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Are still more cinemas going out of business? Are there just huge multiplexes dominating the cityscape? Not everywhere. Berlin celebrates cinema culture in nearly 100 spaces from small shacks to expensively renovated picture palaces. Each neighbourhood celebrates cinema. Various formats of frame programs and hybrid forms between gastronomy and classical cinema are reaching out for their niches. Explore Berlin’s cinema culture! Meet the cinema curators and the audiences! What does cinema mean to the Berliners and how do they shape it? The different aspects of Berlin’s cinema culture are researched on in project groups. Interviews, surveys and research are going to help you understand the essentials of Berlin’s cinema culture and what keeps the people behind the projectors going.