Ciné Tarmac 2025: the Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace's summer open-air cinema program

Summer in Paris is open-air cinema season! It's a tradition we love, and one we make a point of respecting whenever possible. For the fifth year running, the Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace is offering its Ciné Tarmac, an open-air cinema where you can watch a film projected... on a plane! Comfortably installed on our deckchairs, facing a Boeing 747, we discover the greatest films of the 7th art linked to space and aviation.

For this new edition, the Musée du Bourget invites you to join us from July 4 to 6, 2025, for three exceptional screenings under the stars. Ciné Tarmac kicks off at 7:30pm, with a variety of events including challenges, aeronautics and space-related workshops, planetarium sessions, themed guided tours and the opportunity to discover theexhibition of the day !

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It's at dusk, between 9 and 10:30 pm, that things get serious... We settle into deckchairs on the tarmac, with our popcorn, to enjoy the film of the day, projected onto a plane. That's what it's all about! After an experience like this, you're going to find the classic movie screen a bit commonplace...

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On this year's program at the Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace:

• Friday, July 4, 2025
  Pearl Harbor by Michael Bay
  June 6, 2001 in theaters / 3h 03min / Action, Romance, War
  Screening at dusk around 10:30 pm
  With Ben Affleck, Josh Hartnett, Kate Beckinsale
  Friends since childhood, Rafe McCawley and Danny Walker are two brilliant pilots in the U.S. Air Force. World War II has begun, but the United States has yet to engage in hostilities. Rafe soon falls for the charms of Evelyn Johnson, a young nurse. It's love at first sight, but he leaves to fight on the side of the British. Evelyn and Danny are transferred to the American base at Pearl Harbor.
  
  
• Saturday, July 5, 2025
  Porco Rosso by Hayao Miyazaki
  June 21, 1995 in theaters / 1h 29min / Adventure, Animation
  Screening at dusk around 10:30 pm
  Italy, late 1920s. Marco, an outstanding pilot with a passion for freedom, undergoes a spell that turns him into a pig. He becomes a bounty hunter and sets up his hideout on a deserted island in the Adriatic Sea. Nicknamed Porco Rosso, he takes on the best aviators in aerial duels aboard his splendid red seaplane. Guided by the memory of his comrades-in-arms and his spirit of solidarity, he flies to the aid of the weak, and one day finds love. But who will unlock the secret of his metamorphosis?
  
  
• Sunday, July 6, 2025
  Steven Spielberg's The Terminal
  September 15, 2004 in theaters / 2h 08min / Comedy, Drama, Romance
  Screening at dusk around 10:30 pm
  With Tom Hanks, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Stanley Tucci
  Viktor, originally from the Balkans, is stranded at JFK airport after his war-torn country disappears from international law. A victim of the ensuing red tape, he survives the airport by doing odd jobs, making friends among the employees and finally finding love with a flight attendant. Inspired by the true story of Iranian refugee Mehran Karimi Nasseri, who spent 18 years in Roissy-Charles de Gaulle airport, from 1988 to 2006.

In order to provide visitors with the best possible welcome, and to ensure that everyone has a seat, it is imperative that you reserve your seats in advance via the online ticketing service, which is already open to all. The ticket includes the film screening, access to the museum's halls and airplanes, as well as the various activities organized for the event.

And the icing on the cake: the museum offers a free shuttle bus at the end of the session, so you can easily get back to Gare du Nord! And if it's raining, don't panic: the screening is not cancelled, but shown in the Hall Concorde.