Kashik-Film (Ukraine)

Background
Kashik-Film (Russian: Кашик-Фильм/Ukrainian: Кашик-Фільм) is a Eastern Europe's oldest independent film studio founded in 1927 by Selyanko Tsarukdan Bogovich and Sergei Baruinov (a Russian film director). It produced those Russian SSR and Ukrainian SSR films in the country from 1938 to 2012, action-genre from 1984 to 2007 and arthouse from 1970 to 1995. The studio is located in Kyiv, Ukraine, with second studio location branch in Moscow, Russia. Kashik's is the most independent studio in Eastern Europe to be continously active in operation.

1st Logo (1948-1952)
Logo: Not really a logo, just the company name appears in Russian or Ukrainian, with the production year below.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: The opening theme.

Availability: Uncommon. Appeared on serveral films by the company.

Editor's Note: None.

2nd Logo (1951-1954)
Nickname: "The Mount Gassan", "Early Mount Gassan"

Logo: On a cloudy background, we see a Mount Gassan in Yamagata, Japan. The words "КАШИК-ФИЛЬМ" fades in, along with the emblem (a K with outlined "F") also fades in below. Sometimes the production year (1952, 1953 or 1954) would be appeared below in right of the emblem.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: The opening theme.

Availability: Uncommon. See 1st logo.

Editor's Note: None.

3rd Logo (1954-August 2, 2007)
Nickname: "The Mount Gassan II"

Logo: Same as before, but the clouds are different, and the Gassan is moved along with moving clouds. The Russian name and the emblem fades in just like the previous logo.

Variants:
 * When the logo introduced in color, in 1955, the clouds are different and in color, the Gassan picture and the clouds are more realistic and in color. Also, the Russian text still in white, while the emblem is gold.
 * When KashikScope introduced in 1962 (which is similar to TCF CinemaScope), the "KASHIKSCOPE" in Russian zooms in in white or yellow. After that, the text fades out and the Russian text and the emblem fades in below, and the picture of Gassan and the clouds are different. This logo used from 1962 to 1965.
 * If the Ukrainian version of the releases were shown, the company appears in Ukrainian rather than Russian.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: Silent or the opening theme.

Availability: Very common. Seen on some films produced by the company. The KashikScope variant is much more common and is seen on their films shot in KashikScope format.

Editor's Note: None.

4th Logo (October 10, 2007-March 21, 2021)
TBA

5th Logo (April 14, 2021-present)
TBA