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Gateway Film Center
Nonprofit campus art house for indie premieres, restorations, festivals, and membership pricing.
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Gateway Film Center on North High is the nonprofit art house we use when the slate matters more than recliner rows: indie premieres, restorations, festivals, and campus tickets. myGFC membership and student pricing keep return visits affordable, and the Torpedo Room is a real pre-show hang. Validate parking in the South Campus Gateway garage when you buy a ticket.
- Indie premieres, restorations, and festivals
- myGFC membership and student pricing
- Torpedo Room pre-show hang with garage validation
Know before you go
Gateway Film Center is the nonprofit art house we use for indie premieres, restorations, and festival programming steps from Ohio State. Matinee, happy hour, evening, and late-night ticket bands keep pricing clear, and the Torpedo Room works as a pre-show stop when you want a drink before the lights drop. Membership math is simple if you see more than a couple of films a month.
Validate South Campus Gateway garage parking with your ticket when street spaces are gone, especially on football Saturdays. We send cinephile friends here first when the multiplex slate looks identical across the whole city. The theater maps to Campus on our neighborhood pages. Build the rest of the night with our things to do in Columbus.
- Parking
- South Campus Gateway garage next door; buy a $2 validation with your movie ticket, good until 4:00 a.m. Free street parking on nearby avenues except street-sweeping days.
- Reservations
- Buy tickets online or at the Ticket Center. myGFC membership covers regular screenings with noted exceptions.
- Tip
- If you see two or more films a month, compare myGFC membership against single tickets before opening weekend rushes.
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