Moldova-Film
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Moldova-Film is a Moldovan
film studio and production company founded in 1952 in the Moldavian SSR
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as a branch of the Central Studio for Documentary Film
. In 1949 the branch was taken over by the Odessa Film Studio
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.
The first director became V. Sevelev. 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 6 long play movies (three of which under order of the Central Television), 4 cartoons, 25 documentaries and 20 scientific and educational films, as well 12 issues of cinema magazine "Soviet Moldavia" and 6 copies of humoristic magazine "Usturich".
Moldova
Moldova , officially the Republic of Moldova is a landlocked state in Eastern Europe, located between Romania to the West and Ukraine to the North, East and South. It declared itself an independent state with the same boundaries as the preceding Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1991, as part...
film studio and production company founded in 1952 in the Moldavian SSR
Moldavian SSR
The Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic , commonly abbreviated to Moldavian SSR or MSSR, was one of the 15 republics of the Soviet Union...
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History
Moldova-Film was founded in 1947 in ChişinăuChisinau
Chișinău is the capital and largest municipality of Moldova. It is also its main industrial and commercial centre and is located in the middle of the country, on the river Bîc...
as a branch of the Central Studio for Documentary Film
Central Studio for Documentary Film
Central Studio for Documentary Film or CSDF is a Soviet/Russian film studio. It was the largest Soviet newsreel and documentary cinematography studio. Headquartered in Moscow, USSR...
. In 1949 the branch was taken over by the Odessa Film Studio
Odessa Film Studio
Odessa Film Studio is a Ukrainian film studio in Odessa. It is partially owned by a government and supervised by the Department of State property fund of Ukraine together with the Ministry of Culture. Together with Dovzhenko Film Studios they are the only state-owned and major film producers in...
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.
The first director became V. Sevelev. 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 6 long play movies (three of which under order of the Central Television), 4 cartoons, 25 documentaries and 20 scientific and educational films, as well 12 issues of cinema magazine "Soviet Moldavia" and 6 copies of humoristic magazine "Usturich".