The museum launches the public cinema club 'VUFKU' — monthly screenings of Dovzhenko films with live piano accompaniment by a pianist, as was done in historical 1920s cinemas.
In March 2026 the Museum of Theatre, Music and Cinema Arts of Ukraine launches the public cultural programme 'VUFKU Cinema Club'. Monthly the museum organises a public screening of one of Oleksandr Dovzhenko's (1894-1956) films — the Ukrainian director whose 'earth trilogy' (Zvenyhora 1928, Arsenal 1929, Earth 1930) entered the canon of world cinema. The screenings take place in the museum's lecture hall with historically authentic scenography: viewers sit in a row of 1920s-era chairs, the projection is performed from original VUFKU-era equipment (restored Pathé projection apparatus).
A special feature of the programme is live piano accompaniment by an invited pianist. In the 1920s, before the appearance of sound cinema, each screening was accompanied by live music — an authentic practice that the museum recreates. The programme's pianists are professional musicians from the conservatories of Kyiv and Lviv, specialised in historical accompaniment. Each screening begins with a lecture by a culturologist on the film's context: VUFKU as a Ukrainian national film studio, Dovzhenko's poetics, the film's place in the world cinema canon. The programme is open to all interested with a ticket; the ticket includes lecture + screening + post-screening discussion. Maximum 80 viewers per session.
