Moldova-Film
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Moldova-Film (Russian: Молдова-филм) — Moldavian independent motion picture production company created in 1952 in Moldavian SSR. Moldova-Film specializes in artistic and documentary films.
[edit] History
Moldova-Film starts with a branch of Ukrainian cinema chronics, created in Chişinău in 1940 after Moldova was annexed by the USSR. In 1944 the branch resumed its acivity. 26 April 1952, a studio for production of documentary films was create don its basis. 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".
