Kazakhfilm
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Type | Joint-stock company |
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Industry | Film |
Founded | 1934 (studio of a newsreel) September 12, 1941 (films studio)[1] |
Founder | Council of Ministers of the Kazakh SSR |
Headquarters | Al-Farabi ave., 176, Almaty, Kazakhstan |
Key people | , President |
Products | Motion pictures, television films, animated films |
Website | kazakhfilmstudios.kz |
Kazakhfilm (Kazakh: Қазақфильм, Qazaqfilm, pronounced [qɑzɑqfilm]; Russian: Казахфильм) is a Kazakh film studio located in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
History[]
The film studio was founded in 1934 as the Alma-Ata newsreel studio, in 1936 the first documentaries were released. On November 15, 1941, the Alma-Ata film studio merged with the Mosfilm and Lenfilm film studios evacuated to Kazakhstan to the Central United Film Studio - TsOKS, which worked in Alma-Ata until 1944 and produced 80% of all domestic feature films during the war. On January 9, 1960, from the Alma-Ata film studio of feature and newsreel films, it was renamed into the Kazakhfilm film studio. In 1984 the film studio was named after the outstanding figure of national cinematography Shaken Kenzhetayevich Aimanov.
In 2005, KazakhFilm launched its first big production, Nomad, which involved investments in technology and talent amounting to $37 million. This boosted the domestic film industry. Nomad was followed by Mongol, (2007) another big-budget epic.[2]
In 2020, the film studio appeared on the seventh episode of The Amazing Race 32 as the site of a Detour task.[3]
The newest project of Kazakhfilm is the film named Томирис (Tomiris) based on the life of the Scythian Queen Tomyris directed by in 2019. This movie got international attention.
Productions[]
Filmography[]
The company has made films since 1961.[4]
- Tomiris (2019)
- Mongol (2007)
- Nomad (2005)
- Ironiya lyubvi (2010)
- Rebirth Island (2004)
- Ompa (1998)
- The Asian (1991)
- Gibel Otrara (1991)
- The Last Stop (1990)
- Vlyublyonnaya rybka (1990) (TV)
- Ainalaiyn (1990)
- Gamlet iz Suzaka, ili Mamaya Kero (1990)
- Manchzhurskiy variant (1989)
- Prikosnoveniye (1989)
- Woman of the Day (1989)
- Igla (1988)
- Balkon (1988)
- Desant (1988)
- Troye (1988)
- Voin (1988)
- Vyshe gor (1988)
- Neprofessionaly (1987)
- Snaypery (1987)
- Iskusstvo byt smirnym (1987)
- Kto ty, vsadnik? (1987)
- Skazka o prekrasnoy Aysulu (1987)
- Vyyti iz lesa na polyanu (1987)
- My Home on the Green Hills (1986)
- Wild Pigeon (1986)
- Boysya, vrag, devyatogo syna (1986)
- The Victims Have No Grievance (1986)
- Tayny madam Vong (1986)
- Troynoy pryzhok Pantery (1986)
- Turksib (1986)
- The Cheetah Comes Back (1985) (TV)
- Leti, zhuravlik (1985)
- Sestra moya, Lyusya (1985) (TV)
- Znay nashikh! (1985)
- Chelovecheskiy faktor (1984)
- Primite Adama! (1984)
- Sladkiy sok vnutri travy (1984)
- Voskresnye progulki (1984)
- God drakona (1983)
- Sultan Beybars (1982)
- Trizna (1982)
- Falconer (1980) (TV)
- Gontsy speshat (1980)
- Kogda tebe dvenadzat let (1979)
- Pogonya v stepi (1979) Vkus khleba (1979)
- Transsibirskiy ekspress (1978) (TV)
- Leto v zooparke (1977)
- Moya lyubov na tretyem kurse (1976)
- Pritcha o lyubvi (1976)
- Gaukhartas (Hrani Svoyu Zvezdu) (1975)
- The Fierce One (1974)
- Pesn o Manshuk (1974)
- Konets atamana (1973)
- Shok and Sher (1972)
- Kyz-Zhibek (1970)
- Doroga v tysyachu verst (1968)
- Za nami Moskva (1968)
- Zvuchi tam-tam! (1968)
- Tam, gde tsvetut edelveysy (1966)
- Zemlya ottsov (1966)
- Menya zovut kozha (1964)
- Perekrestok (1963)
- Pesnya zovet (1961)
Cartoons[]
A list of cartoons made by the studio.[5]
- Pochemu u Lastochki Hvostik Rozhkami (Why the Swallow Has the Tail with Little Horns) - 1967
- Aksak-Kulan - 1968
- Hvostik (The Little Tail) - 1969
- Medved' i Zayac (The Bear and the Hare) - 1969
- Prevraschenie (The Transmutation) - 1969
- Kausar-Bulak (Klad) (Kausar-Bulak) - 1970
- Sbornik Mikromul'fil'mov N 1 (The Collection Of Micro Cartoons) - 1970
- Shramy Starogo Erkena (The Scars of Old Erken) - 1970
- Zhavoronok (The Skylark) - 1970
- Golubaya Planeta (The Blue Planet) - 1971
- Hodzha-Nasyr - Stroitel' (Hodga-Nasir - The Builder) - 1971
- Lyubitel' Odinochestva (Solitude-Lover) - 1971
- Svyatoj Osel (The Saint Donkey) - 1971
- Tri Zhelaniya (Three Wishes) - 1971
- Tri Tankista (Soldatskaya Skazka) (Three Tankmen) - 1972
- Goluboj Kon' (The Blue Horse) - 1973
- Hodzha-Nasyr - Bogohul'nik (Prozrenie) (Hodga-Nasir - The Blasphemer) - 1973
- Mal'chik-Oduvanchik (Boy-Dandelion) - 1973
- Volshebnaya Svirel' (Auen) (The Big Reed-Pipe) - 1973
- Derzhis', Rebyata! (Steady, Boys) - 1974
- Muzbalak - 2018[6]
References[]
- ^ "Kazakhfilm history". Archived from the original on 2011-11-30.
- ^ "Kazakhfilm Supports Young Filmmakers, National Image". astanatimes.com.
- ^ Caruso, Nick (November 18, 2020). "Amazing Race Recap: Them's the Brakes — Which Teams Stalled Out in the Week's Double Dose of Episodes?". TVLine. Retrieved November 19, 2020.
- ^ "Kazakhfilm Studios". IMDbPro.com. Retrieved 2012-06-27.
- ^ "Production Company". The Big Cartoon Database. Retrieved 2012-06-27.
- ^ "muzbalak". mubi.com.
External links[]
- Kazakhfilm at IMDb
- Companies of Kazakhstan
- Film distributors
- Kazakhstan film studios
- Mass media companies established in 1934
- Film production companies of the Soviet Union
- 1934 establishments in the Kazakh Autonomous Socialist Soviet Republic