Archival cinematheque in Bern, Switzerland · Opened 1 Mar 2012
Active archival cinematheque and museum cinema at Sandrainstrasse 3 in Bern. It operates a single 80-seat cinema integrated into a collection of historical projection equipment and presents archive and repertory programmes. ProCinema's 2024 statistics identify 2K digital projection; a technical research paper documents a Kinoton FP38 in use at Lichtspiel, with a 4.28 m projected image width. Current ticketing information identifies Dolby Digital sound. Exact current screen dimensions are not published. Sources: https://www.kinemathek.ch/de/hintergrund-6.html, https://www.isil.nb.admin.ch/isil/CH-001640-0, https://www.cineman.ch/kinoprogramm/theatre/lichtspiel-kinemathek-bern/621/?setlang=de, https://www.procinema.ch/pdf/statistics/factsfigures/2024/FactsFigures_SwissCinema_2024.pdf and https://diastor.ch/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/flueckigeretal_investigationfilmmaterialscannerinteraction_2018_v_1-1c.pdf.