Mosfilm will close the country's only film development laboratory

The film concern did not report the reasons for the closure of the laboratory.This may be due to sanctions against photographic materials

The only film processing laboratory in Russia, owned by Mosfilm, will stop working on March 1. This is stated in the message published on the website of the laboratory.

“From March 1, 2023, the film processing laboratory will stop its work,” reads the red inscription above the list of laboratory services. The reasons for this decision are not reported.

In April 2022, it was reported that a number of photographic materials, including certain film formats, fell under the EU's fifth sanctions package.

According to information on the Mosfilm website, the laboratory is the only one in Russia for professional film processing.

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The material from 2018 says that the film is not ousted from the film process. “From the latest projects are Pavel Lungin’s drama about the Afghan war Brotherhood and Sergei Ursulyak’s series Bad Weather based on the novel of the same name by Alexei Ivanov. By the way, this multi-part film took about 38,000 meters of film, ”the Mosfilm noted.

According to the telegram channel Mash, the production of domestic films has long been closed, and Kodak is used in film production. However, due to sanctions, the cost of buying films and reagents for their processing has risen greatly.

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In the spring of 2022, film manufacturer Eastman Kodak announced in its 2021 results report that it was studying the situation in connection with the Russian special operation in Ukraine.

“While the activities of the Russian subsidiary of Kodak are not material to the company's financial statements (less than 1% of total consolidated revenue for 2021), the military conflict in Ukraine and the international backlash have undermined Kodak's ability to manage the Russian subsidiary as usual, which affects its ability to pay suppliers and employees, collect amounts due from customers in Russia and deliver products,” the company said at the time.