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Belarusfilm

{{short description|Belarusian film studio}}

{{Infobox company

| name = Belarusfilm

| logo = Логотип киностудии "Беларусьфильм".jpg

| logo_size = 250px

| type = Corporation

| predecessor = Integralte Pictures

| foundation = {{Start date and age|1926}}

| location = Minsk, Belarus

| industry = Motion pictures
Animated films

| products = Motion pictures
Animated films

}}

Belarusfilm ({{langx|be|Беларусьфільм}}) is the main film studio of Belarus.{{cite book|title=Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema|author=Peter Rollberg|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|year=2016|place=US|isbn=978-1442268425|pages=101–103}}

History

File:Мінск._Галоўны_корпус_Беларусьфільм_(03).jpg.]]

= Soviet times =

Belarusfilm, under the name Belgoskino was founded in 1924.{{Cite web |url=http://www.belarusfilm.by/studio/history/ |title=Official site |access-date=2018-01-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181218111058/http://belarusfilm.by/studio/history/ |archive-date=2018-12-18 |url-status=dead }}{{cite journal |last1=Huzhalouski |first1=Alexander |title=Cinema in Belarus Under the Pressure of Censorship 1924–41 |journal=Studies in Russian and Soviet Cinema |date=2011 |volume=5 |issue=2 |pages=169–180|doi=10.1386/srsc.5.2.169_1 |s2cid=192123612 }}{{cite web

| url =https://www.kultura.by/en/news/belarusfilm-gears-up-to-celebrate-100th-anniversary-of-national-cinematography/

| title =Belarusfilm gears up to celebrate 100th anniversary of national cinematography

| date =2023-10-16

| publisher = Kultura

| access-date =2024-08-28}} The first film shot at the studio was "The Forest Past" by Yuri Tarich.{{cite web

| url =http://listapad.org/en/news/8296/

| title =Open Day at Belarusfilm Film Studio

| date =2023-11-22

| publisher =Listapad Festival

| access-date =2024-08-28}}

In 1928, the Soviet Belarus studio (Савецкая Беларусь) was founded in Leningrad and moved to Minsk in 1939.{{cite book|title=Great Soviet Encyclopedia|publisher=Sovetskaya Enciklopediya|edition=3rd|pages=vol. 3, p. 99|year=1970|location=Moscow|language=ru|no-pp=true}} Film production was interrupted by World War II, and restarted in 1946, when the studio assumed its current name. After World War II, the studio was dubbed Partizanfilm, due to the large output of films portraying the Soviet partisan's struggle against Nazi occupation.

In Soviet times, the studio was also renowned for its children's films. Its first project was a co-production with Soyuzmultfilm in 1963 – a stop motion feature film called Attention! The Magician is in the City![http://animator.ru/db/?ver=eng&p=show_film&fid=2371 Attention! The Magician is in the City!] at animator.ru Consistent animated film production, however, did not begin until 1972. The studio has to date made 131 animated films.[http://animator.ru/db/?ver=eng&p=show_studia&sid=28&sp=2 Chronological list of Belarusfilm animated films] at animator.ru

Most of the output has been in Russian rather than Belarusian.

Belarusfilm is also a co-organizer of the Listapad film festival annually held in Minsk, Belarus in November.

Among the early, Soviet-era directors who oversaw films for the studio are: Alexander Faintsimmer, Oleg Frelikh, Vladimir Gardin, Vladimir Korsh-Sablin, Grigori Roshal, Boris Shpis, Yuri Tarich and Mikhail Verner.

= 2000s =

In 2012, Sergei Loznitsa’s In the Fog shot jointly with Belarusfilm won the FIPRESCI prize at the 65th Cannes Film Festival. In 2013, Belarusfilm presented 5 shorts at Cannes.{{cite web

| url =https://www.belarus.by/en/press-center/press-release/belarus-to-present-five-short-films-at-cannes_i_5912.html

| title =Belarus to present five short films at Cannes

| date =2013-04-30

| publisher = Belarus.by

| access-date =2024-08-28}}

In 2019, a large part of the movie Squad was shot at Belarusfilm. It is the first Bollywood film to be shot in Belarus.

Also in 2019, the movie [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9904802/ Enemy Lines] was shot in Belarus.

In 2019, Belarusfilm signed a memorandum of long-term cooperation with the Indian Union of Trade and Industry Promotion Organization.{{cite web

| url =https://www.belarus.by/en/press-center/press-release/belarusfilm-to-collaborate-with-indian-moviemakers_i_0000100074.html

| title =Belarusfilm to collaborate with Indian moviemakers

| date =2019-06-19

| publisher = Belarus.by

| access-date =2024-08-28}}

In 2024, the studio announced working on its first 3D animated fantasy film.{{cite web

| url =https://belarus24.by/en/news/culture/belarusfilm-is-preparing-to-release-the-first-full-length-animated-3d-fantasy-film/

| title =Belarusfilm is preparing to release the first full-length animated 3D fantasy film

| date =2024-08-26

| publisher = Belarus 24

| access-date =2024-08-28}}

Selected films

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=Belarus=

See also

References

External links

  • [http://www.belarusfilm.by Official site]
  • [http://cinema.museum.by/en Museum of the History of Belarusian Film]
  • [https://belhot.by/en/landmarks/item/464-muzey-istorii-belorusskogo-kino Tourist site description of Museum of Belarusian Film (has photos)]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20180113203031/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9667937e British Film Institute]
  • [https://www.sb.by/articles/forest-truth-taken-by-storm-belarus.html In Soviet Times, Belgoskino was not afraid to experiment]

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