Belarusfilm ( be, Беларусьфільм) is the main film studio of

Belarus Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by R ...

History

Belarusfilm, under the name ''Belgoskino'' was founded in 1924. In 1928, the ''Soviet Belarus'' studio (''Савецкая Беларусь'') was founded in

Leningrad Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

. The studio was moved to

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in 1939. Film production was interrupted by

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, and restarted in 1946, when the studio assumed its current name. In

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times, the studio was dubbed ''Partizanfilm'', due to the large output of films portraying the

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's struggle against

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occupation. The studio was, however, also renowned for its

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s. The studio has to date made 131 animated films. Its first project was a coproduction with

Soyuzmultfilm Soyuzmultfilm ( rus, Союзмультфи́льм, p=səˌjʉsmʊlʲtˈfʲilʲm , ''Union Cartoon'') (also known as SMF Animation Studio in English, Formerly known as Soyuzdetmultfilm) is a Russian animation studio based in Moscow. Launched in ...

in 1963; a

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feature film called ''Attention! The Magician is in the City!''''Attention! The Magician is in the City!''
at animator.ru Consistent animated film production, however, did not begin until 1972. Most of the output has been in

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rather than Belarusian. Belarusfilm is also a co-organizer of the

Listapad Listapad ( be, Лістапад, ''meaning "November"''), also known as Minsk International Film Festival (MIFF) or Minsk International Film Festival Listapad, is an annual film festival which takes place in November in Minsk, Belarus. It is th ...

film festival held in

in November. Among the early,

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who oversaw films for the studio are: Alexander Faintsimmer,

Oleg Frelikh Oleg Nikolayevich Frelikh (russian: Олег Николаевич Фре́лих; 24 March 1887 – 6 September 1953) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor and director. Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1947). Biography Oleg Frelikh was born ...

Vladimir Gardin Vladimir Rostislavovich Gardin (russian: Влади́мир Ростисла́вович Га́рдин) (born Vladimir Rostislavovich Blagonravov (Благонра́вов); – 28 May 1965) was a pioneering Russian film director and actor who ...

, Vladimir Korsh-Sablin,

Grigori Roshal Grigori Lvovich Roshal (russian: Григорий Львович Рошаль; October 21, 1899 – January 11, 1983) was a Soviet film director and screenwriter. He directed 26 films between 1926 and 1968. Biography Grigori Roshal was born o ...

Boris Shpis Boris Vasilyevich Shpis (russian: Борис Васильевич Шпис; 1903–1939) was a Soviet film director and screenwriter. Biography Boris Shpis was a stage designer who joined Grigori Kozintsev and Leonid Trauberg's (FEKS) in 1924 ...

, Yuri Tarich and

Mikhail Verner Michael Evgenevich Verner (Russian - Михаил Евгеньевич Вернер; 1881–1941) was a Soviet film director and painter, notable as one of the founders and leaders of cinematography in Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, U ...

. In 2019, a large part of the movie ''

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'' was shot at Belarusfilm. It is the first

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film to be shot in Belarus.

Selected films

USSR

* 1926 ''Tale of the Woods or Forest Story'' * 1927 ''

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'' * 1928 '' Kastus Kalinovsky'' * 1928 ''

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'' * 1929
''See You Tomorrow''
* 1930br>''Hatred''
* 1930br>''Sasha''
* 1933 '' The Return of Nathan Becker'' * 1933br>''The First Platoon''
* 1934 '' Lieutenant Kijie'' * 1936 '' Late for a Date'' * 1936 ''

Seekers of Happiness ''Seekers of Happiness'' (russian: Искатели счастья, Iskateli schastya) is a Soviet film from 1936 trying to attract Jews to the Jewish Autonomous Oblast (JAO) in the far east of the USSR. It is also known by its alternative name, ...

'' * 1937
''Beethoven Concerto''
' * 1938br>''The Bear''
* 1938 ''Men of the Sea a.k.a. Baltic Sailors'' * 1953 '' The Skylarks are Singing'' *

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''A Girl Searches for Her Father'' *

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''Fakir Hour'' * 1975 '' The Adventures of Buratino'' *

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'' Secret to the Whole World'' * 1977 '' About Red Riding Hood'' * 1985 ''

Come and See ''Come and See'' (russian: Иди и смотри, ''Idi i smotri''; be, Ідзі і глядзі, ''Idzi i hliadzi'') is a 1985 Soviet anti-war film directed by Elem Klimov and starring Aleksei Kravchenko and Olga Mironova. Its screenplay, wr ...

Belarus

* 1993 ''Az vozdam'' * 1993 ''

Me Ivan, You Abraham ''Me Ivan, You Abraham'' (french: Moi Ivan, toi Abraham; be, Я — Іван, ты — Абрам, italic=yes) is a 1993 French-Belarusian film written and directed by Yolande Zauberman. It won the Award of the Youth (French film) at the 1993 Ca ...

'' * 1997 ''

From Hell to Hell ''From Hell to Hell'' ( be, З пекла ў пекла; russian: Из ада в ад, Iz ada v ad) is a 1997 Belarusian drama film about the Kielce pogrom directed by Dmitry Astrakhan. The film was selected as the Belarusian entry for the Best ...

'' *

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''Lato milosci'' * 1997 ''Zeezicht'' * 2003 ''Anastasia Slutskaya'' * 2003 '' Babiy Yar'' * 2003 ''Chernobyl Heart'' * 2004 ''Dunechka'' * 2004 ''On the Nameless Height'' *

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'' Franz + Polina'' *

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'' Fortress of War'' *

''Massacre'' *

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'' In the Fog'' *

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