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This institution, located in the district of Chamberí, is charged primarily with conserving and disseminating Spain's film heritage, and presenting the country's annual film awards, the Goyas.
The Academia is housed in a residential mansion dating from the early 20th Century, covering an area of 2,565 square metres, which has been fully renovated and adapted for the conservation of documents and cinematographic works.
In the same building is the José Luis Borau Library, opened to the public in 2010, which offers the public more than 5000 books and as many films, including feature and short films, as well as a collection of restricted access documents consisting of more than 800 scripts, 1700 soundtracks, 2000 film posters and a series of periodicals, photographs, magazines and yearbooks.
The construction and facilities of the building are fully accessible to people with reduced mobility. The cabin of at least one lift has a minimum depth of 1.20m in the access direction, width of 0.90m and surface area of 1.20m2, and the interior and exterior buttons are positioned at a height of one metre. The automatic access doors to the premises and to the cabin have a minimum width of 0.80m.
The toilets have an access door of 0.85m, the same as those to enter the rest of the facilities. There is a toilet for the disabled in the basement.
The building complies with the accessibility regulations for buildings (RD 556/1989), as well as all of the applicable regulations related to this subject in Resolution 5 Oct. 1976, RD 355/1980. It also complies with Law 8/1993 of June, on Promotion and Suppression of Architectural Barriers in the Autonomous Community of Madrid.
Any area of the building or the screening room can be accessed without any obstacles for the disabled. Places are reserved for disabled people in the stalls section of the auditorium, in compliance with the prevailing regulations.
Docking stations:
- Plaza de Alonso Martínez, 5
- Calle Marqués de la Ensenada (junto a edificio Centro Colón)
Library:
Mon - thurs: 10am - 2pm/ 4pm - 6pm
Friday: 10am - 2pm
Summer: only mornings.
The city’s official sightseeing card includes a tourist travel pass.
An observation deck 92 metres above the ground.
Our online store (in Spanish) sells artisan souvenirs.