BASICS
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What percentage of your films are documentaries?
Documentaries are about 70% of our repertoire.
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Is your cinema open year round?
Cinema is open all year except 2 weeks on summer when we have a bit of refurbishment.
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How many screenings does your cinema offer each week?
We have 4-6 screenings each day, so about 35 each week.
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Does your cinema have a particular mandate with respect to the kind of documentaries you screen?
No we don’t have a particular mandate. We just choose very carefully the tittles. According to the DFC Company Charter we act in order to develop a cultural environment in the field of domestic art of documentary films and to promote the popularization of contemporary Russian culture and art in Russia and all over the world.
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How do you find the films you want to screen?
We work in close partnership with Russian and international distributors, with Russian film schools and productions, follow the line-up of the festivals etc. We do a research as well.
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How many seats is your cinema?
DFC has 90 seats. Plus 20 people could be seated on pillows on the stairs.