VLG.FILM is a Ukrainian independent film distribution company. The headquarters is located in
Los Angeles,
California. According to the results of 2020, the company's share in the Ukrainian film distribution market was 15.17%. ''VLG.FILM'' is the local distributor of films by
Miramax
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,
StudioCanal,
STX Entertainment
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,
A24,
Lionsgate,
Focus Features International,
EuropaCorp,
Pathé Exchange, Kinology,
Affinity Equity Partners, Exclusive Media Group,
TF1
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and others.
History
''VLG.FILM'' was founded on March 10, 2010 under the name ''Volga Ukraine'', the official name change took place on October 4, 2021.
According to the results of the first quarter of film distribution in 2021 in
Ukraine, the share of ''VLG.FILM'' among distributors in the total number of releases is 9.6%.
The share of the total box office is 7.4%.
Projects
''VLG.FILM'' released more than 222 films in Ukrainian box office, which were watched by more than 12 million viewers in cinemas, and the total box office rent exceeded ₴850 million. These films include the ''
Hunger Games'', ''
After'', and ''
The Adventures of Paddington'' franchises,
Guy Ritchie's ''
The Gentlemen'' and ''
Wrath of Man'', the science fiction film ''
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets'', and the animated films ''
The Queen's Corgi
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'' and ''
The Ballerina
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'' and others.
The company releases both mainstream films, including ''
The Commuter'', ''
Vice'', ''
Death of Stalin'', and original films from world directors —
Pedro Almodóvar and
Woody Allen,
Paul Thomas Anderson and
Ari Aster,
Gaspar Noé and
Luca Guadagnino,
Matteo Garrone and
Darren Aronofsky.
Among the Ukrainian releases of ''VLG.FILM'' is films ''Chuzha Molitva'' by
Akhtem Seitablayev
Akhtem Shevketovych Seitablayev (, ; born 11 December 1972) is a Ukrainian actor, screenwriter and film director of the Crimean Tatars origyn. He is the director of several high-profile films, including ''Haytarma'' in 2013 and '' Another's Prayer ...
, ''
Viddana
''Viddana'' (Ukrainian: Віддана) is a Polish-Ukrainian feature film based on the novel '' Felix Austria'' by Ukrainian author Sofia Andrukhovych. Starring Marianna Januszewicz in the lead role as Stefania Czorneńko, the film follows Stefan ...
'' by Khrystyna Syvolap, ''Swingers-2'' by Andreys Ekis, ''Dating in Vegas'' by Serhiy Wayne, ''
Let It Show'' by Stanislav Kapralov, ''Burshtynovi Kopy'' and others.
Owner
The company is a 100% subsidiary of the film distribution company VLG.FILM INC., the ultimate beneficiary of which is Sergey Ershov.
References
External links
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{{Portal, Ukraine, Cinema
Film organizations in Ukraine