VLG.FILM is a Los Angeles based distribution company acquiring all rights for CIS and Baltics countries (Theatrical, TV, Video).[1] The headquarters is located in Los Angeles, California. According to the results of 2020, the company's share in the Ukrainian film distribution market was 15.17%. VLG.FILM is the local distributor of films by Miramax, StudioCanal, STX Entertainment, A24, Lionsgate, Focus Features International, EuropaCorp, Pathé Exchange, Kinology, Affinity Equity Partners, Exclusive Media Group, TF1 and others.
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| Industry | film distribution |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2010 in Kyiv, Ukraine;
2018 in Almaty, Kazakhstan; 2008 in Moscow, Russia |
| Founder | Sergey Ershov |
| Headquarters | , United States |
Key people | Denys Sofronov |
| Owner | Sergey Ershov |
History edit
VLG.FILM was founded on March 10, 2010 under the name Volga Ukraine, the official name change took place on October 4, 2021.[2]
Also VLG.FILM was founded in 2018 in Kazakhstan[3] and was founded in 2008 in Russia.[4]
According to the results of the first quarter of film distribution in 2021 in Ukraine, the share of VLG.FILM among distributors in the total number of releases is 9.6%.[5] The share of the total box office is 7.4%.[5]
Projects edit
VLG.FILM released more than 222 films in the CIS and Baltic countries box office, which were watched by more than 12 million viewers in cinemas, and the total box office rent exceeded $850 million. These films include the Hunger Games, After, and The Adventures of Paddington franchises, Guy Ritchie's The Gentlemen and Wrath of Man, the science fiction film Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, and the animated films The Queen's Corgi and The Ballerina and others.[6]
The company releases both mainstream films, including The Commuter, Vice, Death of Stalin, and original films from world directors — Pedro Almodóvar and Woody Allen, Paul Thomas Anderson and Ari Aster, Gaspar Noé and Luca Guadagnino, Matteo Garrone and Darren Aronofsky.
Among the Ukrainian releases of VLG.FILM is films Chuzha Molitva by Akhtem Seitablayev, Viddana by Khrystyna Syvolap, Swingers-2 by Andreys Ekis, Dating in Vegas by Serhiy Wayne, Let It Show by Stanislav Kapralov, Burshtynovi Kopy and others.[7][8][9]
Owner edit
The company is a 100% subsidiary of the film distribution company VLG.FILM INC., the ultimate beneficiary of which is Sergey Ershov.[10]
References edit
- ^ "VLG.FILM / VOLGAFILM, INC". cinando.com. Retrieved 2023-08-14.
- ^ Oleksii Pershko (2021-10-06). "Нове ім'я "Вольга Україна"". kino-teatr.ua.
- ^ "VLG.FILM, ТОО, Алматы, БИН 180940031047". statsnet.co (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-08-14.
- ^ "О нас". vlgfilm.ru. Retrieved 2023-08-14.
- ^ a b Borys Sydorenko (2021-04-19). "Підсумки першого кварталу кінопрокатного 2021 року в Україні". mbr.com.ua. Media Business Reports.
- ^ "Незалежний кінодистриб'ютор "Вольга Україна" продовжить роботу під назвою VLG.FILM". vglcinema.com. 2021-10-05.
- ^ "Презентовано офіційний трейлер комедії Аліни Бухтіярової "Бурштинові копи"". usfa.gov.ua. Ukrainian State Film Agency. 2021-09-09.
- ^ "Вийшов трейлер нової української комедії "Бурштинові копи" з Аліною Паш (відео)". unian.ua. UNIAN. 2021-09-09.
- ^ "Виходить у прокат комедія Аліни Бухтіярової "Бурштинові копи"". usfa.gov.ua. Ukrainian State Film Agency. 2021-10-01.
- ^ "Кинобизнес / "Случайных фильмов в нашем пакете нет!"". Кинобизнес (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-08-14.
External links edit
- Official website in Ukraine
- Official website in Russia
