */
+function buildLikePatterns(term: string): string[] {
+    const variants = new Set<string>();
+    const titleCase =
+        term.length > 0
+            ? term.charAt(0).toLocaleUpperCase() + term.slice(1).toLocaleLowerCase()
+            : term;
+
+    variants.add(term);
+    variants.add(term.toLocaleLowerCase());
+    variants.add(term.toLocaleUpperCase());
+    variants.add(titleCase);
+
+    return [...variants].map(value => `%${escapeLikePattern(value)}%`);
+}
+
 /**
  * Check if content exists
  */
@@ -243,9 +262,11 @@ ipcMain.handle(
     async (event, playlistId: string, searchTerm: string, types: string[]) => {
         try {
             const db = await getDatabase();
-            const searchTermLower = searchTerm.toLowerCase();
-            const escapedTerm = escapeLikePattern(searchTerm);
-            const likePattern = `%${escapedTerm}%`;
+            const searchTermLower = searchTerm.toLocaleLowerCase();
+            const likePatterns = buildLikePatterns(searchTerm);
+            const likeConditions = likePatterns.map(
+                pattern => sql`${schema.content.title} LIKE ${pattern} ESCAPE '\\'`
+            );
 
             // Pre-filter with SQL LIKE (case-insensitive for ASCII, handled in native C code).
             // This avoids loading the entire content table into JS memory.
@@ -272,7 +293,7 @@ ipcMain.handle(
                             schema.content.type,
                             types as Array<'live' | 'movie' | 'series'>
                         ),
-                        sql`${schema.content.title} LIKE ${likePattern}`
+                        or(...likeConditions)
                     )
                 )
                 .limit(200);
@@ -280,7 +301,9 @@ ipcMain.handle(
             // Post-filter for proper Unicode case-insensitive matching
             // (SQLite LIKE is only case-insensitive for ASCII)
             const result = candidates
-                .filter(item => item.title?.toLowerCase().includes(searchTermLower))
+                .filter(item =>
+                    item.title?.toLocaleLowerCase().includes(searchTermLower)
+                )
                 .slice(0, 50);
 
             return result;
@@ -299,9 +322,11 @@ ipcMain.handle(
     async (event, searchTerm: string, types: string[]) => {
         try {
             const db = await getDatabase();
-            const searchTermLower = searchTerm.toLowerCase();
-            const escapedTerm = escapeLikePattern(searchTerm);
-            const likePattern = `%${escapedTerm}%`;
+            const searchTermLower = searchTerm.toLocaleLowerCase();
+            const likePatterns = buildLikePatterns(searchTerm);
+            const likeConditions = likePatterns.map(
+                pattern => sql`${schema.content.title} LIKE ${pattern} ESCAPE '\\'`
+            );
 
             // Pre-filter with SQL LIKE (case-insensitive for ASCII, handled in native C code).
             // This avoids loading the entire content table into JS memory.
@@ -335,7 +360,7 @@ ipcMain.handle(
                             schema.content.type,
                             types as Array<'live' | 'movie' | 'series'>
                         ),
-                        sql`${schema.content.title} LIKE ${likePattern}`
+                        or(...likeConditions)
                     )
                 )
                 .orderBy(schema.content.title)
@@ -344,7 +369,9 @@ ipcMain.handle(
             // Post-filter for proper Unicode case-insensitive matching
             // (SQLite LIKE is only case-insensitive for ASCII)
             const result = candidates
-                .filter(item => item.title?.toLowerCase().includes(searchTermLower))
+                .filter(item =>
+                    item.title?.toLocaleLowerCase().includes(searchTermLower)
+                )
                 .slice(0, 50);
 
             return result;