La Villette Open-Air Cinema 2026: The full, free lineup announced

Open-air cinema at La Villette returns from July 22 to August 16, 2026 in Paris. Set on the Prairie du Triangle, in the Parc de la Villette, the event sticks to the format launched last year with two free screenings per day, at 18:00 for a family audience with a lineup of intergenerational and mainly animated films, and at 21:00 presenting titles for adults.

Based in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, this free festival ranks among the capital’s most popular summer events. Spectators are free to settle on the lawn, space permitting, under the conditions specified by the organizers.

For this 2026 edition, the festival has embraced the theme “The Call of the Wild”, steering a lineup around nature, the wild, adventure (and yes, a dash of dread!) and the great outdoors.

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The full lineup for La Villette’s outdoor cinema in 2026:

Wednesday, July 22:

• 6 p.m.: My Neighbor Totoro by Hayao Miyazaki
• 9 p.m.: The Animal Kingdom by Thomas Cailley

Thursday, July 23:

• 6 p.m.: The Little Mole Loves Nature, a three-film program by Zdeněk Mile
• 9 p.m.: The New World by Terrence Malick

Friday, July 24:

• 6:00 PM: Ernest & Celestine by Benjamin Renner, Vincent Patar and Stéphane Aubier
• 9:00 PM: The Blair Witch Project by Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez

Saturday, July 25:

• 18h : Flow, the cat who no longer feared water by Gints Zilbalodis
• 21h : Into the Wild by Sean Penn

Sunday, July 26:

• 6 p.m.: The Secret World of Arrietty by Hiromasa Yonebayashi
• 9 p.m.: Princess Mononoke by Hayao Miyazaki

Wednesday, July 29:

• 6:00 PM: Yuku et la fleur de l’Himalaya by Arnaud Demuynck & Rémi Durin
• 9:00 PM: Petite maman by Céline Sciamma

Thursday, July 30:

• 6 p.m.: Animal Friends, a program of three short films by Eva Lindström
• 9 p.m.: There Is No Evil by Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

Friday, July 31:

• 6 p.m.: Zarafa by Rémi Bezançon and Jean-Christophe Lie
• 9 p.m.: Sleepy Hollow: The Legend of the Headless Horseman by Tim Burton

Saturday, August 1:

• 6 p.m.: Mary and the Witch's Flower by Hiromasa Yonebayashi
• 9 p.m.: King Kong by Peter Jackson

Sunday, August 2:

• 6 p.m.: Early Man by Nick Park
• 9 p.m.: Dersu Uzala by Akira Kurosawa

Wednesday, August 5:

• 6:00 PM: The War of the Buttons by Yves Robert
• 9:00 PM: Night Moves by Kelly Reichardt

Thursday, August 6:

• 6 p.m.: The Gruffalo, a program of four short films
• 9 p.m.: Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle by Arthur Harari

Friday, August 7:

• 6 PM: The Day of the Crows by Jean-Christophe Dessaint
• 9 PM: Dead Man by Jim Jarmusch

Saturday, August 8:

• 6:00 PM: Panda! Go, Panda! by Isao Takahata and Hayao Miyazaki
• 9:00 PM: Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me by David Lynch

Sunday, August 9:

• 6:00 p.m.: Savages by Claude Barras
• 9:00 p.m.: Mercy by Alain Guiraudie, with Catherine Frot

Wednesday, August 12:

• 6 p.m.: The Oak by Michel Seydoux and Laurent Charbonnier
• 9 p.m.: Le Daim by Quentin Dupieux

Thursday, August 13:

• 6 p.m.: Peter and the Wolf, a program of two short films
• 9 p.m.: Winter's Bone by Debra Granik

Friday, August 14:

• 6:00 p.m.: Kirikou and the Sorceress, directed by Michel Ocelot
• 9:00 p.m.: Stand by Me, directed by Rob Reiner

Saturday, August 15:

• 6 p.m.: Wolf Pack by Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart
• 9 p.m.: Cast Away by Robert Zemeckis

Sunday, August 16:

• 6:00 PM: Mia and the Migou by Jacques-Rémy Girerd
• 9:00 PM: Moonrise Kingdom by Wes Anderson

With its outdoor setting and two daily screenings to please the whole family, the cinéma en plein air de La Villette 2026 is once again poised to be a summer standout for fans of cinéma à Paris.

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