Where to arrange a private cinema evening in Strasbourg
Published on 24 August 2026 · 2 min read
Watching a film with nobody commenting, no fixed start time and no drive home afterwards: a common wish and a rare offer. Here is what the options around Strasbourg actually look like.
Hiring a conventional cinema screen
Several operators will hire out a screen outside scheduled showings, usually in the morning or late in the evening. It works well from about twenty people upwards: you pay for the whole room, which makes it wildly out of proportion for two.
It also means working within a catalogue: you choose from what the distributor allows, on a date the operator offers. For a company event, it is the right tool. For a Tuesday evening for two, it is not.
Boxes and rooms by the hour
A few venues rent screening rooms by the hour, with a sofa and a console. You go for two or three hours, you pay for the slot, and the evening ends when the slot does. Once the film is over, the drive home remains, which weighs on you when it finishes late.
It is the most flexible option for an afternoon, and the least suited to a proper evening.
A flat built around the screen
The third way is to rent, for the night, a flat whose main room is a cinema room. You are no longer buying projection hours, you are renting a place: the screening lasts as long as you want, a second film is possible, and you sleep where you watched.
That is the idea behind the CinéSTAY in Schiltigheim, at the gates of Strasbourg: a 77-inch screen, a Bose soundbar, a popcorn machine, blackout curtains and a queen size bed three metres from the screen. It sleeps two, from one night, weekdays included.
How to choose
Three questions settle it.
- How many people? Above ten or so, hiring a full auditorium is the only workable option.
- When does the evening end? If the answer is "late", sleeping on site changes everything.
- Who picks the film? A conventional cinema imposes its catalogue; an equipped flat leaves you your own streaming accounts.
Frequently asked
Can two people hire a cinema screen in Strasbourg?
It is possible but rarely sensible: the price covers the whole room, not the number of viewers. For two people, a flat with a home cinema costs considerably less and imposes neither a schedule nor a catalogue.
What does a private cinema evening for two cost?
Hiring a public auditorium runs into the hundreds. Rooms by the hour are often a few dozen euros an hour. A night in a flat with a home cinema sits at the level of a hotel night, and covers the whole evening plus the next morning.
