After the Student Center was founded, its first cultural activity was cinema screenings at the pavilion of the former Zagreb Assembly, i.e. Zagreb Fair. The SC Cinema started operating in 1959. During its long history, Zagreb’s largest cinema hosted unforgettable movies and premieres, highly popular cinema matinees, first guitar fests, concerts of big music stars, legendary lectures, student, political and similar gatherings.

It also hosted several large events and film festivals, along with Zagreb Film Festival at its beginnings.