Kinoteatr Rolan

Kinoteatr Rolan (Russian: «Ролан») was a cinema located on Chistoprudny Boulevard in Moscow, Russia. It opened in July 1999 as part of the XXI Moscow International Film Festival and was named after the actor and director Rolan Bykov, with the Rolan Bykov Foundation among its founders. For seven years, until 2006, it collaborated with the Moscow International Film Festival, providing its halls for festival screenings. In the early 2000s, it was one of the few cinemas in Moscow that regularly showed new Russian films. It was also the official venue for the International Film Festival for Children and Youth and the mini-festival "Euphoria". The cinema was part of the "Five Stars" network owned by the Paradiz film company. It had two halls: the Large Hall with 204 seats (17 rows of 12 seats) and the Small Hall with 96 seats (8 rows of 12 seats). Its programming policy combined mainstream and arthouse films. In December 2019, the cinema ceased operations. In 2021, the company managing Rolan (Paradiz Rolan LLC) could not cope with rising rental costs, and the cinema was put up for auction. Experts noted that the cinema's projection equipment was outdated both morally and physically, requiring significant investment. There are reasons to believe that the loss of the cinema would rather positively affect the entire Paradiz group, allowing revenue to be directed to more promising areas.

Kinoteatr Rolan opened in July 1999 as part of the XXI Moscow International Film Festival. It was named after Rolan Bykov, and the Rolan Bykov Foundation was one of its founders. For the next seven years, until 2006, it collaborated with the Moscow International Film Festival, providing its halls for festival films. In the early 2000s, it was one of the few cinemas that regularly screened new Russian films. It was the official venue of the International Film Festival for Children and Youth and the mini-festival "Euphoria". It also hosted presentations by artists, and in 2010 it hosted the art cinema festival "2morrow/Завтра". The cinema was part of the "Five Stars" network of the Paradiz film company. It was designed by architects Melik Karapetyan and Ara Miridzhanyan. It had two halls: the Large Hall with 204 seats (17 rows of 12 seats) and the Small Hall with 96 seats (8 rows of 12 seats). According to the official website, its programming policy was based on a combination of mainstream and arthouse films. In December 2019, the cinema ceased operations. In 2021, the company managing Rolan (Paradiz Rolan LLC) could not cope with rising rental costs, and the cinema was put up for auction. Experts noted that the quality and condition of Rolan's film projection equipment were morally and physically outdated, and significant investments were needed. There are reasons to believe that the loss of the cinema would rather positively affect the entire Paradiz group, allowing revenue to be directed to more promising areas. The "Euphoria" film festival: seasonal mini-festivals took place at Rolan in spring, autumn, and winter. The curator of the film programs was Russian film critic Andrei Plakhov. Within these festivals, he typically presented the most interesting arthouse films of the season, many of which soon entered Russian distribution. "Euphoria" emerged from the Moscow Film Festival program "AiForya", which Andrei Plakhov conducted together with the publishing house "Argumenty i Fakty" ("AiF") at the Rolan cinema from 2001 to 2003 (in 2001 the program was called "AiF — Other Cinema"). In winter 2003, the separate mini-festival "Christmas AiForya" took place for the first time. The festival acquired its modern name "Euphoria" in December 2005 after the end of cooperation with "Argumenty i Fakty". After changing its name, the festival began to be held more often, not only in winter but also in spring and autumn, and also outside Moscow as a separate program within some Russian film festivals. In October 2012, instead of new world arthouse films, Plakhov presented to the audience a special thematic program "Made in Hong Kong", dedicated to contemporary Hong Kong cinema, which, in the critic's opinion, is strong in "traditions of emotional cinema".

• 2021

  Cinema put up for auction due to rising rental costs.

• 2019

  Cinema ceased operations in December.

• 2012

  Special program "Made in Hong Kong" presented in October.

• 2010

  Hosted the art cinema festival "2morrow/Завтра".

• 2006

  Ended collaboration with the Moscow International Film Festival.

• 2005

  Festival renamed "Euphoria" in December after ending cooperation with Argumenty i Fakty.

• 2003

  First separate mini-festival "Christmas AiForya" held in winter.

• 2001

  Program "AiF — Other Cinema" (later "AiForya") started at Rolan, curated by Andrei Plakhov.

• 1999

  Cinema opened in July as part of the XXI Moscow International Film Festival.

A cinema combining mainstream and arthouse films, closely tied to Russian film festivals.

Product categories. Cinema screenings · Film festivals · Arthouse films · Mainstream films

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