The Seliger Culture and Recreation Centre (formerly Seliger Cinema) has been showing films in Demyansk since 1978.
In 2011-2013, the building was overhauled, and in 2018, new up-to-date digital film equipment was installed. The Seliger Centre’s interiors and equipment meet all the latest standards.
Seliger Centre has had a positive experience organising film festivals at various levels and owns the My Love is Cinema brand – a film festival held for 13 years in Demyansk.
The centre has seen visits by popular actors and celebrities such as Irina Shevchuk, Zinaida Kiriyenko, Aristarkh Livanov, Nikita Dzhigurda, Irena Morozova, Alexander Mikhailov, Natalya Varlei, Larisa Golubkina, Alexei Petrenko, Irina Miroshnichenko, Yury Chernov, Yelena Tsyplakova, and Irina Lachina.
It hosts several creative associations and clubs:
- Russian Song folk choir
The group frequently performs in concert, and regularly competes at, and wins, festivals and contests at various levels. It participates in the annual folk festival in Vitoslavlitsy (Novgorod) and often tours the region. The ensemble has received numerous awards and certificates.
- Rovesnik award-winning children’s theatre company
With actors range from age 7 to 15, the company’s new theatrical productions are always popular with the public.
The young actors’ skill grows with every year. In 2017, they were among the finalists of the 2nd International Art Festival Sea Lights in Sochi.
- Magic Needle folk arts and crafts studio
These traditional costume makers are known far beyond the Demyansk District and the Novgorod Region. They are regular winners of the Silver Thread international costume competition in the Novgorod Region, the inter-district handmade clothes festival Silver Thimble in Staraya Russa, and the Golden Button festival and competition in Novgorod.
- Living Word amateur theatre company
This popular group’s productions are always the centerpiece at any event.
- Vocal groups Garmonia, Ryabinushka, Kaleidoscope, Kolokolchiki, and Solnyshko.
The singers can be as young as six, but many of them are already winners and finalists of international and regional competitions and festivals. Their youth and talent always impress the people of Demyansk and visitors.
- Golden Age club
Meetings at the club are always entertaining, and a great opportunity for older people to get together every month, to have a cup of tea, discuss problems, chat, relax, dance and sing.
