The Hunger Games: Relive every film in the saga on the big screen this October

Before heading back into the arena, a quick refresher on the previous chapters might come in handy. With the release of Hunger Games: Dawn of the Harvest on the Reaping, slated for French cinemas on November 18, 2026, several cinemas UGC and MK2 are offering fans a chance to revisit the Hunger Games saga on the big screen this autumn. The new film, directed by Francis Lawrence, will this time focus on the youth of Haymitch Abernathy, winner of the 50th Hunger Games (and Katniss’ mentor during the Games), long before his encounter with Katniss Everdeen.

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The saga is added to the UGC Culte Selection in October and November 2026, with the first Hunger Games — directed by Gary Ross and released in 2012 — kicking off the cycle at the start of October, with weeks shifting by venue (UGC vs. MK2). The Hunger Games: Catching Fire follows a week later, then The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 and Mockingjay – Part 2, each about a week apart, giving fans enough time to really dive back into the saga.

Finally, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, the 2023 prequel, wraps up the retrospective that kicked off in early November. Exact dates can vary from cinema to cinema.

The cinemas taking part in this re-release of the Hunger Games saga:

• MK2 Bibliothèque, Paris 13th arrondissement
• UGC Ciné Cité Maillot, Paris 17th arrondissement
• UGC Gobelins, Paris 13th arrondissement
• UGC Bercy, Paris 12th arrondissement
• UGC Ciné Cité, Paris 19th arrondissement
• UGC Lyon Bastille, Paris 12th arrondissement

The Hunger Games: Dawn Over the Harvest is adapted from Suzanne Collins's novel published in 2025. The story unfolds 24 years before Katniss Everdeen's adventures and revisits the 50th Hunger Games, also known as the Second Expiation.

The main character is none other than a young Haymitch Abernathy, the future mentor of Katniss and Peeta. Selected as a tribute from District 12, he must participate in a special edition of the Games in which twice as many contestants are sent into the arena. Haymitch is portrayed by Joseph Zada, alongside, notably, Whitney Peak, Mckenna Grace, Jesse Plemons, Elle Fanning, Ralph Fiennes and Glenn Close.

At the helm is Francis Lawrence, already in charge of L’Embrasement, the two parts of La Révolte and La Ballade du serpent et de l’oiseau chanteur. This sixth film in the franchise will therefore arrive in France on November 18, 2026, just a few days after the conclusion of the Paris retrospectives.

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