2023: Outdoor Cinema Events & Industry News
About this archive post. Open Air Cinema's blog has been reorganized into a historical record of the outdoor-cinema industry. This entry compiles real news coverage from 2023. Every source link below was individually checked and loads the original article. Summaries are written from the original reports.
A look back through 2023 in outdoor cinema, drawn from contemporaneous coverage.
Parks, Rec & Municipal Programs
Summer Movies in the Park — San Diego County
San Diego County's Summer Movies in the Park — the region's largest free family-friendly outdoor series, running May through October across dozens of park sites — returned for 2023 with screenings such as Puss in Boots: The Last Wish.
Riverway Movie Nights returns
Townsville City Council's free Riverway Movie Nights returned in 2023, opening with Minions: The Rise of Gru at the city's riverside parkland.
Summer Movies at the Park — Johns Creek, GA
Johns Creek, Georgia ran its free Summer Movies at the Park series in 2023, pairing family films on a large inflatable screen with food trucks and pre-show activities.
Screenings & Venues
Vancouver Civic Theatres' Sunset Cinema
Vancouver Civic Theatres' free Sunset Cinema returned for 2023 with five August screenings on a giant inflatable screen outside the Queen Elizabeth Theatre, opening with Top Gun: Maverick.
Deckchair Cinema — North Vancouver
The Polygon Gallery's Deckchair Cinema brought free Thursday-night outdoor movies to North Vancouver's waterfront through the summer of 2023.
Sunset Cinema — Richardson Olmsted Campus, Buffalo
Buffalo's Sunset Cinema series lit up the south lawn of the Richardson Olmsted Campus in summer 2023 with free family films and kid-friendly activities.
Film Festival Circuit
Nevada City Film Festival — Movies Under the Pines
The Nevada City Film Festival's Movies Under the Pines series returned in 2023 with animated favorites — from The Iron Giant to Song of the Sea — screened on an inflatable screen at Pioneer Park's bandshell.