Queen's Film Theatre, Belfast
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| Address | 20 University Square Belfast Northern Ireland |
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| Owner | Queen's University Belfast |
| Type | Art house; Indie; World Cinema |
| Capacity | Screen 1: 217 Screen 2: 91 |
| Opened | 1968 |
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| www.queensfilmtheatre.com | |
The Queen's Film Theatre or QFT is a small independent cinema at Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland that was founded in 1968. The QFT focuses mainly on art house, indie and world cinema and plays an important role in the cultural life of Belfast, in particular through contributions to events such as the Belfast Festival at Queen's, the Belfast Film Festival and the CineMagic Festival aimed at children. It also runs a programme of learning events aimed at school and university students as well as the wider community and includes talks, lectures and workshops.
The QFT is located on University Square and was extensively refurbished in 2004, sharing the building it occupies with the Brian Friel Theatre which is used for student drama teaching, rehearsals and performances and was opened in February 2009. The cinema has two screens with 217 and 91 seats respectively and is also the only cinema in Northern Ireland to have a licensed bar.
The QFT is part of the Europa Cinemas network containing more than 1,000 cinemas in 60 countries.
The QFT's origins date back to the 1930s when staff and students founded a number of societies linked to what is now the British Federation of Film Societies, which used the University's lecture halls to show films that were not widely screened in commercial cinemas. This resulted in the establishment of the Queen's University Belfast Film Society in 1951, which used the Whitla Hall for its screenings and led to the QFT's foundation in 1968. The Queen's Film Theatre forms part of the Culture and Arts Unit at the University which also includes the Belfast Festival at Queen's and the Naughton Gallery at Queen's.
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