Cine Gaumont, Historic movie theater near Plaza Congreso, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Cine Gaumont is a movie theater near the Argentine Congress in Buenos Aires, with three screening rooms that combine modern projection equipment with original travertine wall finishes from the 1940s. The building sits on Avenida Rivadavia, one of the longest avenues in the city.

The cinema was founded in 1914 as the Cinematógrafo de la Plaza del Congreso and soon took the name Gaumont Theatre, after Léon Gaumont. The present rationalist building, with a brick facade crossed by white vertical bands, opened in 1946. In 2003 the INCAA rented it and made it the Espacio INCAA Km. 0; in 2012 the Buenos Aires Legislature granted the building structural protection, and in January 2013 the INCAA bought it.

Since 2003 the Gaumont has housed the Espacio INCAA Km. 0, the first screen in a state network for Argentine cinema. The name Km. 0 marks it as the starting point of that national circuit. The Cóndor de Plata awards ceremony inaugurated the venue on 21 June 2003, presided over by Jorge Telerman and INCAA director Jorge Coscia.

The theater mainly shows Argentine productions and films supported by the INCAA, so the program differs from that of a standard commercial multiplex. Checking the schedule ahead of time is helpful, as screenings can vary week to week.

In 1956, the theater was modified to support the CinemaScope format, which was then being adopted by major film productions worldwide. This made it one of the first venues in Buenos Aires to screen films in that wide format.