Professional Motion Picture Production and Distribution NEWS

(Moscow) -- IMAX Corporation (NYSE: IMAX; TSX: IMX) and Russian producer Alexander Rodnyansky today announced that the World War II 3D epic Stalingrad will be digitally re-mastered into the immersive IMAX� 3D format and released in IMAX� theatres in Russia and the CIS in October 2013. This marks the first Russian-language film to be released in the IMAX format.

Directed by Fyodor Bondarchuk and starring Pyotr Fedorov and Thomas Kretschmann, the movie recounts the Battle of Stalingrad, a turning point in the Second World War in which Soviet troops fought and eventually won control over the South Russian city of Stalingrad (now Volgograd), occupied by Nazi troops in February 1943. Stalingrad is produced by Non-Stop Production (subsidiary of AR Films) and Art Pictures Studio.

As one of IMAX's fastest-growing international markets, with 22 theatres currently open and 23 more in backlog, Russia and the CIS is home to some of IMAX's highest-grossing theatres in the world. In 2011, four of the top 20 highest-grossing international IMAX sites were located in Russia and the CIS, with these sites producing a combined weighted per screen average of $2.7 million.

"We are proud that IMAX has chosen our film to be the first Russian production presented in the IMAX 3D format," said Alexander Rodnyansky, Producer and Chairman of the Board of Directors of A.R. Films. "We believe that by combining the incredible directional style of Fyodor Bondarchuk with IMAX's amazing technology, we will be able to make the powerful story of Stalingrad the ultimate movie-going experience for Russian audiences."

"We are pleased to join forces with AR Films, one of the country's most prominent and successful filmed entertainment companies, to bring this historic film to movie-goers across Russia," said IMAX CEO Richard L. Gelfond. "Russia is one of our key markets with a tremendous IMAX fan base and we hope that Stalingrad will be the first of many Russian local-language films presented in the IMAX format."

"Producer Alexander Rodnyansky and director Fyodor Bondarchuk are responsible for some of Russia's most successful films and we are honored to be partnering with them on this epic motion picture," said Greg Foster, Chairman and President, IMAX Filmed Entertainment. "Stalingrad brings together these talented filmmakers with a powerful story that -- when presented in IMAX -- will offer Russian audiences the 'you-were-there' experience that IMAX is known for."

Stalingrad: An IMAX 3D Experience will be digitally re-mastered into the image and sound quality of The IMAX Experience� with proprietary IMAX DMR� (Digital Re-mastering) technology for presentation in IMAX�3D. The crystal-clear images, coupled with IMAX's customized theatre geometry and powerful digital audio, create a unique immersive environment that will make audiences feel as if they are in the movie.





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