The Grand Cinema

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The Grand Cinema was a cinema complex located in Hong Kong in the Elements Mall at Kowloon MTR station. Operating from 2007 to 2019 [1] with 12 screens and 1,600 seats, it was Hong Kong's largest multiplex cinema in its time. [2] [3] It had a sound system designed by American sound designer Tom Hidley [3] and screened independent films. [4] It also was the site of many film festivals, including the Hong Kong Asian Independent Film Festival. [5] The cinema was operated by Shaw Group and Multiplex Cinema Ltd.

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The former site of The Grand Cinema was acquired by Broadway Circuit and rebranded as the Premiere Cinema. [6]

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