Filmtheater Cinecenter

Filmtheater Cinecenter is an arthouse cinema located at Lijnbaansgracht 236 in Amsterdam-Centrum, near the Leidseplein. It opened in September 1979 as the successor to the roughly contemporaneously closed CinéTol cinema of Cor Koppies. Koppies had fallen into conflict with the municipality of Amsterdam, which first wanted to demolish the Tolstraat complex and then, after reversing that decision, refused to allow a cinema there. He moved to a new complex on the Lijnbaansgracht, a site that had previously housed a sugar and milk factory. The building was designed by the architecture firm De Klerk B.V., which was also responsible for Amsterdam's central library on the Prinsengracht. A substantial number of buildings were demolished for the new construction. Cinecenter opened with three halls named after characters from the Commedia dell'arte — "Pierrot" (properly "Pedrolino"), "Coraline" and "Peppe Nappa" — and one hall named after the director Jean Vigo. The four halls each have their own character and together hold 324 seats. The size of the projection screen corresponds to the size of the hall. The films shown are premieres from the arthouse circuit. The cinema opened with the films 92 minutter af i går (92 Minutes from Yesterday) from Denmark, En och en (One and One) from Sweden, The Crazies by George A. Romero from the United States, and Préparez vos mouchoirs (Keep Your Handkerchief Ready) from France. Jean Vigo's daughter was present at the opening. Koppies had quarrelled with the building owner from the start; renovations were not finished on time and installing sun blinds also caused problems. Koppies withdrew after only two years. Cinecenter initially collaborated with Filmtheater de Uitkijk and later joined Cineville. After a restyling in 1998, Cinecenter gained a lounge bar. Next to Cinecenter, at Lijnbaansgracht 219, is a police station in a new building from the same period as the cinema; opposite the cinema across the Lijnbaansgracht lies the cultural centre Melkweg, still referring to the old factory.

Filmtheater Cinecenter is an Amsterdam cinema in Amsterdam-Centrum, located at Lijnbaansgracht 236 near the Leidseplein. The cinema, or film house, was in 1979 the continuation of the roughly contemporaneously closed CinéTol cinema of Cor Koppies. Koppies had come into conflict with the municipality of Amsterdam, which first wanted to demolish the complex on the Tolstraat and then, when that decision was reversed, no longer wanted a cinema in it. Koppies moved to a new complex on the Lijnbaansgracht, where a sugar and milk factory had previously been located. The building was designed by the architecture firm De Klerk B.V., which was also responsible for the central Amsterdam library on the Prinsengracht 440. A substantial number of buildings were demolished for the new construction. In September 1979 Cinecenter opened its doors with three halls named after characters from the Commedia dell'arte — "Pierrot" (properly "Pedrolino"), "Coraline" and "Peppe Nappa" — and one hall named after the director Jean Vigo. The four halls each have their own character and a total of 324 seats. The size of the projection screen corresponds to the size of the hall. The films the theatre shows are premieres from the arthouse circuit. The cinema started with the films 92 minutter af i går (92 Minutes from Yesterday) from Denmark, En och en (One and One) from Sweden, The Crazies by George A. Romero from the United States, and Préparez vos mouchoirs (Keep Your Handkerchief Ready) from France. Jean Vigo's daughter was present at the opening. Koppies had quarrelled with the building owner from the start; renovations were not finished on time and installing sun blinds also caused problems. Koppies withdrew after only two years. Cinecenter initially collaborated with Filmtheater de Uitkijk and later joined Cineville. After a restyling in 1998, Cinecenter gained a lounge bar. Next to Cinecenter, at Lijnbaansgracht 219, a police station is located in a new building from the same period as the cinema; opposite the cinema across the Lijnbaansgracht lies the cultural centre Melkweg, still referring to the old factory.

• 1998

  After a restyling, Cinecenter gains a lounge bar.

• 1981

  Cor Koppies withdraws after about two years.

• 1979

  Cinecenter opens in September with four halls and 324 seats.

Independent arthouse cinema in central Amsterdam, focused on premieres from the arthouse circuit.

• Pierrot hall

• Coraline hall

• Peppe Nappa hall

• Jean Vigo hall

1. 1Agenda | Cinecentercinecenter.nl
2. 2Filmtheater Cinecenterwikidata.org
3. 3Filmtheater Cinecenternl.wikipedia.org