Cinema of Moldova
| Cinema of Moldova | |
|---|---|
Cinema Patria Bălți | |
| No. of screens | 29 (2011) |
| • Per capita | 0.9 per 100,000 (2011) |
| Main distributors | Colaj Elatrentservice Gaudeamus Cinema |
| Produced feature films (2009) | |
| Fictional | 1 |
| Animated | - |
| Documentary | - |
| Number of admissions (2012) | |
| Total | 598,000 |
| • Per capita | 0.168 |
| Gross box office (2006) | |
| Total | MDL 10 million |
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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.