Donetsk, Oct 12 — DAN. New cinemas will start operation in the town of Zhdanovka, Snezhnoye, Khartsyzsk and Starobeshevo by the end of this year, Donetsk People’s Republic Deputy Prime Minister Larisa Tolstykina said on Thursday.
“In 2023, five modern cinema houses were launched in the Republic with the assistance of the Russian Culture Ministry and Cinema Foundation, ” Tolstykina said. “Residents of Yenakiyevo and Shakhtyorsk, and the Pershotravenevoye, Volodarskoye and Novoazovsk districts have the opportunity to see new films on the date of their release. We plan to launch cinemas in other towns: Zhdanovka, Snezhnoye, Khartsyzsk and Starobeshevo.”
The new cinema houses have run 1,500 films gathering more than 12,000 viewers. Cinema attendance sharply increased during the Cinema Night all-Russia action when viewers had the opportunity to watch the key Russian films for free: Cherburashka, The Challenge and the Righteous Man.
In late summer, a modern cinema house and a cinema museum opened at the Alexander Khanzhonkov Shakhtyorsk college of Cinema and Television.*jk