Kino-Eye

Kino-Eye is a monthly film program at Ventilator Cinema, showcasing highlights from the Soviet Union film archives. Each screening brings rarely seen works back to the big screen, with space for reflection and discussion.

Made to mark the tenth anniversary of the October Revolution, October (1928) is one of Sergey Eisenstein’s most ambitious works — a sweeping reconstruction of 1917 through the lens of revolutionary montage. Commissioned as state propaganda, it became instead a daring experiment in cinematic language. Eisenstein transforms history into rhythm and metaphor, turning the storming of the Winter Palace into pure visual symphony.

Its radical form, however, met resistance. The film was re-edited, censored, and criticized for its “formalism,” as authorities struggled to control a work that refused to obey ideological clarity. In that clash between innovation and propaganda, October revealed the fragile line between art and power — a line that would define Soviet

VENTILATOR CINEMA X KINO-EYE
Overtoom 301 2nd floor - Ventilator Space
Doors open at: 19:00
Film starts at:  19:30
Duration Film: 1h 36m