Kino Světozor

best cinema in the town! good programme, festival films, alternative films, … wide variety.

If you are not Kanye West: This is your cinema in Prague. I say this because there is only one cinema in Prague that Kanye West would actually prefer: The Lucerna right next to it. It is a beautiful screening hall which is bad because I have actually found myself to be slightly annoyed when the lights go out and the pre-​show begins… just because the venue is so terribly stylish. Oh, one more note on the competition: The chairs are pretty uncomfy — which brings us to Svetozor where the chairs in the small screening hall are also rather uncomfy, which is again complaining on a high level of course:
I honestly don’t get how people frequent multiplex cinemas and pay double of what they would have to pay at Svetozor (possibly triple for snacks and drinks). Sound and all the other technicalities are superb.
Svetozor’s program is top notch: Excellent selection with English subtitles whenever possible. The drinks are so reasonably priced and simply excellent (try their 11°!) that the bar is actually a nice place to go even if you don’t intend on catching a movie.
To top it all off they’ve got festivals, their movie summer and all these collaborative ventures with Bio Oko and Aero (both of which I also love… they are just a bit further away).
Honestly: The uncomfy chairs in the small screening hall are THE ONLY downside. And I can totally live with that as most of the movies they show there (documentaries and rarities) cannot be seen and found elsewhere anyway.
Oh by the way, if you really are Kanye West: Give me a call, I’d like to hang out and talk about how much of a genius you are and how tragic it is that you won’t ever be able to see yourself perform live!