Pacific Cinematheque

Thousands of film-related books, monographs, encyclopedias, journals, magazines, catalogues, film scripts, and still photographs await you and researcher at the library.The Film Reference Library is located in Suite 200, 1131 Howe Street, Vancouver. The hours of operation are 9 am to 5 pm, Monday - Friday. Please call 604-688-8202 to make an appointment. International classics on 16mm, are maintained for educational use. The collection includes most of the major works of Soviet master Sergei Eisenstein, the only circulation prints in Canada of Resnais' Hiroshima, Mon Amour and Antonioni's The Eclipse, important masterpieces by Renoir, Rossellini, and Hitchcock, and many landmark works of the German, French, Soviet and American cinemas. Pacific Cinematheque screenings take place at our own 210-seat theatre housed at 1131 Howe Street, Vancouver. This theatre is available for rent on Tuesday evenings and during the day (9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.) seven days a week. You must be a membe ($3.00)

Details About The Facility

As a registered not-for-profit society Pacific Cinémathèque is able to screen films that may not have been reviewed by the BC Film Classification Board. Under BC law persons wishing to see these films must belong to the Pacific Cinémathèque Pacifique Society and be 18 years of age or older.

Will Call Instructions:
The box office is located at Pacific Cinematheque, 1131 Howe Street, Vancouver (between Helmcken and Davie)

Box Office Hours:
Tickets are available at the box office 30 minutes before the first screening of the evening. Cash only.

Accessible Seating:

Location & Directions

Pacific Cinematheque
200-1131 Howe Street
Vancouver, British Columbia V6Z 2L7