Beat the Heat 2025 with Columbus City Council

Thursday, June 26 and Friday, June 27, 2025, Noon to 2:00PM
Join us for “Beat the Heat” community screenings in partnership with Columbus City Council.
Visit Gateway Film Center to pick up complimentary tickets. Doors open at 11AM and admission includes a snack popcorn and bottled soda.
Thank you for supporting local, nonprofit cinema!

Beat the Heat: Ponyo (2008)
Presented in partnership with Columbus City Council, all tickets to this screening are free and include a complimentary popcorn and soda. | The friendship between a young boy and a magical goldfish threatens the delicate balance of nature. Awash in pure unbridled imagination and visual wonder with an emotional heart. | Country: Japan | Language: English

Beat the Heat: Materialists (2025)
Presented in partnership with Columbus City Council, all tickets to this screening are free and include a complimentary popcorn and soda. | From the director of Past Lives (2023), a young, ambitious New York City matchmaker finds herself torn between the perfect match and her imperfect ex. | Country: United States, Finland | Language: English

Beat the Heat: The Life of Chuck (2025)
Presented in partnership with Columbus City Council, all tickets to this screening are free and include a complimentary popcorn and soda. | A story told in reverse, starting with the end of Chuck Krantz’s life, and moving back in time to show how he lived that life. | Country: United States | Language: English

Beat the Heat: Kiki’s Delivery Service (1989)
Presented in partnership with Columbus City Council, all tickets to this screening are free and include a complimentary popcorn and soda. | In Studio Ghibli’s beloved coming-of-age story, a young witch named Kiki sets off to a seaside town to start a new life with her sarcastic black cat, Jiji. | Country: Japan | Language: English

Beat the Heat: Matilda (1996) 4K Restoration
Presented in partnership with Columbus City Council, all tickets to this screening are free and include a complimentary popcorn and soda. | In this beloved Roald Dahl film adaptation, a girl gifted with a keen intellect and psychic powers uses both to deal with her crude, distant family and free her kind teacher from their sadistic headmistress. | Country: United States | Language: English

Beat the Heat: Sinners (2025)
Presented in partnership with Columbus City Council, all tickets to this screening are free and include a complimentary popcorn and soda. | Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers (Michael B. Jordan) return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back. | Country: United States | Language: English

Beat the Heat: The Phoenician Scheme (2025)
Presented in partnership with Columbus City Council, all tickets to this screening are free and include a complimentary popcorn and soda. | The story of a family and a family business. | Country: United States, Germany | Language: English

Beat the Heat: F1: The Movie (2025)
Presented in partnership with Columbus City Council, all tickets to this screening are free and include a complimentary popcorn and soda. | A Formula One driver comes out of retirement to mentor and team up with a younger driver. | Country: United States | Language: English

Beat the Heat: The Wild Robot (2024)
Presented in partnership with Columbus City Council, all tickets to this screening are free and include a complimentary popcorn and soda. | After a shipwreck, an intelligent robot called Roz is stranded on an uninhabited island. To survive the harsh environment, Roz bonds with the island’s animals and cares for an orphaned baby goose. | Country: United States | Language: English

Beat the Heat: M3GAN 2.0 (2025)
Presented in partnership with Columbus City Council, all tickets to this screening are free and include a complimentary popcorn and soda. | Two years after M3GAN’s rampage, her creator, Gemma, resorts to resurrecting her infamous creation in order to take down Amelia, the military-grade weapon who was built by a defense contractor who stole M3GAN’s underlying tech. | Country: United States | Language: English