Bio Central, Art cinema in Hradec Králové, Czech Republic.
Bio Central is a cinema in Hradec Králové with two screening halls showing a mix of classic and contemporary films. The venue features comfortable seating and modern projection equipment for its audiences.
The cinema was built in 1929 by František Komárek for the Masaryk League Against Tuberculosis, which had requested a projection licence in 1928. It opened on 19 October 1929 with 800 seats. Renamed Bio Slavie in 1939, Kinematograf Victoria in 1941 and later Kino Jas, it closed in July 2012 and reopened that December as Bio Central under Petr Vítek.
The cinema hosts annual film festivals including Jeden svět, La Pelicula, the International Outdoor Film Festival, Days of European Film and Cinema Open. It also works with the Academic Film Club of the University of Hradec Králové and runs a summer cinema in the Gayer Barracks.
Bio Central stands on třída Karla IV. in Hradec Králové, with the main entrance from the street. The cinema has two halls, the large one and the smaller Garsonka, and in summer it also runs an open-air cinema in the Gayerovy kasárny barracks. The bar in the foyer serves drinks and snacks.
The cinema opened on 19 October 1929, built to a design by engineer František Komárek of Svobodné Dvory with 800 seats. Its oval auditorium carried a rectangular stage, with staircases leading to the balcony around the rounded corners. A 1970s reconstruction added a foyer mosaic, Oko do celého světa, by Bedřich Šimon.
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