A highlight of the Paris summer season, the open-air cinema at La Villette returns, more exhilarated than ever, with an expanded formula. After its JO break, the most popular of open-air cinemas is back!
La Villette cinema under the stars
It’s one of the most eagerly awaited events for Parisians and film buffs alike! For the past thirty years, the open-air cinema at La Villette has been delighting Parisians and tourists alike with its free, open-air screenings every year from late July onwards! A popular and accessible event, it attracts hundreds of people – tribes of friends, families, couples or solo spectators – who come to enjoy the magic of cinema, with their feet up in the grass of the Prairie du Triangle! Adventure, science fiction, comedy, drama, foreign productions, animated films… there’s a film for everyone!
The Cinéma en plein air de la Villette returns with a new formula
Absent in 2024 due to the 2024 Olympic Games and the hosting of Club France, the Cinéma en plein air de la Villette, has taken the opportunity to make some changes!
The big news is the addition of an extra session! At the big film of the evening (around 9pm), the Cinéma en plein air de la Villette will be programming a screening at 6pm. It will be family-oriented, with productions suitable for children aged 4 and over. Another small change is that the main screening will be brought forward to 9pm, to allow the public to stay until the end and catch the last metros!
Last but not least, the event’s DNA remains unchanged: an alluring program of feature-length films, drawing on French and international cinema, the great successes of the 7th art or more confidential productions, and a varied palette of genres to appeal to cinema-lovers of all stripes! In 2025, the Cinéma en plein air will be moving, jumping, singing and dancing to the theme of “Corps et accords”. Here’s the complete list of films, with screening times:
Wednesday July 23: La La Land – Damien Chazelle – 2017
Thursday, July 24: Chicago – Rob Marshall – 2003
Friday, July 25: Barbie – Greta Gerwig – 2023
Saturday, July 26: Grease – Randal Kleiser – 1978
Sunday, July 27: A Star is Born – George Cukor – 1955
Wednesday, July 30: Rize – David LaChapelle – 2005
Thursday, July 31: Elvis – Baz Luhrmann – 2022
Friday, August 1: Hair – Milo Forman – 1979
Saturday, August 2: New York, New York – Martin Scorsese – 1977
Sunday, August 3: Rocketman – Dexter Fletcher – 2019
Wednesday, August 6: Let the Show Begin – Bob Fosse – 1980
Thursday, August 7: Hairspray – John Waters – 1988
Friday, August 8: Les Misérables – Tom Hooper – 2013
Saturday, August 9: Les Choristes – Christophe Barratier – 2004
Sunday, August 10: Tous en scène – Vincente Minelli – 1954
Wednesday, August 13: Joyland – Saim Sadiq – 2022
Thursday, August 14: The Party – Blake Edwards – 1969
Friday, August 15: Priscilla, madwoman of the desert – Stephan Elliott – 1995
Saturday, August 16: Mamma Mia! – Phyllida Lloyd – 2008
Sunday, August 17: En corps – Cédric Klapisch – 2022
For the 6pm “young audience” session, here’s the program
Wednesday, July 23: Ballerina – Eric Summer, Eric Warin – 2016
Thursday, July 24: Kirikou et les bêtes sauvages – Michel Ocelot, Bénédicte Galup – 2005
Friday, July 25: Samuel – Emilie Tronche – 21 episodes of around 5 mns – 2023
Saturday, July 26: Happy feet – George Miller, Judy Morris, Warren Coleman – 2006
Sunday, July 27: The Wizard of OZ – Victor Fleming, King Vidor, George Cukor – 1946
Wednesday, July 30: Minuscule 2, Les mandibules du bout du monde – Thomas Szabo, Hélène Giraud – 2019
Thursday, July 31: Annie – John Huston – 1982
Friday, August 1: Mars attacks! – Tim Burton – 1997
Saturday, August 2: Wallace & Gromit. The Mystery of the Were-Rabbit – Nick Park, Steve Box – 2005
Sunday, August 3: Jean de la lune – Stephan Schesch, Sarah Clara Weber – 2012
Wednesday, August 6: Calamity, A Childhood of Martha Jane Cannary – Rémi Chayé – 2020
Thursday, August 7: Fourmiz – Eric Darnell, Tim Johnson, Lawrence Guterman – 1998
Friday, August 8: Chicken Run – Peter Lord, Nick Park – 2000
Saturday, August 9: Ma Vie de Courgette – Claude Barras – 2016
Sunday, August 10: Singing in the Rain – Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly – 1953
Wednesday, August 13: Stuart Little – Rob Minkoff – 2000
Thursday, August 14: Song of the Sea – Tomm Moore – 2014
Friday, August 15: Madagascar – Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath – 2005
Saturday August 16 Un Monstre à Paris – Bibo Bergeron – 2011
Sunday, August 17 Tous en scène – Garth Jennings – 2017
📍 Location: La Villette, Prairie du triangle, 75019 Paris
📆 Date: July 23 to August 17, 2025
🎟️ Price: free
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