Armenfilm (russian: Арменфильм; hy, Արմենֆիլմ), also known as Hayfilm ( hy, Հայֆիլմ), is an
Armenia
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n film studio located in
Yerevan
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. The studio was founded on 16 April 1923 as a
production unit of the
Soviet State Cinema Organization, with Daniel Dznuni as the first director.
Armenfilm was sold by the state to private investors in 2005 with a long list of conditions to revitalize the studio's equipment and produce new content. It was renamed as CS Film Studios but failed to produce the required new feature films. In 2015, the
Government of Armenia
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decided that the new management had failed to satisfy the conditions of the sale and moved to reclaim the studio's assets.
History
*1923 - The organization "Goskino" was created within the People's Commissariat of Education of Armenia, as well as the association "Gosfotokino."
*1928 - The studio was renamed as "Armenkino."
*1938 - The studio was renamed as "Yerevan Film Studio."
*1957 - The studio was renamed as "Armenfilm."
*1959 - The newsreel and television sector was reallocated to the independent Yerevan Studio of Documentary Films.
*1966 - The studio was named after
Hamo Beknazarian.
*2005 - The film company was sold to the company "Armenia Studios" (part of the holding CS MEDIA CITY, which in turn is owned by members of the Armenian diaspora in the United States – the
Cafesjian and Sarkisian families. The new owner committed to invest $66 million into the studio over 10 years.
*2015 - The studio was reclaimed by the Government of Armenia
See also
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Armenian National Cinematheque
The Armenian National Cinematheque () is a film archive located in Yerevan, Armenia.
History
The archive was founded in 1991, by Garegin Zakoyan, the head of the Film and Television department of the Art Institute of the Armenian National Acade ...
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Cinema of Armenia
The cinema of Armenia was established on 16 April 1923, when the Armenian State Committee of Cinema was established by government decree. The National Cinema Center of Armenia (NCAA), founded in 2006, is the governing body of film and cinema in Ar ...
References
Cinema of Armenia
Film production companies of the Soviet Union
Film studios
Mass media companies established in 1923
1923 establishments in the Soviet Union
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