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Garneau Theatre, Municipal historic movie theater in Garneau, Edmonton, Canada

The Garneau Theatre is a cinema with one screen and 527 seats housed in a Streamline Moderne building located near the University of Alberta campus. The venue provides closed captioning devices and serves traditional movie snacks made with locally sourced ingredients.

Suburban Theatres, Bill Wilson's company, opened the Garneau on October 24, 1940. It was leased to Famous Players in 1941, which guaranteed first-run films and renovated the house in 1960, cutting capacity to 630 seats. Famous Players did not renew the lease and left in late 1990; Magic Lantern Theatres reopened it in December 1991. The city designated it a Municipal Historic Resource on October 28, 2009.

Metro Cinema Society took over the Garneau on July 1, 2011, and officially reopened it that September. The non-profit society stages the Northwestfest documentary film festival and the Rainbow Visions Film Festival for LGBTQ film each year. The building's name comes from the surrounding Garneau neighbourhood near the University of Alberta.

The Garneau stands on 109 Street near the University of Alberta campus, in the Garneau neighbourhood. Metro Cinema took over on July 1, 2011, and reopened the doors on September 16, 2011 after more than two months of maintenance. Programming runs daily, with guest-curated festivals such as Northwestfest and Rainbow Visions.

This cinema is the only remaining building of its architectural style and era throughout the entire province of Alberta. Its Streamline Moderne elegance from 1940 distinctly sets it apart from newer cinema buildings.

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8712 109th Street, Edmonton, AB T6G 1E9
GPS coordinates
53.52310,-113.51200
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