Cinemas
In any cinema of the network “Butterfly” you will find yourself in the breathtaking world of color and get the feeling of presence in cinematographic action. In Kyiv the network includes three cinemas: “Butterfly Petrovka”, “Butterfly Deluxe” and “Butterfly Ultramarine”. For the moment it was opened in 2001 “Butterfly Petrovka” was the first multiplex cinema in Ukraine. It is equipped with high-quality equipment: JBL sound system, DVD projectors, Dolby processors and projection equipment KinotonVisual. Amphitheater-shaped rooms contribute to better film effects perception and guarantee excellent view from any seating point…
One of the oldest cinemas in the Ukrainian capital “Kyiv” was opened on 23 November in 1952. Its construction had begun before the war started. In 2000 “Kyiv” received the first over 50 years reconstruction.In present days thanks to the brand new innovations and solutions proudly bearing the new name CULTURAL CINEMA CENTER “KYIV” the venue has become one of the most exemplary cinemas in Ukraine and one of the favorite places for visiting among the locals and guests of the capital…
Opened in 1998 the cinema “Kinopalats” became the so long anticipated pioneer in the following chain of modern cinemas now spawned all over Kiev. Also it was the first-stepper of the popular Ukrainian cinema network “Kinopalats” in the capital. Exactly “Kinopalats” has introduced many residents of Kiev to the world of modern high-quality films on wide screens.“Kinopalats” doors are opened from 9:00am to 12:00pm, like in many other cinemas there is a discount system half-pricing tickets for students…
“Linia Kino” is a popular cinema network in Ukraine comprising one theater in Ivano-Frankovsk and three cinemas in shopping malls on Kyiv namely “Aladdin”, “Metropolis” and “Magellan”.Three-room “Linia Kino” in “Magelan” was opened in 2004. All the rooms are provided with the German film projector equipment “Kinoton”, high-quality screens (8х4m in each room) and Dolby Digital sound system. Before and after the screenings viewers can spend some time in the bar enjoying offered drinks and snacks…
The company “Multiplex-Holding” was established in October 2003 and during the first year of its existence it initiated the construction of several shopping malls with multiplex cinemas in the biggest cities of Ukraine. In 2007-2008 the company opened four-room cinema on the left bank of Kyiv and 13-room cinema on the right bank.To date, “Megaplex” located in shopping and entertainment centre “Blockbuster” is the biggest cinema in Ukraine having no analogues. It has 13 rooms: 12 – “ordinary” rooms and one IMAX-room that comprises 10 000 square meters…
New cinemas “Odessa-Kino” in Kyiv represent successful cinema network in Odessa including “Rodina”, “Moskva” and “Zvezdny” venues. In Kyiv the network “Odessa-Kino” is represented by three cinemas. The first four-room theatre was opened in the shopping mall “Ukraina” in 2004. The second one was opened later in the shopping mall “Caravan” and for the time being enters the top 5 of the most visited cinemas in the capital. Meanwhile the recently launched cinema of “Odessa-Kino” family group opened its doors in shopping mall “Kvadrat” in 2008…
The first and the most important opening of the cinema “Ukraina” took place in 1903. However it wasn’t a cinema itself, it was more of a circus arena originally named «Hippo-place».Symbolically in due time the territory of the cinema served as an arena for many events that had changed the history of Ukraine namely electing Pavlo Skoropadsky as a getman within the circus walls in 1918. In 1964 the venue became the first wide-screen cinema in Ukraine as well as the most important one…
In 1930 Kiev saw the opening of the first post-revolution cinema designed according to the state-of-the-art techniques of those times. Then its name was “The Ninth Gorkino”, now it’s “Zhovten” (meaning “the month of October” in Ukrainian). In the course of its existence the cinema has gone through the multiple reconstructions that had changed its façade as well as the technical equipment.The theatre got the name “Zhovten” in post-war time. Nowadays this name is primarily associated with high-quality films of both Hollywood and European production…