IMAX forbade cinemas in the Russian Federation to use its equipment

The Canadian company IMAX, who left the Russian market in early summer, banned the use of its equipment in Russia, despite the fact that it formally belongs to the owners of filming.

The ban applies even to the show of Russian films in this format. This was reported to RBC by the general director of the united film network "Sinema Park" and "Formula Cinema" Alexei Vasin.

“A technically projector can show any film. Another question is that it is impossible to show a film in IMAX without IMAX. Even Russian films -“ Up ”,“ Stalingrad ” - now, unfortunately, we cannot show, because there is a direct ban on the part of the format,” Vasyasin said.

Vasasin said that the movie networks are ready to sue if the Canadian company does not return to the Russian market before the end of the year. "We have a very tough contract with them, according to which they are obliged to work here," he said.

The day before it was reported that BBC Studios stopped licensing all its content for Russian users.

• In August 2022, the association of cinema owners in August 2022 turned to Vladimir Putin for support for support. The distributors said that the show of Chinese, Korean and Soviet films was able to compensate for five percent of the fees that Hollywood blockbusters gave.