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The most important date in the history of cinema is 1895, when the first film was presented to the public. Since that time cinema has become a part of culture. Documentary and feature films, short films, animated films, auteur films – everyone can find a film to their taste.
When is Cinema Day celebrated?
The date of this professional holiday is fixed: every year filmmakers are congratulated 27 August.
There is also International Cinema Day, which is celebrated on December 28th.
history of the holiday
The history of the holiday began in 1980, when, in accordance with the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, the Day of Soviet Cinema appeared. During the years of perestroika, it changed its name: “Cinema Day”, “Cinema Day of Our Country”. After the collapse of the USSR, the name “Day of Cinema” was established.
The date of the holiday has changed several times. In the late 1980s, it was celebrated on December 28, just like International Film Day. In 2001, it was decided to choose a separate date, which was August 27th. On this day in 1919, the Council of People’s Commissars of the RSFSR adopted a decree on the nationalization of the film industry in Our Country.
Holiday traditions
The Day of Cinema has been actively celebrated relatively recently. On this day, film screenings are held in all major cities, meetings with filmmakers – actors and directors are organized, exhibitions dedicated to cinematography are opened, excursions and master classes are held.
History of cinema in Our Country
In the Empire, the first screening took place on May 4 (16), 1896 in St. Petersburg. The first film of domestic production was shown on October 2 (15), 1908. It was called “Freemen of the Ponizovaya” and was filmed by director Vladimir Romashkov based on the folk song “Beyond the Island to the Core” about Stenka Razin.
On August 27, 1919, the production and screening of films came under the control of the state, namely the People’s Commissariat of Education.
In the USSR, cinematography was actively developing. It has become an important part of political propaganda. “Cinema is the most important of all arts for us,” said V.I. Lenin, and this was the impetus for the development of the film industry. National film studios were created in each republic. Among the famous directors of this period are Dziga Vertov and Sergei Eisenstein. The film of the last “Battleship Potemkin”, released in 1926, entered the golden fund of world cinema.
Silent films were replaced by films with sound. In 1931, the first Soviet film was released, which was originally filmed as a sound film: “A ticket to life.”
Soviet films also took part in film festivals: in 1934, the Soviet delegation at the Venice Film Festival received the Exhibition Cup.
In 1935, the Soviet Film Festival was held in Moscow, and in 1959 it was resumed as the Moscow International Film Festival. It takes place now and is the second of the world’s oldest film forums.
Today there are about 40 film studios in Our Country. Some of the largest are Mosfilm, Lenfilm, Gorky Film Studio. More than a hundred films are made a year, and the share of domestic cinema in the box office is almost 30%.
Modern films worth paying attention to
- “Down House”, 2001, (directed by Roman Kachanov),
- “Sisters”, 2001, (director Sergei Bodrov Jr.),
- “Walk”, 2003, (director Alexey Uchitel),
- “Winter romance”, 2004, (director Natalya Rodionova),
- “Peter FM”, 2006, (director Oksana Bychkova),
- “Waiting for a miracle”, 2007, (director Evgeny Bedarev),
- Stilyagi, 2008, (director Valery Todorovsky),
- “House of the Sun”, 2009, (director Garik Sukachev),
- “What men talk about”, 2010, (director Dmitry Dyachenko),
- “Inadequate people”, 2010, (director Roman Karimov),
- “Stories”, 2010, (director Mikhail Segal),
- “Live”, 2010, (director Yuri Bykov),
- “Brest Fortress”, 2010, (director Alexander Kott),
- “August. Eighth”, 2012, (director Janik Faiziev),
- “Love with an accent”, 2012, (director Rezo Gigineishvili),
- “The habit of parting”, 2013, (director Ekaterina Telegina),
- “The geographer drank away the globe”, 2013, (director Alexander Veledinsky),
- “Gagarin. The first in space”, 2013, (director Pavel Parkhomenko),
- “Territory”, 2014, (director Alexander Melnik),
- “Fool”, 2014, (director Yuri Bykov).
Spend August 27 watching films.