Fort Saint-Jean

Star cinemas

From Wednesday, July 16, 2025 to Wednesday, August 27, 2025

Every Wednesday evening, with the sea as a backdrop, a cycle of screenings under the stars to share the fascination for the sky felt by filmmakers from the past to the present, from Georges Meliès to Stanley Kubrick.

Before the screening, picnic or aperitif in a musical atmosphere inspired by the film, and sun-watching options for screenings in July!

In conjunction with the exhibition “Lire le ciel. Under the stars in the Mediterranean” exhibition and as part of the 30th edition of Ciné Plein-Air Marseille, an event organized by Les Écrans du Sud.

Events (7)

Free of charge

The castle in the sky

A film by Hayao Miyazaki, 2h04, 2003

  • Cinema
Who really is Sheeta, the little girl who wears a stone pendant with magical powers that attracts a lot of attention? Held prisoner aboard an airship, Sheeta battles a band of air pirates led by the colorful Dora, then an army of soldiers in the pay of Muska, a Machiavellian gentleman too polite to be honest. Saved by young Pazu, Sheeta takes refuge in a mining village. There, together with the boy, she will try to unravel the secret of her origins and prove that the story of Laputa, the...
The screening will be preceded by : Météores by Agnès Patron and Morgane Le Pécho, 2023, 4″30, France On a cool summer night, animals with eyes full of light leave the forest to venture into a suburban neighborhood. Four children sneak out of bed and stars begin to fall from the sky. By morning, everything will have changed, but for now, let’s run! Café du Fort open all evening Café du Fort offers a menu of sweet and savoury snacks to enjoy before or during the film: club...
Free of charge

Observing the sun with ANDROMEDE

  • Event
The ANDROMEDE association (Association Nouvelle pour la Diffusion des Recherches de l’Observatoire de Marseille Et le Développement des Expositions) offers a unique experience in observing the Sun using three specialized instruments. Thanks to the expertise of enthusiastic scientific mediators, you can discover the different aspects of our star in complete safety. Observations focus on the photosphere, the Sun’s visible surface, where sunspots, spectacular manifestations of its...
Free of charge

Turkish star wars: The man who saved the world

by Çetin İnanç,1h31,1982

  • Cinema
Spaceship pilot Murat and his crewmate are fighting aliens. They stray onto a planet that is taken over by the Tyrannical Empire. The imperialists intend to dominate the universe thanks to human intelligence: they take human brains to form a single gigantic brain. Murat will fight the Empire and become the legendary man who saved the world.    
Preceded by : Le voyage dans la lune by George Méliès, 1902, 12’46 Six scientists, members of the Astronomers’ Club, embark on an expedition to the Moon. They set off in a shell fired by a giant cannon. Arriving safely on the Moon, they meet its inhabitants: the Selenites, escape their King and return to earth in their shell, which falls into the sea and is rescued by a ship. Ovations, decorations and a triumphal parade for the six heroes of this space adventure. Café du Fort...
Free of charge
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Arrival

A film by Denis Villeneuve, 2016, 1h56

  • Cinema
When mysterious spaceships from deep space appear all over Earth, a team of experts led by linguist Louise Banks is assembled to try and understand their intentions. Faced with the enigma of their presence and their mysterious messages, reactions around the world are extreme, and humanity soon finds itself on the brink of absolute war. Louise Banks and her team have very little time to find answers. To get them, the young woman is going to take a risk that could not only cost her her life, but...
The screening will be preceded by : How away 3000 by Héloïse Pétel and Philippe Baranzini, 2018, 11’17, France After crashing on an unknown planet, a space tourist begins repairing his damaged space caravan. He is about to have a surprising encounter, to say the least… Café du Fort open all evening Café du Fort offers a menu of sweet and savoury snacks to enjoy before or during the film: club zaatar, merguez hot dog, popcorn, triple chocolate cookie, ice cream… All...
Free of charge
Melancholia : © Les films du losange

Melancholia

A film by Lars von Triers, 2h10, 2011

  • Cinema
Justine and Michael host a lavish wedding reception at the home of Justine’s sister and brother-in-law. Meanwhile, the planet Melancholia is heading for Earth…   In partnership with Ciné Plein-Air Marseille
The screening will be preceded by : La diplomatie de l’éclipse by Axel Mechin, Cesar Luton, Achille Pasquier, Selim Lallaoui, Clémence Bailly, 2022, 7’52, France At the end of the Eclipse, humanity will disappear, such is the message sent by the Moon and the Sun. The World Council decides to send its best negotiator to stop the end of the world. Café du Fort open all evening Café du Fort offers a menu of sweet and savoury snacks to enjoy before or during the film: club zaatar,...
Free of charge
2001 : l'odyssée de l'espace

2001: A Space Odyssey

A film by Stanley Kubrick, 2h29, 1961

  • Cinema
At the dawn of mankind, in the African desert, a tribe of primates is repeatedly attacked by a rival band vying for a water source. The discovery of a black monolith inspires the leader of the beleaguered apes to make an unprecedented and decisive move. Brandishing a bone, he went on the attack and slaughtered his opponents. The first instrument was born. In 2001, four million years later, a spaceship orbits the moon to the languorous rhythm of the “Beau Danube Bleu”. On board, Dr. Heywood...
Eighteen months later, astronauts David Bowman and Frank Poole are on their way to Jupiter aboard the Discovery. The two men go about their daily tasks under the control of HAL 9000, an exceptional computer with intelligence and speech. However, HAL, arguably more human than his masters, is beginning to show signs of worry: what’s the point of this mission, and what might be discovered on Jupiter? In partnership with Ciné Plein-Air Marseille
The screening will be preceded by the short film Voyagers by Valentine Baillon, Marina Roger, Léa Finucci, Gauthier Ammeux, Alexandre Dumez, Benjamin Chaumeny, 2017, 7’33, France A tiger, escaping his hunter, finds himself in a space station occupied by an astronaut and his fish… In collaboration with the Andromède association and the Agence du court-métrage. Café du Fort open all evening Café du Fort offers a menu of sweet and savoury snacks to enjoy before or during the film:...
Free of charge
Interstellar © Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures

Interstellar

A film by Christopher Nolan, 2014, 2h49

  • Cinema
The film follows the adventures of a group of explorers who use a recently discovered rift in space-time to push back human limits and conquer astronomical distances on an interstellar voyage. In partnership with Ciné Plein-Air Marseille
The screening will be preceded by : Burn Out, by Cécile Carre, 4’23, 2017, France, science-fiction animation Stella, an astronaut mechanic, has broken down on a desert planet. As she despairs, a little girl appears in the middle of nowhere. She chases the child through a tunnel in the depths of the planet, ending up in a huge cavern filled with objects that once belonged to her, and that remind her of dreams she had abandoned. Café du Fort open all evening Café du Fort offers a menu...