After more than a year of absence due to first spare parts and the subsequent COVID-19 pandemic, the Gaumont cinema reopened to the public.

The renovations were applied to the three rooms of the emblematic Buenos Aires building; jobs that meant having "the best cinemas in the country", as highlighted by Luis Puenzo, holder of the National Institute of Cinema and Audiovisual Arts (INCAA).

It should be noted that the Gaumont is also the INCAA Km Space. 0, becoming one of the most important rooms for the diffusion of national cinema.

The reforms were also given in the names of the rooms, who were renamed Leonardo Favio (the main one with 600 seats) and those on the first floor now with the names of María Luisa Bemberg (253 seating) and Fernando Birri (300 locations).

On the other hand, Tributes were also carried out to people linked to Argentine cinema, como las designaciones de José “Five” Cosme Di Natale (who died from Covid last December) and Pablo Núñez (both beloved projectors of the Gaumont) to call the also renovated projection booths.

The production chosen for the reopening was “Piazzolla: Shark years ", Daniel Rosenfeld, film made in 2018 and that this time it coincided with the celebration for the anniversary number 100 of the birth of the great musician from Mar del Plata.

Besides Puenzo, the Gaumont was attended by special guests such as the Minister of Culture of the Nation, Tristán Bauer and his Buenos Aires counterpart, Enrique Avogadro.

In the other two rooms (Birri y Bemberg, that respectively admit to 90 Y 76 people) The national premieres of the day have already been shown: the Spanish-Argentine co-production "Akelarre", by Pablo Agüero –who has just won five Goya Awards-, and the Argentine-Paraguayan co-production "Charlotte", by Simón Franco.

Spectators attending the Rivadavia Avenue venue 1635 they will find new seats and greater comfort; with 150 new acoustic panels and renovation of other facilities such as ticket offices, bathrooms and also air conditioners.