Vostokkino (, literally "Eastfilm") was an early film studio (1928-1935) created for the development of film industry in the "eastern" national republics and oblasts of RSFSR, Central Asia and Caucasus.Очерки истории кино ссср. Немое кино: 1918-1934 годы Глава 5. Кинематография братских республик During 1933-1935 it was named Vostokfilm ().История киноотрасли в России: управление, кинопроизводство, прокат. Отчёт о научно-исследовательской работе In June 1935 the management of Vostokfilm was accused of mismanagement and embezzlement1935 год в кино, June (retrieved September 16, 2025) О результатах проверки кинотреста Востокфильм. В Комиссии партийного контроля ЦК ВКП(б). // Советское искусство : газета. — 1935. — 23 июня (№ 29 (255)), p 4 (retrieved September 16, 2025) and in August it was liquidated.
The only films of note produced by Vostokkino were the 1929 documentary Turksib and 1930 drama The Earth Is Thirsty.
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