Enter our competition and win one of 6 double tickets for CinéAir performances being screened this Summer!
Following the huge success of its open air cinema in Nyon, CinéAir is opening a second open air cinema in the region this Summer.
Located at the Place du Château in Rolle, the new cinema will feature daily performances of popular recent films between 2 and 21 July 2013. Following a short break of about a week, performances will then resume from 30 July to 25 August at CinéAir Nyon, at the Esplanade « La Combe ».
Both cinemas will feature a large selection of English films, many of which will be screened in their original version. Look out for : Man of Steel ; The Great Gatsby ; Side Effects ; The Place Beyond the Pine, The Bling Ring ; Oblivion ; The Hangover Part III ; Quartet ; The Heat ; Star Trek ; RED 2 ; Wolverine ; and Pacific Rim, to name but a few !
A new luxury cinema will re-open in the center of Geneva this month.
Located on the premises of the former Astor Filmlounge, the new Ciné 17 will open to the public on Thursday, 16 May 2013. Having been refurbished following an unexpected flood, the cinema is now under new management, but will retain many of the luxurious features of the former cinema.
Visitors to the 81-seated cinema can expect to enjoy the same comfortable leather chairs with adjustable backs, each with their own side table for placing drinks. A wide range of alcoholic and non-alcoholic cocktails can be ordered from the cinema bar, along with a refined selection of hot and cold snacks.
The new cinema will re-open its doors for the first time since February 2012 with a screening of “The Great Gatsby”, starring Leonardo di Caprio and directed by Baz Luhrmann. This movie will also be shown at the same time on the opening night of the Filmfestival in Cannes. At Ciné 17, it will be shown in English only (with French subtitles), in both 2D and 3D versions.
Below you will find a list of useful links to cinema websites in the region:
| Switzerland: | |
| Geneva | http://geneve.cine.ch/ |
| Vaud | http://vaud.cine.ch/ |
| Jura | http://jura.cine.ch/ |
| France: | |
| Ain | http://www.cinefil.com/seances-departement/ain |
| Haute-Savoie | http://www.cinefil.com/seances-departement/haute-savoie |
Enter Les Cinémas Capitole’s weekly draw to win free tickets to their Tuesday Movies English films throughout June (see below)
Following the recent installation of digital projectors at Les Cinémas Capitole in Nyon, it will now be possible to view yet more English movies at this popular local cinema.
Under the programme heading, Tuesday Movies, the cinema will now show on every Tuesday evening an English-speaking film that has not been shown at the cinema in Nyon before. To introduce the new initiative to the local community, and to encourage more new customers to try out its cinemas, the programming team is offering knowitall.ch clients the opportunity to win one of 10 free tickets being offered to us for each of its four Tuesday Movies running throughout the month of June.
Recently reopened under new management, the Cinéma Capitole in Nyon has now started offering a more extensive selection of English films, in addition to its popular array of French-language films.Conveniently located just a few minutes walk from Nyon station, and with easy parking nearby at the Place Perdtemps, the newly launched cinema is expected to draw an increasing number of visitors from the local expat community.
The cinema will offer four programs per day of which one will always be in English. Explaining his decision to offer more English movies, Program Manager, Jean-Pierre Grey says, “We realize this is a big commitment to make for a relatively small cinema with just two auditoriums. However, English speakers represent such a large part of this community and it is important that we satisfy their needs as well.”
Describing his future plans, Jean-Pierre adds, “We have a number of ideas to improve not just the number of English-speaking films we present, but the way we present them too. Just one of the options we are looking at is the possibility of launching an English film club, showing restored Hollywood Classic Films. This will be possible as soon as we have completed our plans to install HD (as well as 3D) technology in the near future.”
The cinema is currently showing the Oscar-winning “Kings Speech” in English, which has been a huge success playing to large audiences every day. Anyone who has not yet seen the film should head on down to the cinema now as it is playing for one more week only!If, however, you fancy watching something with a little more action, the equally popular, and award-winning film, “The Fighter” will also feature in this week’s English program. Winning Oscars for both the best supporting actor and actress, this is another film not to be missed!
Cinéma Capitole - Nyon is now owned by Premium Entertainment Geneva, which also runs the Astor Film Lounge in Geneva, another new cinema with a difference, which we recently mentioned on knowitall.ch. Look out for future programs at both these cinemas by clicking here for Vaud cinemas and here for Geneva cinemas.
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