Cinéma Georges Méliès, Public cinema in Montreuil, France.
Cinéma Georges Méliès is a public cinema in Montreuil with six screening rooms located at 12 Place Jean Jaurès. The venue shows films in their original language versions and in French-dubbed versions to serve different audience preferences.
The venue is named after a French filmmaker from the late 1800s who invented special effects and storytelling techniques in early cinema. This naming connects Montreuil's cinema culture to a pivotal figure in film history.
Le Méliès takes its name from Georges Méliès, the illusionist and filmmaker who built the glass studio in Montreuil in 1897 and made films there until 1923. The cinema keeps that link through its programming: over 85% of screenings are art-et-essai titles, with cycles such as "Aux Frontières du Méliès" and "Japanim" and more than 230 premieres and director meetings in 2023.
You can buy tickets at the venue or through online platforms, and checking opening hours in advance is recommended. The facility offers adjusted screenings for visitors with disabilities alongside regular film showings.
In July 2022, for its 50th anniversary, Le Méliès stayed open for 50 consecutive hours. The cinema moved in 2015 into new premises in the Grand Angle shopping centre, opposite Montreuil town hall, and passed one million admissions since that reopening in December 2018, then two million in December 2022.
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