Paris is known for its artsy cinema scene and celebrates it rightfully so. Who doesn’t love a good movie starring Alain Delon, Gérard Depardieu or Marion Cotillard? And it gets even better under a starry summer sky in one of Paris’ beautiful open air cinemas (cinema en plein air). The entry to all of these events is free!
Open air cinema at La Villette
Just relax in your deck chair, have your drink and snacks ready and enjoy the movie played on the big screen at the Cinéma en plein air à la Villette in the 19th Arrondissement. Every summer the open air cinema follows a new motto and shows classic French movies as well as international classics. There will also play some more unkown movies as well as short films.
This year’s 29th edition of the open air cinema will take place from 17 July until 18 August 2019 in the parc of la Villette at the Prairie du triangle. You can enter at 7 pm and the movies will probably start playing between 9:30 and 10:30 pm when it gets dark.
Program
Movies will be shown in the original version with French subtitles unless otherwise stated (VF – French Version):
Wednesday, 17 July – Blade Runner 2049
Thursday, 18 July – Karaoke night by arte
Friday, 19 July – Demain
Saturday, 20 July – Ponyo sur la falaise (children’s evening) (VF)
Sunday, 21 July – Jeremiah Johnson
Wednesday, 24 July – Petit Paysan
Thursday, 25 July – La Tortue rouge
Friday, 26 July – Her
Saturday, 27 July – Bienvenue à Gattaca; short film: Avant que de tout perdre
Sunday, 28 July – Le Temps moderns
Wednesday, 31 July – La Fille du 14 juillet
Thursday, 1 August – Captain Fantastic
Friday, 2 August – Snowpiercer, le Transperceneige
Saturday, 3 August – Wall-E (VF); short film: La Fugue
Sunday, 4 August – Et au milieu coule une rivière
Wednesday, 7 August – Le Congrès
Thursday, 8 August – Oslo 31 août
Friday, 9 August – L’Ile aux chiens (VF)
Saturday, 10 August – Ready Player one; short film: Corps perdu
Sunday, 11 August – Horizons perdus
Wednesday, 14 August – Les Glaneurs et la glaneuse
Thursday, 15 August – Erin Brockovich, seule contre tous
Friday, 16 August – Le Fils de l’homme
Saturday, 17 August – Under the skin; short film: Je sens le beat qui monte en moi
Sunday, 18 August – Blade Runner
La Chaise et l’Écran
In Paris’ 11th Arrondissement there will be several little open air cinemas in different places this summer. The festival “La Chaise et l’Ecran” celebrates the little gardens and streets of this arrondissement by showing the greatest movie classics there. You have to bring your own chairs so you can really have the living room feeling under the Parisian sky.
The program will follow in a few days but it is already planned to show short films prior to the main movies. La Chaise et l’Ecran will take place from 26 July to 9 August 2019. Two locations are already confirmed: The Town Hall of the 11th Arrondissement and the Jardin de la Folie Titon.
Festival Silhouette
Since 2002 the association Silhouette has been organizing open air cinemas in the 12th Arrondissement in Paris. It shows a carefully curated selection of short films for a week. It aims to surprise and shock its audience with thought-provoking movie subjects and designs. The festival Silhouette is one of France’s most important short film festivals as it has created famous directors and actors. There will also be some concerts to listen to. The program will be released on their website in a few weeks. This year the festival will take place from 30 August until 7 September.
Films sous les étoiles
From 27 June to the 29 June you have the opportunity to watch three different movies at Saint-Cloud. Before each of the movies there will be shown four short films created by young winners of the IESA Video Award. You can bring your own food and have a pique nique, buy food at the location or eat in one of the restaurants there. The projection will start at 10 pm.
Program
Thursday, 27 June
Short films:
Maintenant on peut mourir en paix
Le Premier Pas
CAP
Le Songe
Main movie:
La famille Tenenbaum
Friday, 28 June
Short films:
My psycho fan
NoFilter
Une lumière dans la nuit
Je suis Gigi Bang Bang
Main movie:
Three billboards
Saturday, 29 June
Short films:
Indic
Dies Irae
A tout prix
La dernière part
Main movie:
Un air de famille
Festival Toile sous les étoiles
One of the most popular open air cinemas in Paris is the one in the main courtyard of the Château in Vincennes. From 4 July until 6 July you can watch three beautiful movies for free in the most stunning setting of the city.
Program:
Thursday, 4 July – Au revoir là-haut
Friday, 5 July – La la land
Saturday, 6 July – La famille Bélier
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