Cinema Arenberg
Koninginnegalerij, Galerie de la Reine 26,
Brussels
1000
Koninginnegalerij, Galerie de la Reine 26,
Brussels
1000
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The Cinema Arenberg is near the Grand Place in the covered galleries. The nearest Metro stop is the Gare Centrale. A space within the gallerie exhibited Belgium’s first film in 1896.
The Galleries Cinema opened in 1939, with an Art Deco style and the foyer remains intact today. In 1973 the auditorium was split laterally into two screens and there are traces of the Art Deco style decoration still to be seen in the lower one. As of 2009, Salle 1 has 212 seats and Salle 2 has 180 seats.
Newer European arthouse films are often shown in this stylish cinema. The Ecran Total Festival every summer shows over 90 films with 900 screenings.
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Howard B Haas
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2006 exterior photos:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/delafuente/274067772/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/deepblue66/168818675/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/deepblue66/195273400/
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2007 exterior photo:
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The first film was not shown in that cinema, but in the same gallery.The premises where those of a newspaper called “La Chronique”.
The cinema was first called Galeries (1939-1987).Then Arenberg-Galeries (1987-2006) and from
april 2006 : Arenberg
The first public showing of the Lumiere process in Belgium was indeed held in a theatre in this indoor gallery, but not as the earlier poster says, at the current location of the Arenberg, but elsewhere. This was on 1 March 1896, not 1895.
Cinema Arenberg website.
Photo taken this month of larger auditorium facing the curtained screen:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sblackley/3524961472/
2008 photo of one of the auditoriums, facing screen:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/smmot/2698766289/