Cinéma Le Castillet, Historical movie theater in central Perpignan, France

Cinéma Le Castillet stands at 1 boulevard Wilson in Perpignan, on the rampart of the medieval old town above the river La Bassa. Its two-storey yellow and cream facade, designed by Eugène Montès with sculptor Alexandre Guénot, mixes a late-19th-century theatre entrance with Art Nouveau decoration: a tall spire, sculpted figureheads, floral reliefs, green and reddish mosaic panels, and three curved black metal awnings over arched openings. Red lettering reads "CASTILLET" and "CINEMA".

Architect Eugène Montès designed this building in the early 1900s, and it later received official historic monument status. The structure documents how French cinema venues developed during the 20th century as entertainment spaces.

The cinema's name comes from the Castillet, the medieval gatehouse of Perpignan. In its early years it hosted an orchestra to accompany silent films, and after World War I its programme mixed serial films, operettas and music-hall acts. In 1922 Jean Font also ran open-air screenings nearby, first free and then at a single franc.

The cinema stands at 1 boulevard Wilson, on the rampart of the medieval old town above the river La Bassa, a short walk from the city centre. The building is wheelchair accessible. It has 8 screens and 1872 seats, so screenings run throughout the day.

Jean Font had the building fitted out with more than projection rooms: a dance hall, an ice rink and a café-bar stood inside. The façade and roofs were listed as monuments historiques in 1997, and in 2015 the building received the Patrimoine du XXe siècle label alongside the Magasin Aux Dames de France.