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Situated in a 'B' listed modernist European building with a post art deco interior, The Glasgow Film Theatre or GFT is an independent cinema in Rose Street, just off Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow.

The GFT's predecessor, the Cosmo, opened with 850 seats in the same building in 1934, and was Scotland's first ever arts cinema. In 1953, the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II was broadcast live - the first television performance in a Glasgow cinema.

In 1974 the Scottish Film Council purchased the Cosmo and reopened it as the Glasgow Film Theatre. In reference to the previous name the downstairs bar was named Café Cosmo.
In 1986 the GFT became an independent charity, and in 1988, benefited from a second cinema opening in time for Glasgow's year as European City of Culture (1990).

The GFT still project using traditional film, but have now also embraced modern digital film technology.

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