Signature production
A 24-metre screen on the pitch at the Vélodrome
without a trace.
Orange Vélodrome Stadium, Marseille. Orange is organising ‘Faisons Cinéma’. The brief imposes a technical constraint that would be impossible for any other manufacturer to meet: no lifting equipment is allowed on the pitch, as this would damage it. For a 24-metre screen, this is supposed to be a deal-breaker.
The challenge
The impossible set of specifications
The Stade Orange Vélodrome is the home ground of Olympique de Marseille. Its pitch, which is monitored down to the last centimetre, does not allow any heavy machinery: no cranes, forklift trucks or lorries are permitted on the grass.
However, installing a 24-metre-wide cinema screen usually requires several tonnes of structural support, lorries on site, and cranes to hoist the screen into place. Every manufacturer Orange approached turned them down. It was too heavy and too dangerous for the pitch.
The Hallucine solution
When being three times lighter becomes a decisive factor
A 24-metre Hallucine inflatable screen weighs a third of what the competition does — around 280 kg when folded, and can be carried by hand by a small team. No crane. No trolley. No machinery on the grass.
Our team carried the folded screen to the centre of the pitch, unfolded it, inflated it in under an hour using a portable blower, and secured it with an anchoring system that does not damage the ground.
No heavy machinery. No marks. No damage. The lawn came out of the event looking just as it did before.
The event in pictures
The result
Orange had its event. Marseille had its pitch left untouched.
“Faisons Cinéma” brought the people of Marseille together for a screening right in the heart of the stadium — a scene that could not be replicated anywhere else, and could not have been staged without Hallucine technology.
To this day, this achievement remains our most concrete proof that an ultra-lightweight screen does not mean compromising on size: quite the opposite. That is what makes it possible to undertake projects that no one else can.
Why it’s unique
No other manufacturer can do that
Competing manufacturers (Airscreen, Open Air Cinema, etc.) use frame structures or inflatable screens that are two to three times heavier. On a protected surface such as a stadium pitch, this requires the use of a crane or a trolley — something that is not permitted under the regulations or by the LFP.
To the best of our knowledge, our 24-metre wind tunnel screen is the only screen of this size in the world that can be installed without heavy machinery. This is what enables us to access sites that are ‘off-limits’ to our competitors: stadium pitches, protected beaches, historic gardens and the decks of cruise ships.
Is it impossible to set up a site at your place?
Lawns, rooftops, beaches, inside historic buildings, ship decks, rooftop terraces — give us a call. If the competition has turned you down, let’s have a chat.
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