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Lichtspiel
Welcome to the Cinematheque Berne
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*DIE WILDEN HÜHNER (*Beg...
Cornelia Funke
D 2006, 107’
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*IM STAU / THE MIRACLE OF...
Alain Sahin / Kollektives Werk
Verleihung Publikumspreise BE Movie 2024
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SAMBIZANGA
Sarah Maldoror
AO/FR/CD 1969, Port/e, 102'
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KLANGHEIMLICH - ÜBERRASC...
Chili für die Ohren!
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*KONFERENZ DER TIERE (*16...
Linda Curt
D 1969, 93’
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*PÜNKTCHEN UND ANTON (*B...
Caroline Link
D 1998, 109’
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*REVISITED: FILMGESCHICHT...
Stefan Humbel im Gespräch mit Volker Pantenburg
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*FANTOCHE – BEST OF KID...
Kinderkurzfilmrolle
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KURZFILME VON SKIP NORMAN
Regie & Drehbuch Skip Norman
OV, 90'
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*SMULTRONSTÄLLET - WILDE...
Ingmar Bergman
Schweden 1957, OV/d, 90'
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ROBOTIC ANGEL
Rintaro
Japan 2001, Jap./d, 108'
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DE CIERTA MANERA
Sara Gómez
Kuba 1974, 78', Sp/d, 78'
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*KLANGHEIMLICH - ÜBERRAS...
Chili für die Ohren
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KUCHENCLUB UND FILMKRANZ
Überraschungsfilmrolle
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*REVISITED: FILMGESCHICHT...
Marcy Goldberg im Gespräch mit Tanja Stöcklin
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TOUCH ME NOT
Adina Pintilie
RO/DE/CZ/BG/FR 2018, 125', OV/d
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*SAXOPHON SUZY (*19.30h)
Karl Lamac
D 1928, stumm mit Livebegleitung, 113'
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TODO SOBRE MI MADRE
Pedro Almodóvar
ES/FR 1999, SP/d,
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*FILMGESCHICHTE IM GESPR...
Stefan Humbel im Gespräch mit Daniel Wiegand
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Archive
Discover treasures and get films back to the screen
The Lichtspiel Cinematheque Berne is dedicated to the protection and conservation of very delicate material.
25’000 films are stored in the Lichtspiel archives – most of them short films, films that are no longer screened in other cinemas and that we pay special attention to. Among them there are smaller, short productions and feature films, documentaries, experimental productions, animation films or music clips, newsreels and amateur films. Most of the films are loan collections, depots or films in our own possession.
All the films are viewed and catalogued, taken up in our database and stored according to professional standards. Our archive is associated to FIAF (Federation of International Film Archives). Our collections form the base of all our actions as a cinematheque – the archives and the documentations stand at the beginning of our curated programs, of the services we offer and they are essential for our participation in research projects and investigation programs.
The Lichtspiel collects and maintains a treasury of technical machines to work with film material and to screen films of all the eras of film history. All these contemporary witnesses are recorded in our database, revised and exhibited in the open storage visible to the public. From time to time, projectors, film editors or viewers are revised and restored to be used again, in other cases they are a precious resource for spare parts we use in our work and repair shop.
Our collection of documents, photographs and handbooks keeps records of every aspect of cinema and film history. This collection as well as our library are accessible on demand.
In our archives we preserve curiosities, machines and films meticulously. On the other hand, we try to exhibit, to show our treasures and all facettes of our archive. We propose to maintain a vitalised, visible and accessible archive, we use our collections and machines without putting them at risk. In this spirit our archives are modern, versatile, accessible, and we guarantee professional standards of preservation and quality.
Museum
From the very beginning the Lichtspiel showed characteristics of a museum – by collecting, maintaining, exhibiting and making accessible artefacts of the history of cinema. This is visible in a vivid, changing display storage, where machines, objects used on filmsets and other cinematographic material is presented: projectors of all times, shapes and colours, viewing machines, cameras and tripods, posters and lobbycards. The Lichtspiel houses one of the world’s most important, richest collections of the history of film and cinema, and this dimension can be entered, discovered, smelt and heard.
