Nyon to get open air cinema for the summer!

From the 24th July to the 26th August, an open air cinema will be installed near the centre of Nyon. Over 34 evenings of films are planned to be screened in the area called "Parc de la Combe"  (this is a temporary name for the park  at L'esplanade la Combe on the Promenade de 'lItalie )  See location on map here This area, not too far from the lake and the town,will be open at 19:00 for film lovers to come and meet for a drink or to eat before the film (there will be a temporary bar and food stalls set up in the area). Films will then be screened at 21:00. In this 1200m2 area of park, there will be seating for up to 600, a screen of 100m2,  a covered area and a VIP area (available for rent for private events). Jean-Pierre Grey who is responsible for the programming of films at the permanent Nyon cinema, is working alongside Monsieur Phillipe Bertholet an expert in running open air cinemas. This exciting new summer Nyon venture will be called CinèAir Nyon. Even more good news for Anglophones is that Mr Grey intends to show many films in digital form and in English, such the classic  "An American in Paris" starring Gene Kelly. The full programme for all the films will be released at a later stage  after the Cannes Film festival.  Open air cinemas are very popular across Switzerland, particularly in the Swiss German speaking part of the country where there are at least 60 set up in towns and small villages each summer. However there are only six open air cinemas in Swiss Romande, so citizens of this area are very lucky to have one installed in their town to address this balance!  More news on this project will be reported here on this site.