Kolo Kino

Cinema Documentaries · Since 2016

The stories cinema deserves

Kolo Kino is an independent documentary studio dedicated to the stories behind cinema. We make long-form films about its directors, its craft, and the moments that shaped the films you grew up with.

Months of research per project, broadcast-grade audio and visuals, and a small team of cinephiles obsessed with telling these stories the way they deserve. Built for the way cinema is best enjoyed: on a big screen, leaning back, with the lights down.

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The Team

The people behind every frame

A small, international team of cinephiles obsessed with telling cinema's stories the way they deserve.

Ievgen Khalimovskyi

Ievgen Khalimovskyi

Founder · Creative Director

Kiev, Ukraine

Founder of Kolo Kino. Writer, director and editor on every documentary. Everything you love about this channel comes from Ievgen: the storytelling, the craft, the rhythm and the look.

About Ievgen

Studied stage direction (left in his final year) and worked as a graphic designer and editor before starting Kolo Kino as a hobby in his Kiev kitchen in 2016. He still works from Ukraine, where he kept the channel running through the war with generators, batteries and laptops bought from channel revenue. The creative engine behind every Kolo Kino documentary: concept, narrative direction, editing and the visual signature that defines the channel.

Alexander Mandrik

Alexander Mandrik

Co-founder · Director & Producer

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain

Co-founder, channel director and producer. Runs operations, sponsor relations and overall strategy, making sure every project ships and reaches the right audience.

About Alex

A psychologist by training, Alex spent a decade in international business and industry, first as a branch director in China and later leading technical policy in Europe. He brings that operational background to Kolo Kino, where he handles strategy, sponsor relations and day-to-day operations from Las Palmas. His creativity lives in spreadsheets and negotiations.

Support Kolo Kino

Thank you for keeping cinema alive with us

Every tip, every share, every minute you've spent with our films makes the next one possible. That support is what lets us stay selective: we only ever work with brands we would recommend to a friend, and no sponsor has ever had a say in which stories we tell or how we tell them.

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    Latest Releases

    New film every week

    Self-contained essays drawn from the next long-form project. Building tension while the next big story is cooked.

    For Brands · Media Kit 2026

    We compete with Netflix.

    Alexander Mandrik · co-founder & producer, Kolo Kino

    Most YouTube channels compete with the thumb-scroll: eight-second hooks, vertical clips, attention bought in fractions of a second. Kolo Kino does the opposite. Long-form cinema documentaries, broadcast-grade, watched leaning back on a living-room TV with the lights down.

    That changes what a brand integration does. Our viewers don't skip, because the integration is part of the film, not the wall they were trying to scroll past.

    31.3M lifetime views 7.7M hours watched 160K subscribers 50% watched on TV

    By The Numbers

    An audience that watches, not just clicks

    7.7 million hours watched lifetime. Half of that on living-room TVs.

    31.3M
    Lifetime Views
    7.7M
    Hours Watched
    160K
    Subscribers
    50%
    Watched on TV
    1M Unique viewers monthly
    330K Average views per film
    1.8M Views in the last 28 days

    Audience

    Cinephiles, worldwide

    An adult audience in Tier-1 markets, watching long-form documentaries on the biggest screen in the house.

    Top Markets

    1. United States flagUnited States41.9%
    2. United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom9.8%
    3. Canada flagCanada6.2%
    4. Australia flagAustralia4.3%
    5. India flagIndia3.7%
    6. Rest of world34.1%

    62% of all views come from the US, UK, Canada and Australia: the world's leading film markets, in English, with no dubbing or localisation needed.

    By Age

    70.5% sit in the 25-54 prime advertising bracket.

    By Device

    Half the watch time happens on living-room televisions.

    Reach Beyond Subs

    Most channels grow on the back of their subscribers. Kolo Kino has a different story: nine in ten viewers have never subscribed. YouTube's algorithm serves them our documentaries, and they stay.

    For a sponsor, that means every campaign lands in front of a constantly refreshing audience, far beyond our 160K core. Each new film opens the doors of the cinema again.

    Brand Partnerships

    Sponsorship that fits the story

    We integrate sponsors into the documentary's narrative, not against it. The result: long-form attention from a high-intent audience.

    Past partner XGIMI Watch the integration ↗

    Don't Be A Stranger

    Let's make something together

    Tell us about your brand, your audience, and the kind of story you would like to be part of. We reply to every serious inquiry within 48 hours.

    collabs@okolo-kino.com

    Bentagache 13, 2B · Las Palmas de Gran Canaria · 35009, Spain

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