Open-air cinemas in Brno: A full English-friendly programme 2023
There are several open-air cinemas screening at various places throughout the city:
- Summer cinema at Špilberk castle
- Brno-střed open-air cinema (screening in the courtyard of the Brno-střed Town Hall, Dominikánská 2; in the picture above)
- University cinema Scala
- screening in the back courtyard of the Janáček Theatre, Rooseveltova 31
- or at Masaryk University, Faculty of Arts, Arne Nováka
- Kino Art
- screening either in the garden of villa Löw-Beer,
- or in Nová Zbrojovka
- Vlněná office park – free screenings every summer Thursday, all films should be English-friendly
We’ve put their English-friendly offer into one programme, so you don’t need to go searching through all their schedules:
Date | Start | Name | Description | Where | Price CZK |
30/6 | 21:30 | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 | Still reeling from the loss of Gamora, Peter Quill rallies his team to defend the universe and one of their own – a mission that could mean the end of the Guardians if not successful. | Nová Zbrojovka | 150 |
30/6 | 21:30 | The Whale | A reclusive, morbidly obese English teacher attempts to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter. | Garden of the Löw- Beer Villa | 120 |
1/7 | 21:30 | Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny | Archaeologist Indiana Jones races against time to retrieve a legendary artefact that can change the course of history. | Nová Zbrojovka | 150 |
2/7 | 21:30 | Sisu | When an ex-soldier who discovers gold in the Lapland wilderness tries to take the loot into the city, Nazi soldiers led by a brutal SS officer battle him. | Nová Zbrojovka | 150 |
3/7 | 21:30 | Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse | Miles Morales catapults across the Multiverse, where he encounters a team of Spider-People charged with protecting its very existence. When the heroes clash on how to handle a new threat, Miles must redefine what it means to be a hero. | Nová Zbrojovka | 150 |
4/7 | 21:30 | Asteroid City | The itinerary of a Junior Stargazer convention is spectacularly disrupted by world-changing events. | Nová Zbrojovka | 150 |
4/7 | 21:30 | Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny | Archaeologist Indiana Jones races against time to retrieve a legendary artefact that can change the course of history. | University Cinema Scala: Faculty of Arts | 150 |
5/7 | 21:30 | Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny | Archaeologist Indiana Jones races against time to retrieve a legendary artefact that can change the course of history. | Nová Zbrojovka | 150 |
5/7 | 21:30 | Asteroid City | The itinerary of a Junior Stargazer convention is spectacularly disrupted by world-changing events. | University Cinema Scala: Faculty of Arts | 150 |
5/7 | 21:30 | The Northman | A young Viking prince is on a quest to avenge his father’s murder. | Špilberk Castle | 120 |
6/7 | 21:30 | Everything Everywhere All at Once | A middle-aged Chinese immigrant is swept up into an insane adventure in which she alone can save existence by exploring other universes and connecting with the lives she could have led. | Nová Zbrojovka | 150 |
6/7 | 21:30 | Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse | Miles Morales catapults across the Multiverse, where he encounters a team of Spider-People charged with protecting its very existence. When the heroes clash on how to handle a new threat, Miles must redefine what it means to be a hero. | University Cinema Scala: Faculty of Arts | 150 |
7/7 | 21:30 | Aftersun | Sophie reflects on the shared joy and private melancholy of a holiday she took with her father twenty years earlier. Memories real and imagined fill the gaps between as she tries to reconcile the father she knew with the man she didn’t… | Garden of the Löw- Beer Villa | 120 |
7/7 | 21:30 | Fight Club | An insomniac office worker and a devil-may-care soap maker form an underground fight club that evolves into much more. | University Cinema Scala: Janáček Theatre | 120 |
7/7 | 21:30 | Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny | Archaeologist Indiana Jones races against time to retrieve a legendary artefact that can change the course of history. | University Cinema Scala: Faculty of Arts | 150 |
7/7 | 21:30 | Cocaine Bear | An oddball group of cops, criminals, tourists and teens converge on a Georgia forest where a huge black bear goes on a murderous rampage after unintentionally ingesting cocaine. | Špilberk Castle | 120 |
8/7 | 21:30 | Top Gun: Maverick | After more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy’s top aviators, Pete Mitchell is where he belongs, pushing the envelope as a courageous test pilot and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him. | University Cinema Scala: Janáček Theatre | 120 |
8/7 | 21:30 | Asteroid City | The itinerary of a Junior Stargazer convention is spectacularly disrupted by world-changing events. | University Cinema Scala: Faculty of Arts | 150 |
9/7 | 21:30 | Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny | Archaeologist Indiana Jones races against time to retrieve a legendary artefact that can change the course of history. | University Cinema Scala: Faculty of Arts | 150 |
10/7 | 21:30 | River | A stunning exploration of the timeless relationship between human civilization and Earth’s rivers, in all their majesty and fragility. | Brno Střed | 100 |
11/7 | 21:30 | Babylon | A tale of outsized ambition and outrageous excess, Babylon traces the rise and fall of multiple characters during an era of unbridled decadence and depravity in early Hollywood. | University Cinema Scala: Janáček Theatre | 120 |
