Cinema and audiovisual media

A Survey on National Cinematography
Questions
Countries ranked by production volume

The most significant indicator in this survey was the number of films produced nationally in one year.

– Please indicate the total annual number of productions made in your country, mentioning the year referred to.

– Please indicate the total turnover in US$ for all productions made in your country.

– What countries do the foreign participants, producers or investors represent?

Three distinct groups of categories of countries appeared, depending on the importance of national production potential. These groups showed coherence with other social and cultural indicators. They might be clustered further according to common production characteristics and geographical origins. In the following table, the countries are divided into three major groups (large, medium and small); they are ranked in decreasing order of total number of films produced.

An asterisk after the number of films indicates that data was obtained directly from the questionnaire. The numbers are yearly averages in the decade from1988-99.

I. Large-producing countries: more than 200 films per year (5 countries)

II. Medium-producing countries: from 20 to 199 films per year (25 countries)

III. Small-producing countries: from 1 to 19 films per year (72 countries)

Nine non-producing countries also responded to the questionnaire: Bahamas, Bahrain, Benin, Cambodia, Chad, Kenya, Namibia, Nicaragua and Rwanda.

Last update 02/10/01