Draft:Mongolkino

Credits

Descriptions by
Jeffersonkendric

Captures by
Jeffersonkendric, Minako Arisato, and Camenati

Editions by
Minako Arisato

Video captures courtesy of
Minako Arisato, Chokdee Sunisa, PFS2021Channel, and Sainaa D.

Background

Mongolkino is the national film production studio in Mongolia, located in Ulaanbaatar. It was founded in 1935 as Ulaanbaatar Film Studio, but its current name is adopted in the early 1950's. Until early 2000's, it was one of the most active film production companies of Mongolia, but the production declined when the Mongolian People's Republic is collapsed in 1992, with new film studios (Khangard and Batkhaan) started producing its own films. In 2010's, Mongolkino started archiving its own films until The Last Emperor of the King ("Хааны сүүлчийн хатан", 2000), which was the last Mongolian film to utilitize its black and white film print.

1st Logo (December 29, 1954-May 11, 1957)

Logo: On a moving stripes background, we see the painting of Damdin Sükhbaatar and a horse with the flag reading the Mongolian Cyrillic text "МОНГОЛ". Below the painting, we see the banner with the Cyrillic "КИНО" on it.

FX/SFX: The background moving.

Music/Sounds: A Mongolian orchestral fanfare made with trumpets and drumrolls.

Availability: Rare. It was appeared on older prints of Awakening (1957).

2nd Logo (November 4, 1960)

Logo: On a lotus-shaped moving sunray background, we see a statue representing Damdin Sükhbaatar with his horse on the rocks and a traditional Mongolian text within the statue. Below the statue, we see the Mongolian Cyrillic text "Монголкино".

Trivia: The statue, illustrated in the logo, is one of the important statues in Mongolia, located at Sukhbaatar Square, Ulaanbaatar.

FX/SFX: Same as its previous logo.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Extremely rare. It was seen only on Elber Deel.

3rd Logo (August 13, 1981-March 19, 2000)

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Logo: On a plain green background, we see a golden Mongolia symbol. Below the symbol, we see the Mongolian Cyrillic red text "МОНГОЛКИНО" in a trailed arch-shaped bold transparent font. The text wipes into blue, then it reverts back into red.

Variants:

• Depending on the film, the logo may be tinted or darker.
• A prototype version has blue sunburst background and the trailing is omitted.
• Sometimes the logo is entirely black and white.
• Sometimes the logo is still.
• Restored prints have the blue background instead of green.
• On Queen Mandukhai the Wise, the logo is boxed and positioned near top left, and the red English Serif text "MONGOLKINO PRESENTS" fading in.
• On Tsets Magnai (the third film on the Magnai trilogy), when "МОНГОЛКИНО" wipes from red into blue, the Mongolian Cyrillic serif text "1995 он" fades in.

FX/SFX: The text colors.

Music/Sounds: None or the opening theme of the movie.

Availability: Uncommon in Mongolia. Seen on its movies from the time period until The Last Emperor of the King. Some films may have a in-credit notice.

Legacy: A well-known Mongolkino logo that lasted for almost two decades.

4th Logo (2010s)

Logo: TBA

FX/SFX: Decent CGI animation.

Music/Sounds: A Majastic Mongolian fanfare.

Availability: Uncommon.

5th Logo (2020s-)

Logo: TBA

FX/SFX: Pretty good CGI animation!

Music/Sounds: Same as its previous logo.

Availability: Current.