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General Director of “Mosfilm” Karen Shakhnazarov assessed the situation with “Lenfilm”.

“In the 1990s, before the “Mosfilm” and “Lenfilm” there was a question — to remain state enterprises or go for corporatization. We chose the first option, as I didn’t want to lose the rights to its film library, which was then the only source of income,” he said in an interview with “the Petersburg diary”.

According to him, “thumbnail” went the other way and lost rights the gold collection. According to Shakhnazarov, this is the main cause of today’s problems in the Studio.

He expressed the opinion that “Lenfilm” first of all you need to create a strong technological base that would provide a range of services to producers of film and television.

“and, of course, necessary to return the rights to the Golden collection,” said Shakhnazarov.

Earlier NTV reported that the Studio “Lenfilm” was opened for visitors.