Exploring Belarusian Film
Heritage

First Steps

First screenings, pioneers, foundations

A Golden Age

A period of growth for cinemas in Minsk, Pinsk, Mogilev, and beyond

Close up on Vitebsk

The government and unions fight it out

A New Era

Cinema during war, revolution, and early Soviet rule

1923

Things start well but the cinemas nearly go under

The Minsk Government and Film Distribution

The Photo-Kino Department, then Kinoresbel, both fail