In July 2025, Sõprus will once again open its summer outdoor cinema – this year in the heart of the city, at the main square of the Rotermann Quarter. The open-air cinema, with 150 seats, will host screenings every week from Thursday to Sunday starting at 10 PM. 31 different screenings will take place.
The Summer Cinema offers the audience emotionally charged film nights outdoors, in an open urban space, with quality typical of Sõprus. Several screenings will be accompanied by themed introductions, conversations with exciting guests, and a lively side program with music and special offers at the bar.
The film program, titled “Summer in the City”, is inspired by the cinema’s location and its surroundings: PoCo, the Museum of Architecture, the sea, bars, restaurants, the modern urban space. And everything else the summer in Tallinn has to offer.
As Estonia’s oldest operating independent art-house cinema Sõprus celebrates its 70th anniversary this year, the program includes film classics from each decade of Sõprus’s history, featured under the “Film Classics” category.
The selection also incorporates popular sports films connected to Tallinn’s designation as the European Capital of Sport 2025, labeled under “Tallinn: Sports Capital 2025”. In addition, we’ll also show several documentaries focused on art and architecture in the “Cinema of Art and Architecture” screenings. A significant part of the program is dedicated to local (youth) films set in summer-time Tallinn. These screenings are marked with the hashtag “Great Estonian Cinema”.
We’re taking a playful approach to Saturdays and Hollywood’s hometown, featuring films set largely in Los Angeles on “LA Saturdays”. We’re also experimenting with number magic and will screen Dog Day Afternoon on August 22 – a film that premiered exactly 50 years ago and whose story takes place on that very same date.
More information at www.suvekino.ee
