11.07.2023 •
Registrations for the European Arthouse Cinema Day 2023 are now open!
Cinemas can register via the Cinema Area for the 8th edition of the event, which will take place next Sunday 12th of November 2023.
The initiative welcomes all interested cinemas from all over the world.
The CICAE and its member associations, in collaboration with its partners and sponsors, provide all participating movie theatres with a series of actions, programming recommendations as well as communication and marketing elements. However, cinemas have complete freedom to participate at any level (with one or more screenings) and to create their own programme on the condition that it includes European films. Every year, more than 600 cinemas take part in the European Arthouse Cinema Day.
The initiative is a great opportunity for the participating cinemas to actively highlight their identity and display their European focus in terms of their programming dedicated to European films and activities in the areas of promotion and innovation, aiming at increasing audiences and circulation for these films.
For additional information please contact: artcinemaday@cicae.org
01.06.2023 •
The 8th European Arthouse Cinema Day will take place on 12 November 2023.
We look forward to celebrating the richness and diversity of arthouse cinemas and European films with you. Today, we would like to invite you to save the date.
The European Arthouse Cinema Day is an occasion to celebrate Arthouse Cinemas and strengthen European Films worldwide.
Every year, the European Arthouse Cinema Day features a range of exciting activities and initiatives, including special screenings, Q&A sessions with filmmakers, and even live streaming experiences. Audiences are treated to a diverse range of films from across Europe: from critically acclaimed works by established filmmakers to exciting new voices in the world of cinema.
The European Arthouse Cinema Day is proud to count every year on the support of its ambassadors who are dedicated to promoting the work of arthouse theatres and the value of independent and foreign language cinema. Our ambassadors come from a range of backgrounds, including actors, directors, producers, and critics. They are passionate advocates for cinema and its power to inspire, challenge, and entertain. We will announce this year’s ambassadors soon.
Registration will in the summer. You can also stay up to date by following us on Instagram, Facebook or Twitter. For additional information please contact: artcinemaday@cicae.org
18.11.2022 • Dear Friends,
Thanks very much for your participation in the 7th European Arthouse Cinema Day! It was a successful edition, with about 600 cinemas participating in 38 countries across the world.
Some of you organised special events such as Q&As with the film cast, cine-concerts, premières and previews or workshop and activities for the young audiences.
We also want to thank all the partners and supporters who made possible to organise the European Arthouse Cinema Day 2022:
Creative Europe MEDIA, Europa Cinemas, Eurimages, FFA - Filmförderungsanstalt, BKM - Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Ministère de la Culture, CNC - Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée, Ministero della Cultura, for their financial support.
The national cinemas associations AFCAE, AG Kino-Gilde, FICE - Federazione Italiana Cinema d'Essai, Schweizer Studiofilm Verband, Art Mozi Egyesület, Aiace Torino, VAC - Arthouse Cinema Vlaanderen, NAAS ناس l Network of Arab Alternative Screens Stowarzyszenie Kin Studyjnych, NFO - Nederlands filmtheater overleg, PROMIO and Riksföreningen Biograferna.
The distributors BTEAM Pictures, Jour2Fête, Les Films du Losange, Pandora Film Verleih and Polyfilm Verleih for collaborating with us to organise and to also promote the special events with our ambassadors, to whom we also send special thanks.
European Film Academy, Lux Audience Award, European Film Factory, France Télévisions, Télérama, Positif, Programmkino, Cineuropa, FILM New Europe and Alphapanda, for their support in communicating and promoting the day.
It was a festive day where the cinema-going experience and the richness of European cinema have been at the heart of it.
Thank you ❤️
09.11.2022 • On November 13, German and Austrian cinemas are showing in preview CLOSE by Lukas Dhont, distributed by Pandora Film (Germany) and Polifilm (Austria).
09.11.2022 • On November 13, we organise a special event in Germany, in collaboration with AG Kino-Gilde, Pandora Film and Polifilm, with the preview screening of MEHR DENN JE (Plus que jamais) by ambassador Emily Atef.
The film will be screened at 18:00 in several German and Austrian cinemas and followed by a Q&A with the film director live in Cinéma Le Balzac, in Paris, and in live-streaming in the participating cinemas (German translation will be available).
Cinemas joining the event of Mehr Denn Je
Germany
Bad Füssing - Filmgalerie
Bamberg - Lichtspiel
Darmstadt - Rex
Erfurt - Kinoklub am Hirschlachufer
Essen - Eulenspiegel
Hamburg - Passage
Hannover - Apollo
Hannover - Kino am Raschplatz
Heidelberg - Gloriette
Heilbronn - Kinostar Arthaus
Hillesheim - Eifel Filmbühne
Köln - Cinenova
Lich - Traumstern
München - Neues Arena
Nürnberg - Casablanca
Oldenburg - Casablanca
Potsdam - Thalia
Rottweil - Central Kino Rottweil
Austria
Freistadt - Kino Freistadt
Lenzing - Lichtspiele Lenzing
Wels - Programmkino Wels
09.11.2022 • On November 13, we organise a special event in France, in collaboration with AFCAE and Jour2Fête, with the preview screening of PLUS QUE JAMAIS by ambassador Emily Atef.
