Central Partnership is a Russian film distribution and production company founded in 1996. The distributor was acquired by Russian gas company Gazprom in 2014.[1]
History
Central Partnership started as a TV content distributor from 1996 until 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 the Commonwealth of Independent States (excluding Ukraine). Shrek Forever After, an animated comedy blockbuster by DreamWorks Animation, became the highest-grossing animation of all time in Russia.[2] The deal halted after February 2022.
In March 2023, the company announced the development of a Russian equivalent of the IMAX format, CosMAX.