Central Partnership (Russian: Централ Партнершип) is a Russian film distribution and production company founded in 1995. The distributor was acquired by Russian gas company Gazprom in 2014.^[1]

History[edit]

Central Partnership started as a TV content distributor in 1995-2000. Central Partnership also produces high-end TV series. Central Partnership is promoting the Russian titles overseas. In November 2005 the controlling stake of Central Partnership was acquired by Prof Media.

In January 2009 Central Partnership became an official distributor of the Paramount Pictures lineup in Russia and CIS (Ukraine excluded). Shrek Forever After, an animated comedy blockbuster by DreamWorks Animation, became the highest-grossing animation of all time in Russia.^[2]

Films and library[edit]

• On the Nameless Height
• Volkodav from the Grey Hound Clan
• Young Volkodav
• 1612
• You and I
• The Sovereign's Servant
• Shadowboxing (2005 film)
• Legend of Kolovrat
• Mission «Sky» (2021)
• Like a Man (2022)

• The distribution rights to Paramount Pictures' post-2009 library.
• Post-2021 the distribution rights of Miramax films.
• The distribution rights to Lionsgate post-2017 library.
• Post-2005 the distribution rights of Summit Entertainment.

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Central Partnership at IMDb
• Official website - English
• (in Russian) Official website - Russian