Gloria Biograf

Gloria Biograf is an arthouse cinema located at Rådhuspladsen (City Hall Square) in central Copenhagen, Denmark. It operates a single auditorium and is known for a curated repertoire of small, independent and award-winning films — including titles that reach only a handful of Danish cinemas and prize-winners from major European film festivals. The cinema also runs a café, branded as Gloria Biograf & Café, and presents special screenings, documentaries and event cinema such as NT Live theatre broadcasts. The venue's history reaches back to the ABCinema complex: its single hall is the former Hall D of ABCinema, which closed in 1989 but whose D-hall was never dismantled. In the years that followed, the space was used for special screenings under the name Biffen, before reopening as Gloria in 1995 under independent management. The cinema was renovated in 2010, when it acquired a digital projector and a curved screen, and the auditorium was refurbished again in 2019, leaving it with 84 seats. In 2024 the cinema was acquired by Grand Teatret, another Copenhagen arthouse cinema, but it continues to operate as a distinct cinema environment with its own name and its own programming. Gloria's programme mixes contemporary international arthouse releases, documentaries and festival favourites, typically presented in original language with Danish or English subtitles. Its website publishes a rolling schedule of daily screenings and news about upcoming films.

Gloria Biograf occupies a single auditorium at Rådhuspladsen in Copenhagen that originally formed part of the ABCinema cinema complex. ABCinema closed in 1989, but its Hall D was never removed. In the years after the closure, the surviving hall was used for special screenings under the name Biffen. In 1995 the venue reopened as Gloria under independent management, establishing the arthouse identity it retains today. The cinema's repertoire was built around small films that reach only a very limited number of Danish cinemas, alongside award-winning titles from the major European film festivals. A renovation in 2010 equipped the auditorium with a digital cinema projector and a curved screen. The hall was refurbished again in 2019 and now seats 84 people. In 2024 the cinema was acquired by Grand Teatret, another Copenhagen arthouse cinema. Despite the change of ownership, Gloria continued to operate as an independent cinema environment, keeping its own name and its own programming. Its programme has continued to combine international arthouse releases, documentaries and event cinema — for example NT Live theatre broadcasts — typically shown in the original language with subtitles.

• 2024

  The cinema is acquired by Grand Teatret but continues as an independent cinema environment.

• 2019

  The auditorium is refurbished and now has 84 seats.

• 2010

  Renovation adds a digital cinema projector and a curved screen.

• 1995

  The venue reopens as Gloria under independent management.

• 1989

  ABCinema closes; its Hall D is never dismantled.

• The surviving hall is used for special screenings under the name Biffen.

Independent arthouse cinema in central Copenhagen specialising in small, award-winning and festival films.

• Arthouse and festival film screenings

• Documentary screenings

• Event cinema such as NT Live broadcasts

• Gloria Biograf & Café

1. 1Gloria Biograf & Café - Film fra hele verden - midt i Københavngloria.dk
2. 2Aisha's Story - Gloria biograf & cafégloria.dk
3. 3Gloria Biografwikidata.org
4. 4Gloria Biografda.wikipedia.org