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Top 10 Outdoor Cinemas in Europe

By on August 9, 2010 in Outdoor Movie Events

Spotted By Locals has posted an interesting article highlighting the best outdoor cinemas in . With their permission we post the following list of the best 10 (in alphabetical order):

1. Athens – Outdoor cinema Zefyros (by Lambros Papadopoulos)
“Its location is a serious advantage. is one of the most beautiful areas of …”

2. Barcelona -Sala Montjuic open air cinema (by Yolanda Molinero)
“Time to open the wine bottle! You didn’t bring any food with you? No worries!”

3. Geneva – Ciné Transat Parc la Perle du Lac (by Lorcan Meyfarth)
“The scenery is beautiful, the movie is free, and deckchairs are available to borrow… ”

4. Hamburg – Freiluftkino in 4 different venues (by Valeska Bolze)
“…have fun to hear the funny German voices in one of your favourite movies…”

5. Helsinki outdoor movies at Helsinki Festival (by Nea Barman)
“This free open-air cinema is best that the city can offer in my opinion…”

6. Munich Open Air Kino (by Emily Rasch)
“It’s a great place to take a date – or a romantic place to be surprised with one…”

7. Paris – Cinéma au Clair de Lune outside cinema (by Fred Moussaïan)
“…. even if you don’t understand the language, it is worth going there, for the friendly and laid-back atmosphere…”

8. Zagreb – Summer Festival open air cinema (by Karla Lončar)
“It’s pretty secluded, which usually makes it very special among younger couples or people…”

9. Zurich – Orange Cinema (by Roman Rey)
” …you sit on the shore, watching a popcorn flick and have the whole beautiful view of the lake surrounding the screen. Isn’t that something?”


Pluk de Nacht

10. And one of Holland’s favorite outdoor cinema festivals – currently on in , is Pluk de nacht.

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Pula, Croatia: The Pula Film Festival and Croatia Film Festival Feature Outdoor Movies

By on October 29, 2008 in Outdoor Film Festivals, Outdoor Movie Events

Outdoor Movies at the Pula Film Festival in Pula, CroatiaOne of the oldest outdoor film festivals in , the Film Festival was first inaugurated as an international film festival in 1953, on the initiative of Mr. Marijan Rotar. It was the main film event in Yugoslavia from 1954 to its disintegration. Its famous settings for outdoor movie screenings give it popular and international appeal. Numerous journalists and film artists from the country and abroad including stars like Orson Welles, Sophia Loren, Sam Peckinpah, Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Yul Brinner and others visit the Festival.

From 1992, Pula hosted the Croatian film festival and in 2001 it again acquired the status of an international festival with awards for best foreign films. Many Croatian award winners from the Pula Film Festival were very successful at foreign festivals: Tu, Maršal, Svjedoci, Ta divna splitska noć, Fine mrtve djevojke, Put lubenica… During the last fifteen years the Festival has attracted many foreign visitors among whom the stars like John Malkovich, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Kinglsey, Jeremy Irons, producer Branko Lustig and directors Philip Noyce and Jiri Menzel.

Vespasian’s Arena, which has been hosting the festival since its beginnings, has given it the status of one of the three biggest and most spectacular open-air festivals in Europe. It can seats up to 8000 visitors at the outdoor movie screenings under the starry sky.

Official Website: http://www.pulafilmfestival.hr/en/index.php

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The Annual Open-Air Vienna Mozart Film Festival Spreads to Czech Republic, Slovakia, Croatia, Serbia, Poland, Slovenia, and Romania

By on October 28, 2008 in Outdoor Film Festivals, Outdoor Movie Events

Open-Air Vienna Mozart Film Festival With Outdoor MoviesThe annual Mozart Film Festival on the square in front of the City Hall in is aimed at presenting musical masterpieces to a wide and diverse audience. Outdoor movies are shown which include the great composer’s work. In 2006, the festival put the spotlight on Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart with a Music Film Festival in the square in front of City Hall with operas and classical music films projected onto a giant screen, free of charge. The Vienna Symphony Orchestra opened the festival with a live performance.

Given the great success of the Rathausplatz Film Festival, the Vienna Mozart Music Film Festivals 2006 was organised in selected Eastern European cities as a kind of European urban project. The major cities of (Czech Republic), Brno (Czech Republic), (Slovakia), Zagreb (), (), Warsaw (), (Slovenia), and () participated in showing outdoor movies. Every evening for a period of time during the summer months, a highly frequented square in each of these cities was turned into a large open-air cinema, screening music films with free admission. The majority of the music was by Mozart, but the programmes also included operas by other composers, and even musical theatre. An excellent selection of culinary specialties rounded off the programme.

For more than one week outdoor movies and music by the unforgettable genius captivated thousands of viewers on Bratislava’s main square in the old city. From a very early age Wolfgang “Amadé” Mozart was a much-travelled artist. As part of the Vienna Mozart Year 2006 the open air Film Festival, following the system successfully applied in front of Vienna City Hall, set out on a tour of nine central and east European cities. The Festival, which started in June in Brno, came to a festive closure on October 1st with outdoor movies in Zagreb.

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