Charleroi is bringing back its neighborhood summer cinema for a sixth straight year, with the Service Jeunesse relaunching “Cinéma Plein Air dans votre Quartier !” during the school holidays. Five free outdoor screenings are planned across the city, each aimed at young people and families and each designed to draw crowds into local public spaces after nightfall.

The first reason the program is getting attention now is simple: it offers free evening entertainment in five different neighborhoods, with pre-show activities starting at 18h00 and the films beginning around 21h45 to 22h00. The screenings will take place at Place Albert 1er, the parking area opposite the Dôme on Rue des Olympiades, near the school of Fond Jacques on Rue Alfred Nobel, Allée du Bois Briclet and Allée Verte.

The line-up mixes recent family titles and animated crowd-pleasers. Bad Guys 2 by P. Perifel and J. Pablo is set for Place Albert 1er. Space Jam: Nouvelle Ère by Malcolm D. Lee will be shown opposite the Dôme. Paddington au Pérou by D. Wilson is scheduled near the school of Fond Jacques, while Bob l’Éponge, le film: Un pour tous, tous pirates ! by D. Drymon will play at Allée du Bois Briclet. Kung Fu Panda 4 by M. Mitchell and S. Stine will be screened at Allée Verte.

The city is organizing the program with the Sambrienne and several local socio-cultural partners, including neighborhood associations, partner institutions and local Maisons de Jeunes that will animate the early part of the evening with sporting, musical and playful activities. That mix matters because the event is not just about showing films; it is meant to create meeting, relaxation and conviviality directly in the neighborhoods.

One detail is still missing from the public announcement: the exact date for each neighborhood screening has not been provided. The program is in place, the sites are set and the films are named, but residents still have to wait to know which evening belongs to which quartier.