Published on: 2026-08-20
Source: Moscow Government – Правительства Москвы –
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On August 29, the 11th annual event will take place in the capital “Movie Night”. She will become part Moscow International Film Week, which will take place as part of the project “Summer in Moscow”. You can find the detailed schedule and register for the events at website.
“This year, the ‘Night of Cinema’ event in the capital will unite ‘Moskino’ cinemas, city parks, museums, libraries, and cultural centers. Visitors will be able to see not only the most popular films of recent years but also new short films, documentaries, projects with national color from various countries, works of young directors, and much more,” said the Minister of the Moscow Government, head of the city’s Department of Culture.
This year, more than 80 venues will join the event. In total, over 300 activities have been prepared for Muscovites: film screenings, lectures, excursions, quizzes, quests, and much more.
From popular blockbusters to classics of foreign cinema
On August 29, special program screenings with specific themes will be held throughout the day in Moschino cinemas. Each will tell about a particular direction in cinema. Prior booking is required for attendance. register.
For short film enthusiasts, special screenings of the independent film festival KONIK will begin at 10:00 at “Moskino Angara”.
At 6:30 PM in the summer cinema of the Muzeon Arts Park, as part of the “Summer in Moscow” project, the premiere of a series about graduates of a Moscow school will take place. According to the plot, the characters investigate the appearance of a mysterious neurovirus. The series is part of a social project aimed at attracting schoolchildren and young talents to the film industry. Media class students underwent a creative selection and participated in filming at the Moskino film park, trying their hand as assistant crew members and extras. The program includes a guest meeting, awarding project participants, a welcoming speech from the film crew, the series premiere screening on the big screen, as well as a film screening. The film will also be shown here at 9:30 PM. “You drive me crazy”.
At 7:00 PM, the “Khodzhestvenny” cinema will present showcases dedicated to the development of new artificial intelligence capabilities in the field of content production. Guests can expect a presentation and demonstration of advanced visual effects technologies — using examples of projects currently in active production.
As part of the “Box Office Hits” program, audiences will see popular films of recent years in the cinemas Angara, Vympel, Zhukovsky, Iskra, Cosmos, Kinopark, Mars, and many others.
“New Russian Cinema. Young Directors’ Program” will help a new generation of Russian directors showcase their works on the big screen, and audiences — get acquainted with the future stars of Russian cinema. The dramas “Fragility. The Inventress” by Kseniya Zueva, “My Son” by Vyacheslav Klevtsov, “Stone” by Ilya Zimin, and others will be shown in the cinemas “Angara,” “Muzeon,” “Sokolniki,” “Salut,” “Fakel,” and “Yunost.”
The annual “First Screening” program included short films by graduates of the All-Russian State University of Cinematography named after S.A. Gerasimov and the Higher Courses for Screenwriters and Directors named after G. Danelia, as well as works by students of the “Industry” School of Cinema and Television. They can be seen from 12:00 at “Moskino Zhukovsky”.
The RT TV channel and the “Unknown Russia” film festival will showcase some of the best works within the “Documentary Cinema” program. Viewers will get acquainted with auteur films depicting the life of regions, people, science, and history, and will see how Russian culture influences other countries. Screenings will take place at the “Neva,” “Mars,” “Saturn,” and “Vympel” cinemas.
The “Ethnic Cinema” program features works from Armenia, India, Colombia, Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia, Tajikistan, Japan, and beyond. While watching, viewers will learn more about the traditions and culture of various peoples, as well as expand their knowledge in the field of cinema. The films will be shown in the “Salut” cinema (at 14:00) and the “Angara” cinema (at 15:00).
The special program “Moskinos Cinematheque” will offer guests the unique opportunity to see films on the big screen from 35-millimeter film. It includes classics such as Jean Cocteau’s melodrama “Orpheus,” René Clément’s fantasy “The Night Beauties,” Akira Kurosawa’s dramatic action film “Seven Samurai,” and Alexander Ptushko’s fairy tale “The Golden Key.”