Our latest acquisition is a unique collection of laterna magica machines that can be marvelled at in our cinematheque. This huge collection of magic lanterns was generously handed over to the Lichtspiel by the descendants of the collector Heinz Leuenberger as a permanend loan. The rare marvels of cinema technique are witnesses of an important stage of the first steps of the moving image and screening techniques and can be explored in an a new exhibition room.
From the outset Lichtspiel defined a new interpretation of the term museum. On one hand, the collection and conservation of the objects confided to our archive were one of our primary concerns – many of the objects have to be revised, repaired and restored. On the other hand we always tried to keep our machines going. Restoration projects also aim to keep machines running, to make it possible to use them for screenings. In this sense we also live the history of cinema and film in practice: Films should be screened in the frame of their original infrastructure and context, and – in terms of an experiment – techniques and practices of different eras are brought together. This approach to interpreting the term ‘museum’ means mediation by using and experimenting.
The Lichtspiel is a member of the Association Museen Bern. The cinemathèque cooperates with other museums on different levels. Yet, we passionately live our own interpretation of what makes a museum: playful, curious, accessible for your feet, your eyes, your nose and your ears.
Services
We offer the following services
Private Events
Our projectors also turn for you and for your guests.
Streaming and More
Lichtspiel offers different formats.
Sales and Repairs
You find projector lamps, film transfers of your private material, film glue and more in our shop.
Your Film Program
“I have always wanted to see this rarity on a canvas.”
Film Transfers
From analog to digital.
Distribution
Film distribution 16mm and 35mm.
Your collection
We take care of your collections.
Courses
Visit one of our courses.
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News
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I Never Eat December Snowflakes. I Always Wait Until January. December Archive Streaming
National Library of Scotland / Leabharlann Nàiseanta na h-Alba, Isobel Hutchison, Copenhagen Dock / Angmagsalik, Greenland, 1927 https://movingimage.nls.uk/film/5359 Louis Pelletier Collection, filmmaker unknown, Château de glace, Montréal, hiver 1937-38 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yz5jGhQpsQs Louis Pelletier Collection, filmmaker unknown, Courses de raquettes au Parc La Fontaine, Montréal, 1938 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vZ2drSWw88 Nasjonalbiblioteket, filmmaker unknown, Private opptak: K.N.A.’s israce ved Lillehammer, 6/3-1932 […]
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The female gaze. November Achive Streaming Programme, selected by Anna Briggs
Pathé Baby Collection, Princeton University Library – Rare Books and Special Collections, André Calmettes & Charles Le Bargy, Le Retour d’Ulysse, No. 1, 1909 https://library.princeton.edu/pathebaby/node/2688 Pathé Baby Collection, Princeton University Library – Rare Books and Special Collections, filmmaker unknown, Une Grande Tragédienne: Sarah-Bernhardt, year unknown https://library.princeton.edu/pathebaby/node/2334 Grahame Newnham Collection, Pathé Frères, Kalidja la Danseuse Tunisienne, 1911 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vgw-78munaI […]
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Le cinéma chez soi. October Archive Streaming Programme
‘Become a film director with the PATHE-BABY camera, capture unforgettable memories in motion, like the ones you’re about to see on this screen.’ Grahame Newnham Collection, filmmaker unknown, Visite aux usines Pathé Cinéma, 1924 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBVKaVAR9iE CICLIC, filmmaker unknown, Visite des usines Pathé à Joinville, 1929 https://memoire.ciclic.fr/1564-visite-des-usines-pathe-a-joinville CICLIC, Maurice Raby, Promotion du Pathé-Baby, 1938 https://memoire.ciclic.fr/10534-promotion-du-pathe-baby UK […]
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