Luch Cinema

There are several movie theaters across Krasnoyarsk that was named the Luch throughout time. Krasnoyarsk though did have a ridiculously strong cinema history ever since the city received its first movie theater in 1908.

The project of this theater was developed by the creative team of the Krasnoyarskgrazhdanproekt Institute under the leadership of the city’s chief architect Valery Aleksandrovich Lopatin. Work on the project began in 1965, construction of the facility was carried out throughout the entirety of 1968 through 1970, the act of acceptance of the theater into operation was signed by the state commission on April 22, 1970, and the city received its second (after Yubileiny) wide-screen theater.

According to the project, two cinemas were located under one roof. One of which is for movies with 800 seats and the other features newsreels with 100 seats, both of which having its own entrance and exit, capable of operating independently. A foyer of 350 square meters, where a stage was also planned, and the theater was faced with reinforced concrete slabs, a fountain was painted nearby.

The Luch Cinema opened its doors on April 30, 1970 with Ivan Mikolaichuk in “Bur'yan” (or “Weeds” in English) as a replacement of another theater named the Luch Theatre (formerly known as the Pathegraph Theatre until sometime in the 1930’s). The Luch Cinema was a very successful movie theater, it was so successful that it was once presented at the VDNKh USSR exhibition in 1980.

Throughout much of 2001 and 2002, the Luch Cinema received massive reconstruction. During this massive project, the area of ​​the building was increased by 2.5 times from 2,500 to 6,500 square meters, in fact, only the walls of the large hall remained from the old Luch, all the heating and water supply systems, sewerage, electricity were completely replaced, and the theater was practically rebuilt from scratch.

The Luch Cinema was quadrupled during the reconstruction. It was originally supposed to operate as a triplex, with three screens under the names Pikra, Epicenter, and Chaika, but a fourth screen named Vanilla was added before its reopening on December 12, 2002.

In 2005, Luch entered the top five cinemas in Russia according to the results of the official vote of the Alliance of Film Distribution Organizations of Russia (ANKO), and in 2006, at the 5th National Ceremony KINO EXPO, it became a laureate in the nomination of Best Regional Cinema.

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