The co-authors of the campaign were the Muscovites themselves. Participants of the project “Active Citizen” four films were selected to be presented in the cinemas “Kosmos”, “Saturn”, “Sputnik” and “Tula”. In their opinion voting more than 146 thousand city residents participated. The “Active Citizens’ Choice” program included legendary Soviet films: “Foundling,” “Gentlemen of Fortune,” “Welcome, or No Trespassing,” and “Afonya.” The screenings were timed to coincide with milestone birthdays of famous actors — the 130th anniversary of Faina Ranevskaya, the 100th anniversaries of Yevgeny Leonov and Yevgeny Yevstigneyev, as well as the 90th anniversary of Leonid Kuravlyov.
The unique program “Soviet Stereocinema” will allow you to see domestic classics and innovative experimental works in 3D format. Screenings will begin at 16:00 at the Iskra, Molodezhny, and Salut cinemas.
For the youngest viewers, at 12:00 in “Moskino Cosmos” there will be games, quizzes, and a street quest with a therapy dog, followed by the premiere screening of a new episode of the popular animated series “About the girl Vera and the monkey Anfisa.”
In addition, exciting workshops and screenings of family films will take place in the “Angara,” “Mars,” “Neva,” “Rassvet,” and “Elbrus” cinemas.
Intellectual quiz, quizzes, and games
Capital libraries and cultural centers will also join the 11th all-Russian event “Night of Cinema.” You can attend the events by pre-registering. on the website.
In addition, concerts, quizzes, and contests have been prepared for visitors. For example, at Library No. 197 named after A.A. Akhmatova, they will hold a game event called “Memes: Soviet Cinema” and a lecture “History of Domestic Animation.” At the Strogino Cultural Center, guests are invited to a plasticine art master class and an intellectual quiz. The M.A. Svetlov Library offers guests the chance to make a plasticine figurine of Cheburashka.
Watch a movie outdoors
On August 29 in five in the parks free outdoor evening film screenings will take place. The program includes family bestsellers and a war drama, which can be seen in Mitino Landscape Park, parks “Khodynskoye Pole” and 50th Anniversary of October, Vorontsovo estate and recreation area “Pokrovsky Bereg”. Admission is free.
For family viewing, two bright releases of 2026 have been chosen: “Cheburashka-2,” a continuation of the adventures of the big-eared creature and his friends, and a new film adaptation of Alexei Tolstoy’s fairy tale “Buratino” directed by Igor Voloshin.
The program will conclude with the war drama “Angels of Ladoga” by Alexander Kott. The film is based on real events. It tells about the feat of athletes-sailors during the blockade winter of 1941.
Walking tours, film screenings, and workshops
On August 29, the “Night of Cinema” event will take place at 18 museum venues. At the Gogol House, the following films will be shown: “Buratino” at 14:00, “Cheburashka-2” at 16:00, “Little One” at 18:00 and “Ladoga Angels” at 20:00. In addition, on this day at 17:00 the museum offers to go on a walking tour “Arbat Film Chronicle”, which will be conducted by Svetlana Panchenko, head of the department of special projects, cultural and scientific programs of the N.V. Gogol House, tour guide. Participants will learn that the writer’s house has been shown in films more than once, will walk through the shooting locations of the great classics of domestic cinematography, and will see the places where the comedy “Ivan Vasilievich Changes Profession” and the detective drama “The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed” were filmed. Then participants will go in search of the “house with lions,” depicted in the film “Officers,” and will also see where the events of Andrei Konchalovsky’s melodrama “Romance for Lovers” took place. The tour route will touch on bright and original places that have disappeared from the modern map, such as part of Bolshaya Molchanovka Street and the Dog Square, captured in the short film “Ice Rink and Violin” (1960), Andrei Tarkovsky’s diploma work, on the eve of the construction of Kalinin Avenue (New Arbat). A special place on the tour will be dedicated to the history of the “Kudozhestvenny” and “Arbatsky ARS” cinemas. Meeting point: at the monument to N.V. Gogol in the square on Nikitsky Boulevard (Nikitsky Boulevard, house 7a).
