The effervescent energy of Sam Klebanov, with all his external restraint, works wonders. Thanks to this independent film distributor, the Russian audience saw many interesting film works by contemporary European directors. He created a whole direction on the channel "Culture", which is still of great interest. "Cinema Without Borders" brings together creative people and spectators into a large international club of interests.
Biography
Famous in Russia and in European countries, film distributor and media man Sam Klebanov was born in Soviet Leningrad. Year of birth - 1965. Sam spent most of his childhood in Moscow, where he was educated in high school. The guy was keenly interested in everything that was happening around him and wanted to test his masculine qualities, so without hesitation he went into the army to do military service. He was sent to the part of the radio intelligence, which was located on the territory of the German Democratic Republic, which was in those years the socialist part of Germany. Sam Klebanov was a mathematically gifted young man, so after serving in the army, he decided to go to higher education in the field of "applied mathematics". He received an excellent education at the Faculty of Economic Cybernetics of the prestigious Institute of Economics and Statistics in Moscow.
Sam received a diploma of completion of the institute course in 1990, when the time was tough and troublesome for the country. The August Revolution broke the fate of people and scattered many around the world. so Sam Klebanov left his homeland and went to look for a better share in Europe. No one expected a young ambitious person in a civilized and well-fed Western world. I had to do simple work, which brought the former programmer small means for a tolerable existence. As Sam Klebanov recalls, he had to take care of the garden as a gardener and even work as a tutor in one of the Swedish families. A pleasant moment in such a free life was the opportunity to travel. Sam traveled all over Europe, hitchhiking around the countries. over the years, he learned European languages, acquired useful contacts and in 1993 settled in Swedish Gothenburg. Luck gave the guy the prestigious job of a programmer at IFTECH Software. Sam was noticed and he took over as technical director. Career began to develop well.
Creativity and business
Seeing that great business opportunities have appeared in Russia, Sam Klebanov sets up his own European movie rental company in Russian cinemas. His "Maywin Media AB" began to sell television films and entertainment programs to Russian television channels and gradually moved to the CIS market.
The sale of film distribution was very successful. The famous project "Cinema Without Borders" appeared, specializing in the rental of an arthouse. In the 2000s, the venerable film distributor actively collaborated with the Russian TV channel "Culture". Sam Klebanov still considers this channel the most professional and interesting on the media television space. His program "The Magic of Cinema", which was released in 2001-2008, was highly rated by views.
The brand "Cinema Without Borders" still exists and the distributor continues its activities in this direction.
