Cranefilm

Cranefilm is a Ukranian film production/distribution company founded in 1928 by Alexander Dovzhenko.

the studio has produced 1,000 films from 1930 to 1960 under the reign of Alexander Dovzhenko. when Dovzhenko died in 1960, Cranefilm continued without the founder and made 400 films from 1961 to 1991.

due to the Collapse of the USSR in 1991, Cranefilm was bought out by Kira Muratova.

Cranefilm was has made 100 films from 1991 to February 2008. in January 13, 2007, Muratova renamed Cranefilm to Muratovafilm. a week later, Valentyn Vasyanovych revived Cranefilm and bought the entire library from Muratova.

in 2011, Valentyn Vasyanovych sold Cranefilm to Media Group Ukraine.

Distribution Deals

 * The Judy Garland Company (1950-1980)
 * American International Pictures (1960-1980)
 * Filmways Pictures (1980-1983)
 * Orion Pictures (1983-1999)
 * New Line Cinema (1990-2010)
 * Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (1999-2011)
 * Lionsgate Pictures (2000-present)
 * Revolution Studios (2001-2007)
 * The Weinstein Company (2005-2017)
 * DreamWorks Animation (2006-2017)
 * Annapurna Pictures (2017-2024)
 * Netflix Pictures (2020-present)