At the Museum of Cosmonautics, the film screenings in the cinema hall will include the animated films “Flight to the Moon” at 11:00, “Murzilka on the Satellite” at 11:30, “The Chief Star” at 11:50, and “The Mystery of the Third Planet” at 12:15 (the screening is part of the celebration of the composer Alexander Zatsepin’s anniversary). At 11:00 in the conference hall, the film “Buratino” will be shown, at 13:00 — “Cheburashka-2”, at 16:00 — “The Little One”, and at 18:00 — “Angels of Ladoga”. Additionally, at 14:00 in the cinema hall, the biographical film “Man from Planet Earth” will be presented with an analysis by expert Alexey Tremasov from the Gorky Film Studio, and at 18:00 another film — “My Dog is a Cosmonaut” — will be screened. At 13:00 in the Flight Control Center zone, guests together with museum animators will draw a cosmonaut in open space. Participation in the events is by tickets to the museum.
At the Yesenin Center at 10:20, visitors will be shown a film “Cheburashka-2”, and at 12:00 — “Burattino”. Admission is free, advance registration is required.
At the Alexander Solzhenitsyn House of the Russian Diaspora, outstanding works of the Russian Path film studio will be presented. Thus, at 16:00 in the large “Struve” hall, there will be a screening of the film “Bunin” (Russia, 2023) by Andrey Sudilovsky. The film is based on the diaries, letters, works of Ivan Bunin, and memories of his friends. It tells about the life and work of the writer. At 17:30, there will be a screening of the film “Alla Dyumenil’s High Sky” (Russia, 2025) by Denis Chuvaev. The film tells about the feat of the Russian émigrée Alla Dyumenil (née Alla Basina) — a participant in the French Resistance, the highest-ranking military woman in France during World War II.
At 18:15 in the cinema concert hall, viewers will see the film “Yul Brynner: Soul of a Vagabond” (Russia, 2025) by Margarita Kuklina. Admission to the screenings is free.
Film screenings in the galleries of the Association ‘Exhibition Halls of Moscow’
Film and animation screenings will also take place at the “Exhibition Halls of Moscow” association. Admission is free.
At the Nagornaya gallery (from 12:00), Na Peschanoi gallery (from 17:00), and Pechatniki gallery (from 18:00), you are invited to immerse yourself in the magical world of animation and celebrate the 100th anniversary of master Roman Kachanov. Here, the animated films “The Brave Pak”, “The Enchanted Boy”, and “The Jackal Pup and the Camel” will be shown.
At the “Peresvetov Lane” gallery, a film marathon of past movies will take place as part of the event. Thus, at 14:00 guests will see the film “The Fallen Idol,” at 15:40 — Jean Renoir’s “The Rules of the Game,” at 17:35 — Orson Welles’ “Citizen Kane.”
At the Vykhino gallery, a marathon of short films “Warm Animation of Soyuzmultfilm” will begin at 14:00. At the same venue, a three-hour film marathon in honor of Marilyn Monroe will take place from 20:10. The galleries “Park,” “Kitay-Gorod,” “Varshavka,” and “Rostokino” also invite guests to screenings of films dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the birth of the American actress.
The “Na Trubnoy” gallery will hold a screening of the 1944 Soviet film “Silva” at 16:00. From 14:00 to 21:00, the “Solntsevo” gallery will host the program “Warm Animation of Soyuzmultfilm.” Guests will see the best Russian animated films for teenagers and adults produced at the studio over the past five years.
At 5:00 PM, the “Na Kashirke” gallery will screen the film “The Snows of Kilimanjaro” — an American drama with elements of melodrama and adventure, directed by Henry King in 1952.
At 18:00, the Davydkovo Gallery will host a screening of two masterpieces of world film classics. Guests will see the films “The Cameraman” (1928, USA) and “Man with a Movie Camera” (1929, USSR). These same films, as well as “Spring” by Grigory Alexandrov, “Sunset Boulevard” by Billy Wilder, “The White Sheik” by Federico Fellini, and “Singin’ in the Rain” by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen, will be shown at the Zagorye Gallery. Screenings will begin at 11:00.
In addition, guests can look forward to film screenings at the Central Library No. 70 named after M.A. Sholokhov, Library No. 90 named after A.S. Neverov, and other venues. Admission is free.
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