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Gateway Film Center Central Ohio’s mission driven, nonprofit, home for film. Tickets can be purchased online or at our ticket center. Visit our member page to learn more!
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The center presents a curated film program focused on stories which inspire new ideas, have the power to entertain, push boundaries, spark new levels of empathy, and advance social change. The Center has been named the Columbus’s best movie theater by every major city publication and was recognized as a top-20 North American arthouse theater by the Sundance Institute. MyGFC Members can attend any regular screening (occasional restrictions apply) for $14.95/month. First Look, before noon: $6.00
Matinee, before 4:00pm: $9.75
Happy Hour, 4:00pm until 6:30pm: $7.75
Evening, after 6:30pm: $13.50
Up Late, after 11pm: $5.00

Super Tuesday: $5.00

35mm presentations: $3 up charge
70mm presentations: $5 up charge
3D presentations: $3 up charge

Members of the Columbus Museum of Art and the Wexner Center for the Arts are eligible for our community pass ticket. Buy Tickets: gatewayfilmcenter.org/plan-your-visit/

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Opening Sunday at GFC: experimental horror film, Begotten (1991), in a stunning new 4K restoration. Shot on 16mm and rep...
10/15/2026

Opening Sunday at GFC: experimental horror film, Begotten (1991), in a stunning new 4K restoration. Shot on 16mm and rephotographed frame by frame over four years, Begotten transforms bodies, landscape, darkness, light and grain into a physical world with its own laws. This new restoration presents the film in the complete photographic form it was always meant to possess

🎟️ Get tickets: https://bit.ly/3UyeegR

From Israeli filmmakers Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, part of a collective that co-directed the 2024 Academy Award winn...
10/14/2026

From Israeli filmmakers Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, part of a collective that co-directed the 2024 Academy Award winning documentary No Other Land, comes Naza (2026) “one of the most important films of our time.” In secret conversations on the rooftops of Tel Aviv at night, the systems behind Israel’s calculated mass killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza are revealed by the people who designed and operated them.

Get tickets: https://bit.ly/3W9qXaa

From Directors Lance Oppenheim (Primetime) and Nathan Fielder (The Rehearsal) comes: You Can See Everything 👀 opening Th...
10/12/2026

From Directors Lance Oppenheim (Primetime) and Nathan Fielder (The Rehearsal) comes: You Can See Everything 👀 opening Thursday at the Film Center

🎟️ Get tickets: https://bit.ly/3VwU5Ih

“The best movie of 2026 is a movie from 1971.” 🙏 Ken Russell's long censored masterpiece, The Devils (1971), is coming t...
10/11/2026

“The best movie of 2026 is a movie from 1971.” 🙏 Ken Russell's long censored masterpiece, The Devils (1971), is coming to screen for a limited time, opening Thursday 10/15. Don’t miss the chance to experience this 4K restoration, presenting Russell’s definitive vision assembled from the original camera negative.

🎟️ Get tickets: https://bit.ly/4yPoMa3

🎥 Now on screen: The Social Reckoning, a companion piece to The Social Network, directed by Aaron Sorkin.
10/10/2026

🎥 Now on screen: The Social Reckoning, a companion piece to The Social Network, directed by Aaron Sorkin.

Hitchcocktober continues with 4k restoration screenings of The Birds (1963) this Saturday & Sunday at GFC 🐦‍⬛🎟️ Get tick...
10/09/2026

Hitchcocktober continues with 4k restoration screenings of The Birds (1963) this Saturday & Sunday at GFC 🐦‍⬛

🎟️ Get tickets: https://bit.ly/3VSLSy7

We are ONE WEEK away from the return of Nightmares Film Festival 😈 "The Cannes of Horror" is THE destination for horror ...
10/08/2026

We are ONE WEEK away from the return of Nightmares Film Festival 😈 "The Cannes of Horror" is THE destination for horror fans, October 15-18, only at GFC.

NFF VIP passes are the ultimate way to experience the festival, with a guaranteed seat in every round of films, access to the VIP bar and lounge, plus in-and-out screening room privileges throughout the fest. See the screening lineup and secure your tickets at: https://bit.ly/4738caO

Fright Club Live is back at GFC this Friday with a screening of Clown (2016) 🤡 Meet up with fellow horror movie lovers i...
10/07/2026

Fright Club Live is back at GFC this Friday with a screening of Clown (2016) 🤡 Meet up with fellow horror movie lovers in The Torpedo Room at 7:30pm, then we’ll see you in the Screening Room at 9pm for the live Fright Club podcast recording and movie screening. Hope Madden George Wolf

About the Film: A loving father finds a clown suit for his son’s birthday party, only to realize the suit is part of an evil curse that turns its wearer into a killer.

10/06/2026

Save the date for a special screening of the psychological thriller "The Mothman Prophecies" at the Gateway Film Center!
This special event commemorates the 60th anniversary of the initial Mothman sightings in Southeast Ohio and West Virginia. Don't miss out- follow the link for free tickets!

🗓️ Monday, November 16
⏰ 6 - 9:30 pm (a social hour will precede the screening)
Gateway Film Center

🎟️ FREE and open to the public!

Arts and Sciences at Ohio State
The Ohio State University Department of Theatre, Film, and Media Arts
Intergalactic Science Fiction Club at OSU

10/06/2026

Don't worry, Mommy's here 🖤 Other Mommy opens this weekend at the Film Center, get tickets: https://bit.ly/4dn81uz

Address

1550 N High Street
Columbus, OH
43201

Opening Hours

Monday 4pm - 9:30pm
Tuesday 4pm - 9:30pm
Wednesday 4pm - 9:30pm
Thursday 4pm - 11:30pm
Friday 12pm - 11:30pm
Saturday 12pm - 11:30pm
Sunday 12pm - 9:30pm

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+16142597182

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