ARSENAL CINEMA

Potsdamer Straße 2
10785 Berlin

Screens: 2
Seating capacity: 235 and 75
Screen size: 10 sqm and 32 sqm
Both screens have wheelchair access

U-/S-Bahn Potsdamer Platz
Bus M41, M48, M85, 200

The Arsenal is the house cinema of the “Arsenal - Institute for Film and Video Art” (until 2008: “Friends of the German Film Archive”) and serves as the main venue of the Forum during the Berlinale. The “original” Arsenal in Welserstraße in Berlin-Schöneberg is considered to be the birthplace of this section. The Arsenal has always been one of the most exciting cinemas in Berlin. During the Berlinale, this is the place for controversial discoveries and heated debate. In 1999, Arsenal moved with the “Friends of German Film Archive”, the German Film Museum and the German Film and Television Academy Berlin (dffb) into the “Filmhaus” on Potsdamer Platz. The new location offers two screens fitted with comfortable seating and the latest technology.