City Kino Wedding

City Kino Wedding is an art-house cinema located within the Centre français de Berlin in the Wedding district of Berlin, Germany. The cinema occupies a building constructed in 1961 as part of the French cultural centre for the French occupying forces; the entire building complex is heritage-protected. After the French troops withdrew, the centre was rebuilt and reopened in 1994. From 1996 to 2007 the venue operated as a cinema under the name "City Wedding," screening Bollywood films, and in 2009 it was briefly called Tour Eiffel-Cinéma. It ceased use as a cinema in 2007 and remained dormant until it reopened on 13 September 2014 as City Kino Wedding. Initially it screened films only every two weeks until the end of 2014, offering selected titles at a modest price. From January 2015 it began weekly art-house programming from Thursday to Sunday. The cinema has 220 seats — relatively large for an art-house venue — and a 35 mm projector that is no longer used, as screenings are now digital. It was an official venue of the Berlinale film festival in 2016 and 2017 as part of the "Berlinale Goes Kiez" section. Today it continues to present a diverse programme of German-language and subtitled international films, documentaries, animation festivals, and repertory classics.

The building that houses City Kino Wedding was constructed in 1961 as part of the Centre français de Berlin, the cultural centre of the French occupying forces in Berlin. The entire building complex is protected as a heritage site. From its opening, the cinema hall was used for cultural events, theatre performances, and film screenings, including free public screenings. After the French troops withdrew, the Centre français de Berlin was rebuilt and reopened in 1994. From 1996 to 2007, the venue operated as a cinema under the name "City Wedding," specialising in Bollywood films. In 2009 it was briefly known as Tour Eiffel-Cinéma. The venue ceased to be used as a cinema in 2007. On 13 September 2014, it reopened as "City Kino Wedding." Initially, it was tested with screenings every two weeks until the end of 2014, offering selected films at a modest price. From January 2015, the cinema began weekly art-house programming from Thursday to Sunday. In 2016 and 2017, it was one of the official venues of the Berlinale film festival as part of the "Berlinale Goes Kiez" section. The cinema has 220 seats and a 35 mm projector that is no longer in use; screenings are digital. As of the evidence, it continues to operate with a varied programme including German-language films, subtitled international titles, documentaries, animation festivals, and repertory classics.

• 2016

  Official venue of the Berlinale film festival (Berlinale Goes Kiez).

• 2015

  Weekly art-house programming begins (Thursday to Sunday).

• 2014

  Reopens on 13 September as City Kino Wedding; initially screens every two weeks.

• 2009

  Briefly called Tour Eiffel-Cinéma.

• 2007

  Venue ceases use as a cinema.

• 1996

  Venue begins operating as cinema under the name "City Wedding," screening Bollywood films.

• 1994

  Centre français de Berlin rebuilt and reopened after French troops withdrew.

• 1961

  Building constructed as part of the Centre français de Berlin.

Neighbourhood art-house cinema with a focus on curated international and German-language films, embedded in a Franco-German cultural centre.

• Art-house film screenings

• Documentary screenings

• Animation film festivals

• Repertory and classic film screenings

• Children's and family film programmes

1. 1City Kino Wedding official websitecitykinowedding.de
2. 2City Kino Wedding - Wikidatawikidata.org
3. 3City Kino Wedding - Wikipedia (French)fr.wikipedia.org