In Falaise, cinema lEntracte celebrates its 35th anniversary

The cinema l’Entracte in Falaise (Calvados) did not break any attendance records, but experienced a 17.20% decrease in 2025. “So that’s 6,065 fewer entries for a program of 283 films, including 180 Art and Essential films and 937 screenings,” announced Carole Laidet, the newly elected president, during the general meeting of the Entract’Animations association on Wednesday, April 29, 2026.

The reasons? “We didn’t have any blockbusters and the weather didn’t help, it didn’t rain enough.” However, it is worth noting that 1,500 entries were recorded for the children’s film “Zootopia”, followed by “The Bodins go off the rails” with 894 entries, “Lilo & Stitch” with 788 entries, “God save the Tuche” with 748 entries, and “Paddington in Peru” with 552 entries.

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Programs and activities

The cinema l’Entracte is a magnificent tool with the sole purpose of making cinematographic culture accessible to all residents of Pays de Falaise.

“The culture is about being curious, uniting, being free, transmitting, discovering other worlds, reflecting, marveling. Culture awakens the senses, it brings people together and allows for debate,” said Carole Laidet, president of the Entract’Animations association.

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“And for this purpose, the doors of the cinema are open to the hearing-impaired as well as the visually impaired, to people with reduced mobility, to nursing homes, to schools, colleges, high schools, to associations or institutions with a project to defend and broadcast on the big screen.”

“It is important for this cinema to retain its educational function for schools. Thus, 4,965 students, from kindergarteners to high school students, attended screenings throughout the year as part of a cinema and image education policy.”

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The team of volunteers

As part of a programming agreement with the Lux cinema in Caen (including Ouistreham, Douvres-la-Délivrande, &…), l’Entracte offers several films per week, half of which are Art and Essential films.

“This allows the Falaise cinema to have national release films, premieres, surprise heartthrobs, cinema snack sessions for children, classics on the big screen, senior cinema, or to participate in national events such as the Spring of Cinema, Cinema Day or the Judicial Film Festival.”

“There are also new events such as the meeting with actor Jacques Gamblin in January, the live cinema concert of young rapper Hug* in July. A film program and activities made possible thanks to a team of 18 volunteers and 3 employees who work to animate the cinema beyond just programming.”

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Surprises announced

This year, l’Entracte cinema will celebrate its 35th anniversary, and surprises are announced throughout the coming months.

In the meantime, a question and answer session is set up for residents: how does an associative cinema work? How many volunteers or employees are there? What would be the interest in having multiple cinema rooms in Falaise?

You have until May 17 to send your questions by email to [email protected], or in a small urn placed in the cinema lobby.

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