Cinema Palace, one of the oldest and most beautiful cinemas in the Netherlands, is closing its doors after nearly a century. Therefore, the Haarlem theater is organizing the first and last Cinema Palace Film Festival from Monday, January 3 to Saturday, January 8, 2011, featuring seven classics. Admission is five euros per ticket; a season ticket costs 17.50 euros.

At the Cinema Palace Film Festival, the public has one last chance to walk the red carpet and bid a fitting farewell to the characteristic cinema on Grote Houtstraat in Haarlem. Each day is dedicated to a decade with one or more classic feature films. From North by Northwest from the 1950s on Monday, January 3, to Minoes en Amélie from the last decade on Saturday, January 8, 2011.

The program
- Mon Jan 3, 8 p.m.: North by Northwest (Alfred Hitchcock, 1959)
- Tue Jan 4, 8:00 PM: West Side Story (Robert Wise, 1961)
- Wed Jan 5, 8:00 PM: Manhattan (Woody Allen, 1979)
- Thu Jan 6, 8pm: Raging Bull (Martin Scorsese, 1980)
- Fri Jan 7, 8:00 PM: Fargo (Joel and Ethan Coen, 1996)
- Sat 8 Jan, 14:00: Minoes (Vincent Bal, 2001)
- Sat Jan 8, 8 p.m.: Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 2001)

PS: Everyone is encouraged to make old photos of Cinema Palace available. These photos will be exhibited in the cinema's foyer. Photos can be sent in a sealed envelope, with the sender's contact details, up to and including December 31st to:

Cinema Palace, Grote Houtstraat 111-113, 2011 SJ Haarlem

PS2: The new cinema in the center of Haarlem, Pathé Haarlem, opens at the end of April 2011.



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