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Praha / Národní Filmovy Archiv

The celebration of the 50th anniversary of Národní filmovy archiv (National Film Archive) has started by opening a new archive cinema, "Ponrepo", on the 3rd of January, 1993.
In the cinema there are two screening rooms, one with 80 seats, the other - meant for screening of silent films and for lectures - with 60 seats. Both 35 and 16mm films can be shown there.
Specially adapted projectors enable projecting speed of 16, 18, 20, 22, 24 and 25 frames/sec.
There are two screenings daily (Monday-Friday) for members only.

Here are some of the most interesting programme cycles scheduled for the first six months of this year:
- Great personalities of silent cinema (films accompanied by live piano music)
- From the treasures of NFA (restored films + lectures on restoration techniques)
- Memorial evenings devoted to Czechoslovak filmmakers who left the country in the past
- Profiles (Walt Disney, Elia Kazan)
- Czech and foreign documentary films
- Works of the Czech film schools
- Cycle of lectures on "Film and Theatre - from early times till today" with film examples
- Important personalities of the Czech culture presenting their own films, or films they like best
- For juniors: cycle "Before you started going to the movies"
- For seniors: cycle "Seen through memories".


La célébration du 50ème anniversaire du Národní Filmovy Archiv (les Archives Nationales du Film) coïncide avec l'ouverture du cinéma "Ponrepo", le 3 janvier 1993.
Deux salles (de 80 et 60 sièges) proposent des rétrospectives, des séminaires et d'autres manifestations aux membres de l'Institution.

El 3 de Enero de 1993 se inauguró la nueva sala de proyecciones "Ponrepo", coïncidiendo con la celebración del cuincuenta aniversario del Národní Filmovy Archiv. En sus dos salas de 80 y 60 butacas se proyectarán retrospectivas, ciclos, y se organizarán seminarios y conferencias para los socios.