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.

We begin the series with Brief Encounters (1967), the debut feature of Kira Muratova. Brief Encounters is Kira Muratova’s first feature film — an intimate, restless story of a love triangle between a provincial bureaucrat, a geologist, and a young woman who drifts between them. Shot during the Khrushchev Thaw but released in 1967, the film’s raw honesty and unusual style clashed with official expectations. Muratova’s portrayal of complicated female characters and subtle critique of Soviet reality led to the film being shelved for years, while she herself was pushed to the margins of Soviet cinema. Today, Brief Encounters stands as a rediscovered classic — a film of hesitation, longing, and lives that almost touch.
 

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