Please note that we are working remotely wherever possible. Email is the fastest and most effective way to reach us.

We are a highly skilled moving image conservation and restoration company, partly operating at the Lichtspiel in Bern, Switzerland. Our team provides worldwide comprehensive services that encompass the whole range of audio-visual preservation, offering Swiss quality at a competitive price. We publish a newsletter approximately once a month, summarising news relevant to the preservation of audio-visual media. We have a particular commitment to the dissemination of low-technology and low-energy audio-visual conservation and restoration techniques. We support open-source projects which we believe are beneficial for the archival community. We are running the Swiss Film and Video Directory.

Address

AV Preservation by reto.ch Ltd.
Sandrainstrasse 3/7
3007 Bern
Switzerland

Email

Please use the feedback form to contact us for the first time.
And please refrain from misusing it to send us advertising and surveys: you are just wasting our time … and also yours.

Phone

+41 77 435 2490
Please consider our hours of operation and holidays and absences.
And please refrain from misusing it to call us for advertising and surveys: you are just wasting our time … and also yours.

Hours of Operation

from Monday to Thursday, every morning from 9 o’clock until noon (our time zone is CET/CEST)
… or by appointment!

Holidays and Absences

We are closed from 11 to 26 July 2026.

We are closed at ראש השנה. The next Rosh Hashanah will be from 11 to 13 September 2026.
We are closed at יום כיפור. The next Yom Kippur will be on 20 and 21 September 2026.
We are closed at שמחת תורה. The next Simchat Torah will be from 2 to 4 October 2026 (בארץ ישראל ובתפוצות).

Bank Account

IBAN: CH52 0900 0000 8551 6643 9
BIC/SWIFT: POFICHBEXXX
PostFinance Ltd.
Mingerstrasse 20
3030 Bern
Switzerland

Federal Identification Number (UID) and VAT Number

CHE-269.401.309

DCP Facility Code

AVP

Websites

Our websites don’t use tracking, because we believe the visitors are human beings and not commodities, and we oppose the use of CAPTCHA as the technology is unfair to many people with disabilities.

2026-04-26