The Babylon is a cinema in Berlin-Mitte that rents out all of its rooms for previews and premieres, festivals and film series, conferences, concerts, theater, corporate events, receptions and film shoots. The largest room, Kino 1, has 500 seats, and an event and exhibition room takes up to 70. The address is Rosa-Luxemburg-Straße 30. The venue states that it does not rent for private events with family and friends.
Seminars and company events
Companies and institutions are the clients the Babylon describes. Its reference list includes the Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie, Deutsche Bank, the Auswärtiges Amt, the European Parliament, Samsung, several broadcasters and various embassies. A session in one of the screening rooms gives presentations, product launches, keynotes and film-based formats a full cinema screen and fixed seating, which suits an audience that watches more than it discusses.
Playable media for screenings include DCP, Blu-ray and DVD, mov and mp4 files on Windows-formatted hardware, 35 mm and 16 mm film, with extra costs possible for some formats. Branding is part of the offer: A1 posters, trailer projection in the foyer, roll-ups, sales stands, an outdoor banner of 4 by 3 meters and the neon sign above the main entrance can all be used by an organiser. The team asks that requests are serious ones and does not provide comparison quotes.
Rooms and capacities
Kino 1 has 500 seats, Kino 2 has 68 and Kino 3 has 43. The event and exhibition room can be set with free seating for up to 70 guests and suits talks, small presentations or exhibitions. The mirror room is a corner room with its own separate entrance, which makes it useful for arrivals, press areas or a reception kept apart from the cinema audience.
The main foyer covers more than 200 square meters and works for receptions before or after a screening. A backstage area with three dressing rooms supports concerts, theater and live formats. The rental form also lists the oval room and the space in front of the main entrance as areas an organiser can ask for, along with the three cinemas.
History and setting
The Babylon is a working cinema, and its public program continues alongside rentals. Its menu lists daily screenings, series of silent films, festivals, live readings, concerts, theater, exhibitions and a cinema organ. For an organiser this means the house has the technical and personnel routine of a venue used to evening events, and that the date and time requested, including set-up and clearing, must be agreed with the cinema.
Getting there
The venue is at Rosa-Luxemburg-Straße 30, 10178 Berlin, in the Mitte district. Contact for rental requests runs through the form on the site or through the named rental contact, and the form asks for the room wanted, the date and time with set-up and clearing, a short description of the event and a few details about the organiser.
