The investigation of the heat and mass transfer in absorption, desorption, condensation and evaporation in the entrance region of the falling axisymmetric semi-infinite film surrounded by the pure vapour is presented. The self-similar solutions for temperature and concentration in the film have been obtained. The corrections, which take into account a change in the film thickness due to the mass inflow in absorption and condensation processes and the mass loss due to desorption and evaporation have been derived. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.