27 December 2022

Central Partnership has signed an agreement with Four Star Films, the largest distributor in the Middle East

From January 1, 2023, the largest Middle Eastern distributor — Four Star Films — will release projects of the Central Partnership film company (part of Gazprom-Media Holding) under an exclusive long-term agreement. The partnership is for 2 years with automatic extension.

Four Star Films becomes the official distributor of Central Partnership films with the highest box office potential in the Middle East. In case of interest, Four Star Films will be able to exercise other types of rights in the territories of presence, in addition to film distribution. Films will be shown in English with subtitles in national languages.

The Middle East market is one of the most attractive for distribution in the short term. We try to produce and release films with high box office potential targeted to a mass audience. These are exactly the films that are in demand in the countries of the Middle East. Four Star Films is the distribution leader in this territory and we are excited to start a partnership that involves the painstaking development of marketing strategies for each project. I am convinced that such an approach, which is based on rich joint experience and unique expertise, will allow the widest and most effective release of films in the Middle East.

Vadim Vereshchagin
CEO of Central Partnership

We are pleased to sign a contract with Central Partnership, an innovative and powerful production company with extensive experience in producing and distributing high quality films in Russia, where it is the market leader. We look forward to this collaboration and the opportunity to promote Central Partnership films to our Middle Eastern viewers and cinemas.

Elias Antipas
President of Four Star Films

Film distribution company Four Star Films was founded in 1961. Since 1981, it has been a distributor for the Hollywood studios Paramount Pictures and represented Universal until recently. Four Star Films has partnered with theaters in the Gulf States, Cyprus, Egypt, Iraq, Syria, Palestine, Sudan and Ethiopia. The geography of the company’s presence is constantly expanding.