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Foundation date 1 january 1928

Belarusfilm (Belarusian: Беларусьфільм, Russian: Беларусьфильм) is the main film studio of Belarus.

Founded in 1928 as the Soviet Belarus studio (Савецкая Беларусь) in Leningrad, the studio was moved to Minsk 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 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.
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Filmography of Belarusfilm (9 films)

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Production

In the Fog
In the Fog (2012)
, 2h10
Directed by Sergei Loznitsa
Origin Russie
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Themes Politique, Political films
Actors Yulia Peresild, Nadezhda Markina, Vlad Ivanov, Boris Kamorzine

The film is an adaptation from Vasil’ Bykaw's short story. The action is set in 1942 on the territory of Belarus occupied by the German army. The Germans face strong resistance from the Partisans and hatred of local people. The Partisans suspect Sushenya, a track-walker, of collaboration with the Nazis because he was first arrested and then suddenly released after they had blown up a German train. Two of them capture Sushenya and lead him to the forest where they are going to shoot him as a traitor. They fall into a trap set by the Germans who severely wound one of the partisans. Sushenya attempts to save his executioner's life by carrying the wounded Partisan on his back to the nearest village. Nevertheless, Sushenya is under suspicion. He laments that he was a well-respected and trustworthy village resident, raising a family in peace, however the war changed that forever.
Fortress of War
Fortress of War (2010)
, 2h18
Directed by Alexandre Kott
Origin Russie
Genres Drama, War, Action, Historical
Themes Politique, Political films
Actors Pavel Derevyanko, Andreï Merzlikine, Ivan Krasko

The film opens on Saturday, June 21, 1941. Sasha Akimov, a 15-year-old musician, and his older brother, Alexander, whose parents were killed in the Spanish Civil War, are serving with the Red Army at the Brest Fortress. Elsewhere, a commissar, Yefim Fomin, discovers he is unable to bring his family to Brest due to a shortage of train tickets. Another officer, Gavrilov, continues to express concern of the readiness of the fort's defenses should an attack come, despite warnings from his friend, Vanshtein, about his statements regarding an imminent war with Germany. That evening, the fortress loses power due to German commandoes.
Come and See
Come and See (1985)
, 2h20
Directed by Elem Klimov
Origin Russie
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Comedy, Action, Horror, Historical
Themes Politique, Political films
Actors Aleksei Kravchenko

In 1943 two Belarusian boys are digging in a sand field looking for abandoned rifles in order to join the Soviet partisan forces. Yustin, an old man, warns them not to dig (using sarcasm and reverse psychology). One of the boys, Flyora (Aleksei Kravchenko), finds an SVT-40 rifle. The next day partisans arrive at his house and take Flyora with them, to the dismay of Flyora's mother. She fears that the loss of her son, like his father before him, will lessen her and her daughters' chances of survival.
About the Little Red Riding Hood
About the Little Red Riding Hood (1977)
, 2h5
Directed by Leonid Netchaïev
Origin Russie
Genres Fantasy, Adventure, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Yevgeniy Yevstigneyev, Rina Zelionaïa, Vladimir Bassov, Galina Volchek, Rolan Bykov

L'histoire se passe un an après l'histoire connue du Petit Chaperon rouge. Le loup qui avait voulu tuer le Petit Chaperon rouge avait été tué l'an passé. Sa famille, quant à elle, voulut prendre sa revanche sur le Petit Chaperon rouge, et essaya de l'attirer dans des pièges, et en lui racontant que sa mère-grand est de nouveau malade. Cependant, le Petit Chaperon échappe à chaque fois aux pièges. Un jour, elle rencontre un petit paysan qui, quelques instants plus tôt, avait conspiré avec les loups. Frustrée par cette nouvelle, elle décide d'aller voir les loups, non sans avoir échangé ses vêtements avec le petit paysan. Ainsi, elle peut découvrir leurs véritables intentions.
Seekers of Happiness
Seekers of Happiness (1936)
, 1h20
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Actors Maria Blumenthal-Tamarina

The film tells the story of a Jewish family relocating to the JAO (aka Birobidžan). The plot mingles two problematic love stories and a criminal plot to a narration about the successful solution of the “Jewish Question” in the JAO. The love stories and the criminal plot function as a narrative basis on which the overcoming of several obstacles are told:
Lieutenant Kizhe
Lieutenant Kizhe (1934)
, 1h38
Directed by Alexandre Feinzimmer
Origin Russie
Genres Drama, Comedy, Historical
Actors Mikhaïl Yanchine, Erast Garine, Andrei Kostrichkin

Set in Saint Petersburg in 1800, the film satirizes the pedantic absurdities of the rule of Emperor Paul I. His obsession with rigid drill, instant obedience and martinet discipline extends not only to his soldiers but also to his courtiers and even the servants who scrub the palace corridors. A slip of the pen by an army clerk when drawing up a list of officers for promotion, leads to the creation of a Lieutenant Kijé. Once the document is signed by the Emperor, Kijé takes on an existence of his own through a series of muddles and court intrigues. The Emperor's aide cries out when engaged in amorous play with a lady in waiting, awakening the sleeping Paul. The non-existent Lieutenant Kijé is blamed, flogged in front of the assembled Imperial Guard and sent under escort to a fortress in Siberia. His lack of substantive form is explained by his being "a confidential prisoner with no shape". Reprieved by the Emperor, Kijé returns to Saint Petersburg and is rapidly promoted to colonel and then general. In absentia, he marries the Princess Gagarina. At last, when the Emperor insists on a meeting with his "most faithful servant", General Kijé is reported as having died. He receives a state funeral with an empty coffin.