Cinema of Moldova

Cinema of Moldova
Cinema Patria Bălți
No. of screens29 (2011)
  Per capita0.9 per 100,000 (2011)
Main distributorsColaj
Elatrentservice
Gaudeamus Cinema
Produced feature films (2009)
Fictional1
Animated-
Documentary-
Number of admissions (2012)
Total598,000
  Per capita0.168
Gross box office (2006)
TotalMDL 10 million

The cinema of Moldova developed in the early 1960s during the Soviet period, experiencing a flowering of about a decade and a half. Stagnation followed, and after the Moldavian SSR became independent in 1991, the industry almost completely disappeared.