CINE LIGUE NORD PAS DE CALAIS

What CINE LIGUE NORD PAS DE CALAIS does

Cinéligue Hauts-de-France is a French non-profit association (Loi 1901) operating as an itinerant cinema circuit headquartered at 104 rue de Cambrai, Lille. The organization delivers professional digital cinema screenings to 58 rural and peri-urban municipalities across the Nord and Pas-de-Calais departments that lack permanent cinema infrastructure, using mobile projection equipment (inflatable screens of 7m, 10m, and 13m base, Dolby 5.1 sound) and a fleet of 200 deck chairs for outdoor events. In 2024 the circuit conducted 689 screenings reaching 62,535 spectators, complemented by 400+ hours of artistic workshops and 27,435+ students served through educational programs including Lycéens et apprentis au cinéma (22,500 students across the Amiens and Lille academies) and Mes Premiers Pas au cinéma (for audiences from age 3).

The business model combines four revenue streams: (1) ticket sales at €5.00 full / €4.00 reduced / €2.80 youth (MPP), (2) annual membership fees from 58 adherent communes plus public subsidies from DRAC Hauts-de-France, Région Hauts-de-France, the two Départements, and CNC, (3) educational-program fees funded through the Pass Culture (ADAGE platform) under Education Nationale Agrément, and (4) equipment rental and technical-services revenue. The organization holds CNC labels for Jeune Public and Court métrage, AFCAE membership, and Agrément Education Nationale, and is a co-founding member of both ARCI and ANCI — the national and regional itinerant-cinema associations. It also operates a self-service online ticketing platform (billetterie.cineligue-hdf.org) and runs four festivals annually: Émile en Balade (youth), La Caravane Belge (Belgian francophone cinema), Un festival des cannes (intergenerational cinema in EHPAD care homes), and the 2026-launched Festival En campagne! (jointly with ARCI).

The organization is governed by 20 elected members across four colleges under a board including President Jean-Louis Thomas and Vice-President Chantal Lamarre, and operates with 13–16 salaried employees supported by 98 volunteers and 87 local elected officials. Its history traces to the 1927 creation of ORCEL under the Ligue de l'Enseignement movement; the entity took its current form following the 2000 merger of ORLEIS into Cinépromo and the 2003 renaming to Cinéligue.

Name

CINE LIGUE NORD PAS DE CALAIS

Legal name

Cinéligue Hauts-de-France

Website

https://cineligue-hdf.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Cinéligue Hauts-de-France is a non-profit itinerant cinema association that brings professional digital film screenings, festivals, and educational workshops to 58 rural and peri-urban communes in Nord and Pas-de-Calais, France, serving schools, families, and seniors.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Mobile Cinema Services

NAICS

Motion Picture and Video Exhibition (51213), Motion Picture Theaters (except Drive-Ins) (512131)

SIC

Services-Motion Picture Theaters (7830), Services-Allied To Motion Picture Distribution (7829)

akta.pro primary industry

Programming, Booking & Repertory Exhibition Services (MPADAKAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Film Festivals & Festival Organizers (MPADAKAD), Non-Theatrical Distribution (Educational, Airlines, Cruise, Community) (MPADAJAJ)

Keywords

• Itinerant cinema screenings
• Art house film programming
• Cinema education programs
• Outdoor film screenings
• Rural film distribution

Headquarters

HQ city

Lille

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Ticket Sales: Revenue generated from cinema ticket sales at screenings across member communes. Standard pricing is 5.00€ full, 4.00€ reduced rate, with special rates for children (MPP at 2.80€) and groups.
2. Municipal Memberships and Subsidies: Annual membership fees from 58 adherent communes plus public funding from DRAC Hauts-de-France, Région Hauts-de-France, Département du Nord, and Département du Pas-de-Calais. CNC provides operational support and label recognition.
3. Educational Programs: Educational activities funded through the Pass Culture (ADAGE platform) for school screenings and classroom interventions. Services provided under Education Nationale approval.
4. Equipment Rental: Rental of 200 deck chairs for outdoor cinema events and technical equipment provision for external events.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Cinéligue Hauts-de-France operates an itinerant cinema circuit that brings professional digital film screenings to 58 member municipalities across the Nord and Pas-de-Calais departments, delivering approximately 689 annual screenings to over 62,535 spectators. The association supplements its core mobile cinema service with educational programs (École et Cinéma, Collège au cinéma, Lycéens et apprentis au cinéma), youth-oriented initiatives (Mes Premiers Pas au cinéma), artistic workshops, outdoor summer screenings, and seasonal festivals such as Émile en Balade, La Caravane Belge, Un festival des cannes, and Festival En campagne!

