Kellerkino Simon Schwendimann

The Kellerkino sits beneath street level at Kramgasse twenty-six, tucked into a vaulted cellar of a building in the heart of Bern’s old town. You can identify the entrance by its understated presence among the historic facades and the sandstone arcades that line the street. Since it opened in nineteen seventy, the cinema has occupied this subterranean space, which once required its founders to navigate a restrictive film distribution cartel by importing titles through unconventional channels.