Archive of films Projectionist / Panorama
Ukraine / Poland
2019, 72 min
Section:
Documentary Films - Competition
Year: 2019
Valentin is over sixty and has spent more than forty years working at Kyiv’s oldest cinema. You don’t have to twist his arm to go out drinking and dancing – the eccentric man simply ignores his age. But as with everyone else, life puts up new obstacles that he must overcome.
Synopsis
Valentin is over sixty and has spent more than forty years working at Kyiv’s oldest movie theater. You don’t have to twist his arm to go out drinking and dancing – the eccentric man simply ignores his age. He lives a satisfied “cinematic” life while caring for his ill mother with love and a sense of humor. But as with everyone else, life puts up new obstacles that he must overcome. Through careful observation, the movie offers more than a portrait of the jovial, outgoing Valentin. It also takes a nostalgic look at the past, here personified by the old-timers with whom Valentin drinks a toast while the movie projector rattles on…
Sandra Hezinová
About the director
Yuriy Shylov. Filmography: Weight (2015, short), Panorama (2016, short), Projectionist (2019)
Contacts
MAGIKA FILM
off. 215, Cinema House, 6 Saksaganskogo st., 01033, Kyiv
Ukraine
Tel: +380 577 140 103
E-mail: [email protected]
www: www.magikafilm.com.ua
Publicity contact
Brigitta Portier
E-mail: [email protected]
www: www.alibicommunications.be
About the film
Color, DCP
World premiere
Section: | Documentary Films - Competition |
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Director: | Yuriy Shylov |
Dir. of Photography: | Yuriy Shylov, Serafim Kusakin, Ilya Ehorov |
Editor: | Yuriy Shylov, Mateusz Wojtynski |
Producer: | Gennady Kofman, Olha Beskhmelnytsina |
Production: | MAGIKA FILM |
Coproduction: | DocEdu Foundation |
Sales: | MAGIKA FILM |
Contact: | Brigitta Portier |
Guests
Olha Beskhmelnytsina
Producer
Yuriy Shylov
Film Director
Brigitta Portier
Publicist
Gennady Kofman
Producer
Valentin Speshilov
Protagonist