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201627 minGdocumentary

Panorama

201627 minGdocumentary

Forty-four years of service come to an end for Valentyn, a projectionist at the Kinopanorama cinema in Kyiv, as he prepares for retirement.

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Forty-four years of service come to an end for Valentyn, a projectionist at the Kinopanorama cinema in Kyiv, as he prepares for retirement.

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Yuriy Shilov

Yuriy Shilovdirector

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Valentyn has worked as a projectionist at Kinopanorama cinema in Kyiv for 44 years. Filmed from the fall of 2013 to a year after the Maidan protests, the documentary captures his daily routine in the projection room. It reflects on his final year before retirement as Kyiv undergoes significant change during a turbulent period in Ukrainian history.

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