Cinemateket – For the true film buffs

Image by Frederikke Rode

Cinemateket is the only one of its kind in Copenhagen. This movie theatre doesn’t show the blockbusters running in regular theaters. Instead Cinemateket offers a wide selection of film classics, cult cinema, documentaries, short films and projects from the Danish Film School.

Each month has its own theme and different genres are represented in the program during that month. So if you have a secret passion for German silent films, you might as well go and see one while you’re in Cph. This December you can see films by Elia Kazan, some Spanish avant garde and a lovely Disney cavalcade. 

The last Friday of every month there’s a Friday Late Night arrangement. The theme is always music. The night begins with a film (about music) and afterwards the bar is open and a DJ starts the party. I recently saw the Tom Waits classic “Big Time”, so that serves an example of what kind of music movie we are talking about. In the basement there’s a Videotek where you can watch all kinds of movies made in Denmark over the years.

A good piece of advice is to buy and bring your own candy, because Cinemateket has a very narrow selection of edible goods to bring inside the theater. But maybe it is for the best not to be too tempted by enormous amounts of buttered popcorn.

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Cinemateket | Bars, Cinemas, Music | Ticket DKK 55.00
Gothersgade 55 | Inner City | +4533743400
Tue – Fri 09:30 – 22:00, Sat – Sun 12:00 – 22:00