The Cinema of Belarus began on 17 December 1924 with the creation by decree of what later became Belarusfilm studio. 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. Most of the output has been in

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rather than Belarusian. Belarusfilm is also a co-organizer of the Listapad film festival held in

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in November.

Film studios

*Cubastudio * Belarusfilm *

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*Beltelefilm *Navigator studio *Partyzanfilm

Festivals

* DOTYK * Listapad

Notable films

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'' The Adventures of Buratino'' *

1977 Events January * January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democrat ...

'' About Red Riding Hood'' *

1985 The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a ...

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 ...

'' *

1993 File:1993 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Oslo I Accord is signed in an attempt to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict; The Russian White House is shelled during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis; Czechoslovakia is peacefu ...

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 ...

'' * 1996 ''

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 ...

'' * 2001 ''In August of 44'' * 2003 ''Anastasia Slutskaya'' * 2003 '' Babiy Yar'' * 2003 ''Kola'' (

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) * 2004 ''On the Nameless Height'' * 2004 ''Dunechka'' * 2004 '' Mysterium Occupation'' * 2006 '' A Lesson of Belarusian'' (

documentary film A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional motion-picture intended to "document reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education or maintaining a historical record". Bill Nichols has characterized the documentary in te ...

) * 2006 '' Franz + Polina'' * 2010 '' Fortress of War'' * 2010 ''Massacre'' *

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''Above the Sky'' *

'' Viva Belarus!'' *

'' In the Fog'' *

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''The Interrogation of Muscular P.O.W.'' * 2015 '' GaraSh'' *

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''PARTY-ZAN film'' *

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Crystal Swan ''Crystal Swan'' ( be, Хрусталь, italic=yes) is a 2018 Belarusian drama film directed by Darya Zhuk. It was selected as the Belarusian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. Plot In ...

Actors

* Dzmitry Papko *

Vladimir Gostyukhin Vladimir Vasilyevich Gostyukhin (russian: Владимир Васильевич Гостюхин, be, Уладзі́мір Васі́льевіч Гасцю́хін, born 10 March 1946) is a Soviet and Russian, Belarusian film and stage actor. ...

* Viktar Shalkevich *

Petr Shelokhonov Petr Illarionovich Shelokhonov, ( pl, Piotr Szełochonow, russian: Пётр Илларио́нович Шелохо́нов, be, Пятро Ларывонавіч Шэлахонаў, uk, Петро Іларіонович Шелохонов; in ...

* Rostislav Yankovsky * Irina Medvedeva

Directors

* Serguei Kouchnerov *

Vladimir Kozlov Oleg Aleksandrovich Prudius (russian: Олег Александрович Прудиус; uk, Олег Олександрович Прудіус, ''Oleh Oleksandrovych Prudius''; born April 27, 1979) better known by his ring name Vladimir Koz ...

Vladimir Motyl Vladimir Yakovlevich Motyl (russian: Влади́мир Я́ковлевич Моты́ль; 26 June 1927 – 21 February 2010) was a Soviet and Belarusian film director and screenwriter. Vladimir Motyl was born in Lepiel, Belarus. His fa ...

* Solomon Shulman * Yelena Trofimenko * Yuriy Khashchevatskiy

References

* * {{Belarus-stub