Moldova-Film (Moldova)

Background: This was the national film studio in the former Soviet Republic of Moldova, operated mainly by local film directors. The first production point was created in Moldova in 1940 after it was absorbed into USSR. Then it became the documentary studio in 1952 and began shooting feature films since 1957, acquiring the current name. After the fall of USSR the studio went down dramatically and almost ceased production, though it still exists today.


1st Logo
(1960's)

Logo: We see the captioned italics name of the studio "Молдова-филм" in Moldovan language.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Very rare.

Editor's Note: None.



2nd Logo
(1972)

Logo: The name of the studio in red reads "МОЛДОВА-ФИЛМ", with "КИНОСТУДИЯ" is above and the year below.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Only seen on Gaiduk.

Editor's Note: None.



3rd Logo
(1970's-)

Logo: We see upper half of the sun, and the name "МОЛДОВА-ФИЛМ" arranged for a lower semicircle. A white stork flies over the sun. The sign, consisting of merged Cyrillic М and Ф letters, appears in the center.

Variant:

• The current animated version features the sun rising and stork flying into the logo.
• The variants mainly keep on shades of blue/green for background and orange/red for the sun. But once the logo was made of blue tones.

FX/SFX: The logo unveiling, or none.

Music/Sounds: The opening theme.

Availability: Uncommon, as it was not seen on every film.

Editor's Note: None.