12/7 | 21:30 | Grease | Good girl Sandy Olsson and greaser Danny Zuko fell in love over the summer. When they unexpectedly discover they’re now in the same high school, will they be able to rekindle their romance? | University Cinema Scala: Janáček Theatre | 120 |
12/7 | 21:30 | Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves | A charming thief and a band of unlikely adventurers embark on an epic quest to retrieve a lost relic, but things go dangerously awry when they run afoul of the wrong people. | Špilberk Castle | 120 |
14/7 | 21:30 | Meet Joe Black | Death, who takes the form of a young man killed in an accident, asks a media mogul to act as his guide to teach him about life on Earth and, in the process, he falls in love with the mogul’s daughter. | University Cinema Scala: Janáček Theatre | 120 |
14/7 | 21:30 | The Whale | A reclusive, morbidly obese English teacher attempts to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter. | Brno- střed | 100 |
14/7 | 21:30 | Babylon | A tale of outsized ambition and outrageous excess, Babylon traces the rise and fall of multiple characters during an era of unbridled decadence and depravity in early Hollywood. | Špilberk Castle | 120 |
15/7 | 21:30 | Bohemian Rhapsody | Queen. The only thing more remarkable than their music is its story. Bohemian Rhapsody chronicles Freddie Mercury’s musical career and unique life and artistic journey from the founding of Queen to his memorable Live Aid concert in 1985. | University Cinema Scala: Janáček Theatre | 120 |
17/7 | 21:30 | Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One | Mission: Impossible, the most over-the-top action franchise of our time, returns to the screen. Ethan Hunt, whose Tom Cruise has become synonymous with the phrase “nothing is impossible”, once again leads a group of agents for whom no mission is impossible. | University Cinema Scala: Faculty of Arts | 150 |
19/7 | 21:30 | Barbie | To live in Barbie Land is to be a perfect being in a perfect place. Unless you have a full-on existential crisis. Or you’re Ken. | Nová Zbrojovka | 150 |
19/7 | 21:30 | Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One | Mission: Impossible, the most over-the-top action franchise of our time, returns to the screen. Ethan Hunt, whose Tom Cruise has become synonymous with the phrase “nothing is impossible”, once again leads a group of agents for whom no mission is impossible. | University Cinema Scala: Faculty of Arts | 150 |
20/7 | 21:30 | Oppenheimer | The story of American scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer and his role in the development of the atomic bomb. | Nová Zbrojovka | 150 |
21/7 | 21:30 | Barbie | To live in Barbie Land is to be a perfect being in a perfect place. Unless you have a full-on existential crisis. Or you’re Ken. | Nová Zbrojovka | 150 |
21/7 | 21:30 | Kalifornia | A journalist duo go on a tour of serial killer murder sites with two companions, unaware that one of them is a serial killer himself. | University Cinema Scala: Janáček Theatre | 120 |
28/7 | 21:15 | The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford | Robert Ford, who’s idolised Jesse James since childhood, tries hard to join the reforming gang of the Missouri outlaw, but gradually becomes resentful of the bandit leader. | University Cinema Scala: Janáček Theatre | 120 |
4/8 | 21:15 | Inglourious Basterds | In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a plan to assassinate Nazi leaders by a group of Jewish U.S. soldiers coincides with a theatre owner’s vengeful plans for the same. | University Cinema Scala: Janáček Theatre | 120 |
4/8 | 21:00 | Renfield | Renfield, Dracula’s henchman and inmate at the lunatic asylum for decades, longs for a life away from the Count, his various demands, and all of the bloodshed that comes with them. | Špilberk Castle | 120 |
11/8 | 21:00 | Troy | An adaptation of Homer’s great epic, the film follows the assault on Troy by the united Greek forces and chronicles the fates of the men involved. | University Cinema Scala: Janáček Theatre | 120 |
16/8 | 21:00 | Nobody | A docile family man slowly reveals his true character after his house gets burgled by two petty thieves, which, coincidentally, leads him into a bloody war with a Russian crime boss. | Špilberk Castle | 120 |
18/8 | 21:00 | Mr.& Mrs. Smith | A bored married couple is surprised to learn that they are both assassins hired by competing agencies to kill each other. | University Cinema Scala: Janáček Theatre | 120 |
18/8 | 21:00 | Jurassic World Dominion | Four years after the destruction of Isla Nublar, Biosyn operatives attempt to track down Maisie Lockwood, while Dr Ellie Sattler investigates a genetically engineered swarm of giant insects. | Špilberk Castle | 120 |
25/8 | 21:00 | Thelma & Louise | The picture-perfect housewife Thelma and her sardonic bartender friend Louise are going on a fishing trip, which turns into a run for freedom with the police hot on their trail. | University Cinema Scala: Janáček Theatre | 120 |
25/8 | 21:00 | Gangs of New York | In 1862, Amsterdam Vallon returns to the Five Points area of New York City seeking revenge against Bill the Butcher, his father’s killer. | Špilberk Castle | 120 |
1/9 | 21:00 | Snatch | Unscrupulous boxing promoters, violent bookmakers, a Russian gangster, incompetent amateur robbers and supposedly Jewish jewellers fight to track down a priceless stolen diamond. | University Cinema Scala: Janáček Theatre | 120 |
In pictures:
Kino Art, Nová Zbrojovka screening.
Špilberk castle summer cinema.
Office park Vlněná.
Photo by Kino Art, picturing the open-air cinema Vlněná.