Odesa Film Studio (Ukrainian: Одеська кіностудія художніх фільмів, Russian: Одесская киностудия художественных фильмов) is a Ukrainian, formerly Soviet, film studio in Odesa. Founded in 1919, it was one of the first studios in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union.
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| Company type | Closed Joint-stock company |
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| Industry | Film |
| Founded | 1919, 1994 |
| Defunct | 1988, 2005 |
| Headquarters | Frantsuzkyi bulvar 33, Odesa, Ukraine |
Key people | Viktor Nozdriukhin-Zabolotnyi (acting Chairman) |
| Products | Motion pictures, TV films |
| Owner | Government of Ukraine (50%+1) and Nova Film Studios LLC |
| Parent | Odesa Film Studios of featured films Nova Film Studios |
| Website | odesafilmstudio.com.ua |
It is partially owned by the government and supervised by the State Property Fund of Ukraine and the Ministry of Culture. Together with Dovzhenko Film Studios, they are the only state-owned and major film producers in the country. The studio is located at Frantsuzky bulvar 33 (33 French Boulevard), Odesa, Ukraine. In a close vicinity to it is located a smaller film studio House of Mask.[1]
The studio is located in the downtown right near the shore of Black Sea covering some 7 hectares (17 acres) and consisting of three pavilions of 600 square metres (6,500 sq ft), 432 square metres (4,650 sq ft), and 240 square metres (2,600 sq ft). Inside the studio's building is located another film studio, Vira Kholodna Film Studio and the Odesa Film School. The Odesa Film Studio has its own movie theater, U-Cinema, which is also located in the same building.
On the territory of the studio there is a Museum of the Cinema, in which you can find out about many interesting facts on the history of the cinema. Here you can find historic materials, from the invention of cinema, to the postmodern, digital and avant garde.
In 2019, the National Bank of Ukraine issued a commemorative coin 100 years Odesa Film Studio[3]
In addition, the main Ukraine post service issued a special anniversary stamp dedicated to the Odesa film studio.
On the territory of the Odesa film studio there is a cinema museum of the Odesa branch of the National Union of Cinematographers of Ukraine. The museum stores materials collected over the years of the existence of the Odesa Film Studio, film catalogs, photo albums of acting tests, information about directors and producers, film equipment, books, newspapers, film magazines, etc. In total, more than twelve thousand “storage units”.[4]
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