NMG film distribution

History

2022: Foundation

The National Media Group has created its own film distribution company - NMG Film Distribution. This was announced on November 10, 2022.

According to the press service of NMG, NMG Film Rental will be engaged in the distribution of films in cinemas. Full-length films will be available in the catalog, which the company plans to demonstrate in Russia. By November 2022, NMG Film Distribution is in talks with leading producers and filmmakers to add their content to the catalog.

"National Media Group" has created its own film distribution company

Vadim Smirnov has been appointed General Director of NMG Kinoprokat, who since 2019 has served as Vice President for Cinema Distribution at Disney Studios. Prior to that, for eight years, Vadim Smirnov led the Twentieth Century Fox CIS company. Throughout his work at Fox, Vadim Smirnov was directly involved in the cinema premieres of such Russian films as Night/Day Watch, Irony of Fate. Continuation, "" 9 Rota, "" Heat, "" Turkish Gambit, "" Battle for Sevastopol, "" Balkan Frontier, "" Strict Regime Holidays, "" Union of Salvation "and many others.

{{quote 'Going to the movies is still one of the most popular entertainment with consumers. NMG's expertise in creating and distributing high-quality media content will bring this industry to a new round of development. And entering new market segments will allow diversifying NMG's business and finding new opportunities for synergy of the company's media businesses, "said Svetlana Balanova, CEO of NMG. }} The first release of the new film distributor will be the family cartoon "Yaga and the Book of Spells" directed by Vladimir Sakov. The picture will be released on December 29, 2022. The distributor is considering the possibility of releasing films and independent foreign studios, but the emphasis is planned to be on Russian films.^[1]

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