Major Russian film distribution and production company founded in 1995. Today, Central Partnership is the largest TV distributor and independent film distributor. Apart from feature films Central Partnership also produces TV series (‘Master & Margarita’, ‘Doctor Zhivago’, ‘The Golden Calf’, ‘The Brothers Karamazov’, ‘Isaev: The Greatest Soviet Spy’ and ‘Liquidation’). Central Partnership is actively promoting the Russian titles overseas. Currently, Central Partnership owns the rights for more than 1,400 titles and 4,000 hours of TV series. In January 2009 Central Partnership became an official distributor of Paramount Pictures lineup in Russia and CIS (Ukraine excluded). The titles released by Paramount Pictures and Central Partnership steadily drive high box office. As of 2012, Central Partnership has been an exclusive distributor of all the Summit titles in the CIS.