Product overview

Cinéligue Hauts-de-France is a regional traveling cinema association (association Loi 1901) operating as a cinema itinerant network across the Nord and Pas-de-Calais departments. The organization functions as a unified service combining: (1) the core Cinéma Itinérant program providing regular film screenings in 58 member communes with professional digital projection; (2) the ticketing platform (Billetterie) for seat reservations; (3) film programming including current releases and specialty films; (4) Mes Premiers Pas au cinéma for very young audiences; (5) the Lycéens et apprentis au cinéma education program; (6) Séances Plein Air outdoor summer screenings; (7) workshop programs including the PLAN C educational game; and (8) seasonal festivals including Émile en Balade, La Caravane Belge, Un festival des cannes..., and the new Festival En campagne!. The circuit holds Art et Essai AFCAE membership with CNC labels for Young Public and Short Films, and coordinates the regional Lycéens et apprentis au cinéma program serving approximately 22,500 students annually.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Cinéma Itinérant (Itinerant Cinema Circuit) Core service providing traveling cinema screenings in rural and peri-urban communes across Nord and Pas-de-Calais, delivering approximately 689 annual screenings to 62,535+ spectators in 58 member communes with professional digital projection equipment.
• Mes Premiers Pas au cinéma

Quantifiable outcome

• 62,535 spectators reached in 2024 across 689 screenings
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

14 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Ligue de l'EnseignementcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational affiliation with Ligue de l'Enseignement, one of France's oldest and largest cultural organizations. Cinéligue shares the organization's values and mission of popular education through culture. Historical connection traces back to 1927 ORCEL creation under this movement.
• AFCAE (Association Française des Cinémas Art et Essai)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMembership in the national art-house cinema association, demonstrating commitment to quality programming and access to art and essai film distribution networks.
• ARCI (Association régionale des cinémas itinérants)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-founding member of the regional itinerant cinemas association. ARCI coordinates regional activities and partnered with Cinéligue for the En campagne festival initiative bringing together all three itinerant cinemas in Hauts-de-France.
• ANCI (Association nationale des cinémas itinérants)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational membership in the itinerant cinemas association representing mobile cinema operators across France.
• ACAP - Pôle régional imagecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional image center coordinating Lycéens et apprentis au cinéma program across Amiens and Lille academies. Provides program oversight and coordination support for regional educational cinema initiatives.
• Fraternité GénéraleminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner association for Mois du vivre ensemble (February), providing films and facilitating exchanges around social diversity themes.
• CCHF (Communauté de Communes des Hautes Terres)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunity of communes partnership for organizing monthly cinema club in 8 member municipalities, including pre/post-screening community activities.
• De la suite dans les imagesminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPartner organization for Emile en balade festival, contributing to youth programming initiatives.
• AcapminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPartner for Emile en balade festival youth programming.
• Dispositif FluxminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPartner for Emile en balade festival youth programming.
• Prix des écoles de Little KMBOminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPartner for Emile en balade festival youth programming.
• BenshiminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPartner for Emile en balade festival youth programming.
• Fête du Cinéma d'AnimationminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPartner for Emile en balade festival youth programming.
• Les Films du NordminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPartner for Emile en balade festival youth programming focusing on regional film productions.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights12 records

Broad incumbents

• Gaumont: Historic French cinema operator combining exhibition (Gaumont Pathé Cinemas) with production and distribution. Comparable as a long-established French exhibition player, though at much larger scale and with a broader portfolio including major studio releases.
• Pathé: Europe's largest cinema chain with significant French exhibition footprint, including distribution and production. Overlaps with Cinéligue as a major French film exhibitor, though at vastly larger scale and with a commercial rather than nonprofit rural-access mission.
• CGR Cinémas: French regional cinema chain with theaters particularly outside Paris. Comparable as a regional French exhibition operator with multi-site presence, though using fixed venues rather than mobile circuits.
• UGC: One of France's leading cinema chains operating numerous fixed-venue theaters nationwide. Comparable as a major French exhibition operator serving general audiences with both mainstream and art-house programming; different model (urban fixed venues) but same core activity of cinema exhibition.
• MK2: Major French art-house cinema chain and distribution company operating fixed cinemas in Paris and other cities. Comparable as a French exhibition operator with focus on quality/independent programming and youth-oriented cinema initiatives, though operates a fixed-venue model at much larger scale.

Others

• AFCAE (Association Française des Cinémas Art et Essai): National trade association representing art-house and essai cinemas in France, of which Cinéligue is a member. Comparable ecosystem participant that coordinates quality programming standards and CNC label designations across the French art-house exhibition sector.
• Acap - Pôle régional image: Regional image center coordinating the Lycéens et apprentis au cinéma program in Hauts-de-France. Comparable as a regional partner/ecosystem organization that coordinates educational cinema programming, with which Cinéligue directly collaborates.
• La Ligue de l'Enseignement: Major French cultural and educational federation (founded 1866) to which Cinéligue is affiliated. Comparable as a parent federation and like-minded cultural non-profit organization sharing the citizen-education mission and providing access to a federated network of regional associations.

Emerging players

• Benshi: French educational streaming platform dedicated to quality cinema for young audiences, also partners with Cinéligue on youth programming initiatives. Direct overlap in educational/children's cinema programming mission, though operating as a digital platform rather than physical exhibitor.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@cineliguehauts-de-france6540
• Facebookfacebook.com/cineligueHdF
• Instagraminstagram.com/cineligue_hdf
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cine-ligue-nord-pas-de-calais

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Number of profiles

Profiles14 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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