Belarusfilm

Belarusfilm (Беларусьфільм) is the main film studio of Belarus.

History


Belarusfilm, under the name Belgoskino was founded in 1924. In 1928, the Soviet Belarus studio (Савецкая Беларусь) was founded in Leningrad. The studio was moved to Minsk in 1939. 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. The studio was, however, also renowned for its children's films.

The studio has to date made 131 animated films. Its first project was a coproduction with Soyuzmultfilm in 1963; a stop motion feature film called ''Attention! The Magician is in the City!'' Consistent animated film production, however, did not begin until 1972.

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

Belarusfilm is also a co-organizer of the Listapad film festival 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.

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 Enemy Lines was shot in Belarus. It was released in 2020.

USSR

 * 1926 Tale of the Woods or Forest Story
 * 1927 Prostitute
 * 1928 Kastus Kalinovsky
 * 1928 His Excellency
 * 1929 See You Tomorrow
 * 1930 Hatred
 * 1930 Sasha
 * 1933 The Return of Nathan Becker
 * 1933 The First Platoon
 * 1934 Lieutenant Kijie
 * 1936  Late for a Date
 * 1936 Seekers of Happiness
 * 1937 'Beethoven Concerto'
 * 1938 The Bear
 * 1938 Men of the Sea a.k.a. Baltic Sailors
 * 1953 The Skylarks are Singing
 * 1959 A Girl Searches for Her Father
 * 1972 Fakir Hour
 * 1975 The Adventures of Buratino
 * 1976 Secret to the Whole World
 * 1977 About Red Riding Hood
 * 1985 Come and See

Belarus

 * 1993 Az vozdam
 * 1993 Me Ivan, You Abraham
 * 1997 From Hell to Hell
 * 1995 Lato miłosci
 * 1997 Zeezicht
 * 2003 Anastasia Slutskaya
 * 2003 Babiy Yar
 * 2003 Chernobyl Heart
 * 2004 Dunechka
 * 2004 On the Nameless Height
 * 2006 Franz + Polina
 * 2010 Fortress of War
 * 2010 Massacre
 * 2012 In the Fog
 * 2020 Kupala