3001 Kino

3001 Kino is a programmkino (arthouse cinema) located in the courtyard of Schanzenstraße 75 in Hamburg's Schanzenviertel district. It was founded by Jens Meyer, Rainer Krisp and Thomas Schröder and opened on 1 May 1991 on the former Montblanc site, a city-owned property that Hamburg made available for alternative uses. The cinema has a single auditorium with 91 seats and is a member of Europa Cinemas. Its programming focuses on arthouse and documentary films, largely screened in original version with subtitles. The venue hosts numerous regional and national film festivals, including the Lateinamerika-Filmtage, Mo&Friese Kurzfilmfestival, Japan-Filmfest Hamburg, Lesbisch Schwulen Filmtage, Zündstoff-Festival and cine cubano. It has received the Kinoprogrammpreis for its overall programme in 2008 and has won the top prize for best documentary programme three times. The cinema also operates open-air screenings, historically on the Schanzenpark meadow and more recently on the Südtribüne of the Millerntor-Stadion. In 2016, redevelopment and rent disputes in the Schanzenhöfe led to protests and restrictions on the courtyard, though the cinema's lease included an option for extension until April 2021. The 3001 Kino remains an active cultural venue in Hamburg.

3001 Kino was founded by Jens Meyer, Rainer Krisp and Thomas Schröder and opened on 1 May 1991 on the former Montblanc site in Hamburg's Schanzenviertel. The city of Hamburg had purchased the site in 1990 and made it available for alternative uses. The building complex also housed the Alternativ-Hotel and Bio-Restaurant Schanzenstern, the drug help organisation Palette e. V. and the boxing club Epeios e. V. These users organised themselves in the Schanzenhof e. V., which acted as the main tenant vis-à-vis the city. In 2006, the CDU-led Hamburg Senate sold 52 buildings and properties, including the former Montblanc site. After several changes of investor, the property and building complex came into the hands of the Maximilian Schommartz and Hans-Werner Schommartz-Kati Grundstücks GbR. This changed the tenant structure of the ensemble and led to protests in 2016, accompanied by media attention. The protests were directed primarily against the landlords' approach of conducting lengthy negotiations with many tenants who had run businesses in the Schanzenhöfe for decades without reaching a result, while already negotiating rents and rental possibilities with possible new businesses. These negotiations resulted in the termination of contracts and a new contract structure with massive rent increases. Particular attention during the protests was paid to the Schanzenstern, in whose premises a pizzeria then opened. The protests took many forms. Demonstrators often gathered in front of the Schanzenhof, which was made inaccessible with a large police presence — with the exception of the cinema entrance. The windows of the pizzeria and the new hotel were damaged with stones or painted with slogans. Over a period of several weeks, the Schanzenhof was cordoned off by police and a security service, granting access exclusively to visitors of the cinema. A metre-long construction fence made it impossible to get from the cinema entrance to other parts of the courtyard, such as the pizzeria's inner courtyard. The leases of most original tenants were not renewed. The 3001 Kino was exempt from this because its lease contained an option for extension until April 2021. However, the cinema also experienced cuts to its daily operations. Until 2016, young and old could meet in the courtyard and spend their afternoons on the cinema's many chairs and tables; shortly afterwards the landlord prohibited use of the courtyard and the 3001 Kino had to remove not only the tables but also the bicycle stands. Another point of dispute was the use of the display cases, which the cinema was also to be prohibited from using, but which can still be used today following an agreement. An extension of the lease beyond 2021 is still pending. The cinema has been a member of Europa Cinemas and has received numerous awards, including the Kinoprogrammpreis for its overall programme in 2008 and three times the top prize for the best documentary film programme. It has hosted the Kinopreisverleihung twice. The 3001 Kino has long operated open-air screenings on the Schanzenpark meadow, which in recent years have alternatively taken place at the Millerntor-Stadion on the Südtribüne, where audiences can watch films on a large screen for about two weeks. It is also host to numerous premieres of larger and smaller productions, often with directors and filmmakers present for Q&A sessions.

• 2021

  The cinema's lease option for extension until April 2021 expires; further extension remains pending.

• 2016

  Protests erupt over rent increases and tenant changes in the Schanzenhöfe; the cinema's courtyard use is restricted.

• 2008

  3001 Kino receives the Kinoprogrammpreis for its overall programme from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media.

• 2006

  The CDU-led Hamburg Senate sells 52 buildings and properties, including the former Montblanc site.

• 1991

  3001 Kino opens on 1 May on the former Montblanc site in Hamburg's Schanzenviertel.

• 1990

  City of Hamburg purchases the former Montblanc site and makes it available for alternative uses.

Independent arthouse cinema with a focus on documentary and original-language films, embedded in Hamburg's alternative Schanzenviertel cultural scene.

• Arthouse film screenings

• Documentary film screenings

• Original version with subtitles screenings

• Pauls Kinderkino (children's cinema)

• Schulkino (school cinema)

• Open-air cinema

• Film festival hosting

1. 13001 KINO official website3001-kino.de
2. 23001 Kino - Wikipedia (German)de.wikipedia.org
3. 33001 Kino - Wikidatawikidata.org