An appeal for funds to "bring the magic of the silver screen" to Scotland's sick children and their families has been made by a children's charity.
This lecture theatre will be transformed at a cost of £300,000
Yorkhill Children's Foundation needs £300,000 to build Scotland's first and the UK's second MediCinema.
Shona Cardle, of the Glasgow-based foundation, said: "Sick children often lose out on family life and this will enable them to go to the cinema."
MediCinema is backed by Ewan McGregor and provides free screenings.
It is said to "enhance patient care".
The cinema will be built in a lecture theatre in Yorkhill Hospital, Glasgow, with easy access for wheelchairs and beds.
A large proportion of the £300,000 has already been raised and work is expected to get under way in the summer.
Shona Cardle, executive director of Yorkhill Children's Foundation, said a "final push" is needed for funds for building and sustaining the cinema.
She said: "In an ideal world, children wouldn't get sick.
Shona Cardle wants Scots to aid the "final push" for MediCinema
"In a better world they would come to Yorkhill and then go home again.
"For some it is a long, hard slog.
"For those that are in for a long time they can get fed up and depressed, MediCinema will put a smile back on their faces.
"We are nearly there and need a final push.
"We need to keep trying."
The foundation said it is competing with many other charities for funds.
Mrs Cardle added: "There are many competitors and people can get charity fatigue, it makes it difficult.
"But fundraising for sick children will always be a popular choice.
Provide therapeutic benefit
Relieve boredom and stress
Provide a distraction
Provide a community atmosphere
"Many identify with it and are sympathetic."
The first MediCinema auditorium has already been built at St Thomas' Hospital in London, a stone's throw from the birth place of Charlie Chaplin.
Christine Hill, chief executive of the MediCinema charity, said: "It is fantastic and gets patients off the wards.
"It is a social occasion which patients and their families do not get anywhere else in the hospital.
"It's a great form of escape from problems, concerns and pain.
"They enjoy being normal."