Kino Arena Mladost Sofia & IMAX
Sofia · BulgariaSingle source
PremiumCinemaIQ rates this IMAX room C, 33/100 — a modest premium screen, 255 m² of lit picture. The projector generation was never established, so the score is indicative. Data read 21 October 2026.
Map position approximate (city centre)
Respectable, but not the full IMAX proposition.
Spec sheet
- Projection
- Digital — generation not established
- Screen
- 22 m × 11.9 m (262 m²)
- Screen shape
- 1.85:1 — the fabric itself
- Picture shown
- 1.90:1
- 15/70mm film
- No
- Sound
- Not published
- Seats
- Not published
- Screen type
- Not a dome — curvature not recorded
- Opened
- 2014
- Operator
⚠ This venue has closed (2019). Closed May 2019 after problems between the chain and its creditors; building sold in 2024 with demolition planned. Absent from Kino Arena's current cinema list (The Mall, West Mall, Pleven, Dobrich, Kardzhali, Smolyan, Serdika).
⚠ The 2021 listing records a xenon projector here, but this screen is 22m wide and IMAX specified that system for screens no wider than 21.3 m. Nobody has stated the projector directly, so we don't assert one — the score treats it as unknown rather than assuming the older, dimmer system.
Why IQ 33
255 m² of lit picture · full marks at 700 m² · one source
digital, generation never established · recorded 2021 · one source
1.90:1 · the widest frame this room can show
no sound specification published
How big, really?
Drawn to scale · figure = 1.7 m
- 1Traumpalast Leonberg IMAX · 38.8×21.0 m · picture 792 m², 3% never lit
- 2BFI IMAX · 26×20.0 m · picture 473 m², 9% never lit
- 3Kino Arena Mladost Sofia & IMAX · 22×11.9 m · picture 255 m², 3% never lit
- 4Typical multiplex screen · 12 m wide, height not published
Scale check
Familiar objects, same scale as the screen
4 double-decker buses fit on this screen (2 across × 2 up · 262 m² total)
What you actually see
Switch format — watch what lights up on this screen · why this matters
IMAX digital — what most “IMAX” showings actually are
- Screen
- 262 m²
- Picture
- 255 m²
- Screen used
- 97%
Worth travelling for?
Your nearest premium screen isn't always the best one in reach
Nothing materially better within 75 mi — this is your best option locally.
•Where to next
Also in Sofia
Where this comes from
Single sourceWe treat a figure as confirmed only when two independent sources agree.
- Screen dimensions
- single source
- · LF Examiner industry listing (2021)
- Projector
- single source
- · LF Examiner industry listing (2021)
- Operating status
- verified closed (2019)
The projector here rests on a single source. It is the weakest field we hold across the network.
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