The film will be screened at 18:00 in several French cinemas and followed by a Q&A with the film director live in Cinéma Le Balzac, in Paris, and in live-streaming in the other participating cinemas.
Cinemas joining the event of Plus Que Jamais
Albi - CGR Lapérouse
Auxerre - CGR Auxerre
Beauvais - CGR Cinéspace
Castres - CGR Castres
Chateauroux - CGR Chateauroux
Cherbourg - CGR Odéon
Cholet - CGR Cholet
Clermont Ferrand - CGR Les Ambiances
Colmar - CGR Colmar
Gueugnon - Le Danton
La Rochelle - CGR Dragon
Le Creusot - Le Morvan
Manosque - CGR Manosque
Moulins - CGR Moulins
Paris - Le Balzac
Saint-Brieuc - Club6
Soissons - CGR Soissons
Troyes - CGR Cinécity
Ussel - Le Carnot
09.11.2022 • On November 13, we organise a special event in France, in collaboration with AFCAE, with the preview screening of SAINT OMER by ambassador Alice Diop.
The film will be screened at 18:00 in several French cinemas and followed by a Q&A with the film director live in Le Grand Action, in Paris, and in live-streaming in the other participating cinemas.
Cinemas joining the event of Saint Omer
Albi - CGR Lapérouse
Angers - Les 400 coups'
Auch - Ciné 32
Auxerre - CGR Auxerre
Barjols - L'Odéon
Bastia - Le Studio
Beauvais - CGR Beauvais
Boulogne-sur-Mer - Stars
Bourbon-Lany - Rio Borvo
Bourges - Maison de la Culture de Bourges
Carcassonne - CGR Colisée
Castres - CGR Castres
Cherbourg - CGR Odéon
Cholet - CGR Cholet
Colmar - CGR Colmar
Courbevoie - Abel Gance
Digoin - Le Majestic
Douai - Scène Nationale Tandem - Cinéma Paul Desmarets
Héric - Le Gen'Eric
Istres - Le Coluche
La Ferrière - Le Roc
Lorgues - Le Cinéma
Malakoff - Marcel Pagnol
Manosque - CGR La Villette
Montauban - CGR Le Paris
Montceau-les-Mines - Le Plessis
Moulins - CGR Moulins
Narbonne - Association Théâtre Cinéma (ex Scène Nationale)
Nivillac - La Couronne
Paris - Le Grand Action
Redon - Manivel
Reims - Opéraims
Rennes - L'ARVOR Cinéma et culture
Rieupeyroux - Salle de Cinéma et de Spectacle
Saint Julien du Sault - Alain Bashung
Saint-Omer - Ociné
Saint-Savinien - Le Florida
St Just St Rambert - Family Cinema
Soissons - CGR Soissons
Troyes - CGR Troyes
Vannes - La Garenne
08.11.2022 • On November 13, we are organising a special event in Spain, in collaboration with PROMIO, with the preview screening of LA MATERNAL by ambassador Pilar Palomero.
21.10.2022 • WATCH NOW THE OFFICIAL TRAILER
Less than one month is left for the big day and we are more than happy to finally share with you the trailer for the European Arthouse Cinema Day 2022, created in collaboration with Europa Cinemas.
You can find the official trailer at this link.
Participating cinemas can download the trailer in their cinema area. The trailer is available in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, and will be soon available in other languages too.
SPECIAL EVENTS WITH THE AMBASSADORS
The following events are being organised in presence of the Ambassadors:
> Emily Atef - Avant-Premiere of MORE THAN EVER at 4pm in the cinema Le Balzac in Paris, followed by a meeting with the director and moderated by an editor from the magazine Positif. Live broadcast for French and German cinemas that want to participate (translation into German will be available).
> Alice Diop - Avant-Premiere of SAINT OMER in the cinema Le Grand Action in Paris at 4pm, followed by a meeting with the director and moderated by an editor from the magazine Positif. Live broadcast for French cinemas that want to participate.
> Pilar Palomero - Avant-Premiere of LA MATERNAL in the cinema Cines Embajadores in Madrid at 6pm (exact time to be confirmed). Simultaneous screening and live broadcast in Spanish cinemas that want to participate.
> Valerio Mastandrea - Event in Rome in his presence for Italian cinemas.
13.10.2022 • Emily Atef, Lukas Dhont, Alice Diop, Valerio Mastandrea, Pilar Palomero and Agnieszka Smoczynska are our amazing Ambassadors for the 7th European Arthouse Cinema Day who will be also attending some live events on Sunday 13th November.
You can find their bio at this page.
SPECIAL EVENTS WITH THE AMBASSADORS
The following events are being organised in presence of the Ambassadors:
Emily Atef - Premiere of MORE THAN EVER in French and German cinemas with simultaneous screening and live stream of the Q&A.
Alice Diop - Premiere of SAINT OMER in French cinemas with simultaneous screening and live stream of the Q&A.
Valerio Mastandrea - Event in Rome in his presence for Italian cinemas.
Pilar Palomero - Premiere of LA MATERNAL in Spanish cinemas with simultaneous screening and live stream of the Q&A.
