- Belarusfilm
Infobox_Company
company_name = Belarusfilm Film Studios
company_
company_type =Corporation
foundation = 1928
location =Minsk ,Belarus
industry =Motion picture s
products =Motion picture sBelarusfilm ( _be. Беларусьфільм, _ru. Беларусьфильм) is the main
film studio ofBelarus .Founded in 1928 [cite book|title=
Great Soviet Encyclopedia |publisher=Sovetskaya Enciklopediya|edition=3rd ed.|pages=vol. 3, p. 99|year=1970|location=Moscow|language=Russian] as "Soviet Belarus" studio ("Савецкая Беларусь") in Leningrad, the studio was moved toMinsk in 1939. Film production was interrupted by the war, and restarted in 1946, when the studio assumed its current name.In Soviet times, the studio was dubbed "Partizanfilm", due to the large output of films portraying the
Soviet partisan 's struggle against Nazi occupation. The studio was however also renowned for itschildren's film s.The studio has to date made 124 animated films. [ [http://animator.ru/db/?ver=eng&p=show_studia&sid=28&sp=2 Chronological list of Belarusfilm animated films] at
animator.ru ] Its first project was a coproduction withSoyuzmultfilm in 1963; astop 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.Most of the output has been in Russian rather than Belarusian.
ee also
*
Mosfilm
*Gorky Film Studio
*Lenfilm
*Dovzhenko Film Studios
*Soyuzmultfilm
*Cinema of the Soviet Union References
External links
*imdb company|id=0114140|company=Belarusfilm (Soviet studio)
*imdb company|id=0082020|company=Belarusfilm (Republic of Belarus studio)
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