''Moldova-Film'' ( ro, Moldova-film, russian: Молдова-фильм) is a
Moldova
Moldova ( , ; ), officially the Republic of Moldova ( ro, Republica Moldova), is a Landlocked country, landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east, and south. The List of states ...
n film studio and production company founded in 1952 in the
Moldavian SSR
The Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic ( ro, Republica Sovietică Socialistă Moldovenească, Moldovan Cyrillic: ) was one of the 15 republics of the Soviet Union which existed from 1940 to 1991. The republic was formed on 2 August 1940 ...
.
History
Moldova-Film was founded in 1947 in
Chişinău as a branch of the
Central Studio for Documentary Film
Russian Central Studio of Documentary Film () is a Russian film studio, founded in 1927. It was the largest Soviet newsreel and documentary cinematography studio. It is headquartered in Moscow.
History
Studio traced its history from 1927, when a ...
. In 1949 the branch was taken over by the
Odessa Film Studio
Odesa Film Studio ( uk, Одеська кіностудія художніх фільмів) is the Ukrainian, formerly Soviet film studio in Odesa, one of the first in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union. It is partially owned by a government ...
and in 1952 became an independent film studio as the Moldovan Newsreel Documentary Studio. In 1957 the studio was reorganized and renamed into Moldovan Studio for Feature and Newsreel Documentary Studio, or Moldova-Film.
V. Sevelev became the first director. January 24, 1957 the branch was transformed into a studio of artistic and documentary movies and was called "Moldova-Film". During Soviet times, five artistic units made part of the company: "Arta", "Lumina", "Luceafarul", "Panorama", "Steluta", producing every year up to six long play movies (three of which under order of the Central Television), four cartoons, 25 documentaries and 20 scientific and educational films, as well 12 issues of cinema magazine ''Soviet Moldavia'' and six copies of humoristic magazine ''Usturich''.
References
External links
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"Moldova-Film" in the Encyclopedia of Moldavian Cinema
Mass media companies established in 1947
Entertainment companies of Moldova
Entertainment companies of the Soviet Union
Film production companies of the Soviet Union
Film production companies of Moldova
Film distributors
1947 establishments in the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic
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