Sfinks Cinema
Kraków Artists: Theatre, Cabaret and Film
A small, 98-seat arthouse cinema in Nowa Huta on the Górali estate 5, in operation since 1959 and, since 1985, part of the C.K. Norwid Cultural Centre. The Kropka Film Discussion Club (since 1967) and the Young Viewer Film Academy operate at the cinema. Since 2004 the cinema has produced the Nowa Huta Film Chronicle, a series of reports, features and interviews about cultural and social events connected with Nowa Huta, and it also maintains the catalogue "Filmography of Nowa Huta 1950-2013".
History
The Sfinks Arthouse Cinema (Kino Studyjne Sfinks) is part of the C.K. Norwid Cultural Centre, to which it has belonged since 1985. It is located in Nowa Huta, at Osiedle Górali 5, and is a small arthouse cinema with 98 seats. It has been showing films since 1959.
The cinema is home to the Kropka Film Discussion Club, active since 1967, and the Young Viewer's Film Academy. Since 2004 Sfinks has produced the Nowa Huta Film Chronicle (Nowohucka Kronika Filmowa) - reports, columns and interviews about cultural and social events connected with the district. It also keeps the catalogue "Filmografia Nowej Huty 1950-2013", which brings together feature films, documentaries and reports related to Nowa Huta.
In the 1950s large cinemas also opened in the district: Świt, opened in 1953 on Osiedle Teatralne, and Światowid, which operated from 1957 to 1992. Of all the Nowa Huta cinemas, it is the smaller Sfinks that remains the only one still running today.
Did you know?
Nobody knows exactly when Sfinks opened. The oldest known mention of the cinema dates from 11 January 1959, in the cinema listings of the newspaper "Dziennik Polski".