Outdoor Cinema at la Villette

Open-air cinema at La Villette is a must for Parisian summer evenings! Every summer for over 34 years, the prairie of the triangle in the Parc de la Villette has become the largest open-air cinema in Paris, with free admission.
Join us from July 23 to August 17, 2025 for a wide selection of films to watch on the big screen and in the open air - all in VO with French subtitles.

2025 le Cinéma de Plein Air - la Villette

The 2025 edition brings together a selection of films around the theme of "music and dance".

New for 2025:

• 6 p.m. screenings for young and old, with a selection of intergenerational films.
• The new screen makes it possible to bring forward screenings to 9pm (for classic sessions): films can start before nightfall, allowing spectators to leave before the last metro.
• A 100% online ticketing service on villette.com to reserve deckchairs.

How to get there:

• Admission subject to availability (no registration).
• Deckchairs available for a fee (to be reserved online and collected on site). Please bring your own plaids and deckchairs.

Cinema under the stars in the heart of Paris

Now an emblematic event, this free festival is an opportunity for the public to discover or revisit cinematic masterpieces; families, friends and neighbors come to laugh, marvel, be frightened and travel. With Europe's largest inflatable screen (544 m²), the 20,000 m² of lawn welcomes an average of 150,000 spectators over the course of a month for these outdoor film screenings. What also sets the La Villette open-air cinema apart is the richness and diversity of its programming.

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Open-air cinema program at La Villette 2025

Films at La Villette in July

• Wednesday, July 23 at 6pm: Ballerina - Eric Summer, Eric Warin, 2016. 1h30. Ages 7 and up
• Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 9pm: La La Land - Damien Chazelle, 2017. 2h08
• Thursday, July 24 at 6pm: Kirikou and the Wild Beasts - Michel Ocelot, Bénédicte Galup, 2005. 1h15. Ages 4 and up
• Thursday, July 24, 9pm: Chicago - Bob Marshall, 2003. 1h53
• Friday, July 25 at 6pm: Samuel - Emilie Tronche, 2023. 21 episodes of 5min. From age 5.
• Friday, July 25, 9pm: Barbie - Greta Gerwig, 2023. 1h54
• Saturday, July 26, 6pm: Happy feet - George Miller, Judy Morris, Warren Coleman, 2006. 1h48. From 6 years
• Saturday, July 26, 9pm: Grease - Randal Kleiser, 1978. 1h45
• Sunday, July 27, 6pm: The Wizard of OZ - Victor Fleming, King Vidor, George Cukor, 1946. 1h41. Ages 8 and up
• Sunday, July 27, 9pm: A Star is Born - George Cukor, 1955. 2h34
• Wednesday July 30, 6pm: Minuscule 2, Les mandibules du bout du monde – Thomas Szabo, Hélène Giraud, 2019. 1h32
• Wednesday July 30, 9pm: RiZe – David LaChapelle, 2005. 1h24
• Thursday, July 31, 6pm: Annie - Will Gluck, 2015. 1h57. From 6 years
  Thursday, July 31, 9pm: Elvis - Baz Luhrmann, 2022. 2h39

Films at La Villette in August

• Friday, August 1 at 6pm: Mars attacks! - Tim Burton, 1997. 1h46. From age 10.
• Friday, August 1 at 9pm: Hair - Milos Forman, 1979. 2h01
• Saturday, August 2, 6pm: Wallace and Gromit, The curse of the Were-Rabbit - Nick Park, Steve Box, 2005. 1h25. Ages 8 and up
• Saturday, August 2, 9pm: New York, New York - Martin Scorsese, 1977. 2h35
• Sunday, August 3, 6pm: Jean de la lune - Stephan Schesch, Sarah Clara Weber, 2012. 1h35
• Sunday, August 3 at 9pm: Rocketman - Dexter Fletcher, 2019. 2h01
• Wednesday, August 6 at 6pm: Calamity, a childhood of Martha Jane Cannary - Rémi Chayé, 2020. 1h22. From age 6
• Wednesday, August 6, 9pm: Let the Show Begin - Bob Fosse, 1980. 2h05
• Thursday, July 7, 6pm: Fourmiz - Eric Darnell, Tim Johnson, Lawrence Guterman, 1998. 1h23. From age 10.
• Thursday, July 7, 9pm: Hairspray - John Waters, 1988. 1h36
• Friday, August 8 at 6pm :Chicken Run - Peter Lord, Nick Park, 2000. 1h24
• Friday, August 8, 9pm: Les Misérables - Tom Hooper, 2013. 2h38
• Saturday, August 9 at 6pm: My Life as a Zucchini - Claude Barras, 2016. 1h06. Ages 8 and up
• Saturday, August 9 at 9pm: Les Choristes - Christophe Barratier, 2004. 1h37
• Sunday, August 10, 6pm: Singing in the Rain - Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly, 1953. 1h43. Ages 8 and up
• Sunday, August 10, 9pm: The Band Wagon - Vincente Minnelli, 1954. 1h52
• Wednesday, August 13, 6pm: Stuart Little - Rob Minkoff, 2000. 1h32. From age 4
  Wednesday, August 13, 9pm: Joyland - Saim Sadiq, 2022. 2h06
• Thursday, August 14, 6pm: Song of the Sea - Tomm Moore, 2014. 1h33. From age 6
• Thursday, August 14, 9pm: The Party - Blake Edwards, 1969. 1h39.
• Friday August 15 at 6pm: Madagascar - Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath, 2005. 1h26. From 6 years
• Friday, August 15, 9pm: The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert - Stephan Elliott, 1994. 1h44
• Saturday, August 16, 6pm: A Monster in Paris - Bibo Bergeron, 2011. 1h22. From 6 years
• Saturday, August 16, 9pm: Mamma Mia ! - Phyllida Lloyd, 2008. 1h50
• Sunday, August 17, 6pm: Sing - Garth Jennings, 2017. 1h48. Ages 6 and up
  Sunday, August 17, 9pm: En corps - Cédric Klapish, 2022. 1h50

Program subject to change. For further information, visit the La Villette website.

Practical information about open-air cinema at La Villette

• All films shown at La Villette are in Original Version with French subtitles.
• Deckchairs available free of charge. You can also bring your own deckchair and plaid.
• Open-air cinema from Wednesday to Sunday.

If you take a cruise on the Ourcq , you'll be back in time to enjoy an open-air screening .

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