Open-air cinema events in Bucharest and in the country
We take a look at this year's crop of events and festivals offering the chance to have an al-fresco movie viewing experience.
Simona Fodor · Journalist
· Updated · 5 min read

We take a look at this year's crop of events and festivals offering the chance to have an al-fresco movie viewing experience.
The sixth edition of the program Cinevara, dedicated to rare films, focuses this year on exploring the human body as it is presented in the cinema of the socialist period in Central and Eastern Europe. Hosted by Rezidența9, the program also includes a selection of shorts covering the era's health education, work training, sports ads, or ads for various home and hygiene products, which will be screened before the films. The screenings, which run from July 25 to October 3, take place in a silent-cinema format as headphones are available for the public. The program is listed here.
Held at the Masca Theater Amphitheater throughout the summer, CineMasca is a program encompassing 14 films showcasing "theatrical and performative characteristics." Some films are adaptations of theater plays, while others include the day-to-day details of theater companies. The screenings take place on Saturdays. Every member of the public is offered a pair of wireless headphones before the start of the film. More on the program here.
Caro Cultura invites the public throughout the months of July and August to a series of art film screenings held at the terrace La Hamace. Titian, Bernini and Borromini, Vermeer, and Pissarro are some of the artists featured. More on the program here.
Herăstrău Open Air, a project of Happy Cinema, brings outdoor film screenings at the Summer Theater in Bucharest's Herăstrău Park. The program covers Hollywood blockbusters, comedies, thrillers, and more. Details are available here.
TIFF Unlimited Caravan, which has been traveling to cities across Romania for more than ten years, showcases a program of Romanian and European films, recently awarded at festivals but also box-office hits. A project of the largest film festival in the country, Transilvania International Film Festival (TIFF), it started in 2009 to make up for the lack of cinemas in many cities in the country. This year, from July to October, the caravan has a program that includes films such as Stere Gulea's


