European cinema Cinema of Europe refers to the film industries and films produced in the continent of Europe. Some notable European film movements include German Expressionism, Italian neorealism, French New Wave, Polish Film School, New German Cinema, Portuguese Cinema Novo, Czechoslovak New Wave, Dogme 95, New French Extremity, and Romanian New Wave. The cinema
• Cinema of Albania The first public showings began in the cities of Shkodër and Korçë; these showings were of foreign films. The first Albanian films were mostly documentaries, the first film being about the Manastir Congress that sanctioned the Albanian alphabet in 1908
• Cinema of Armenia In March 1924, the first Armenian film studio: Armenfilm was established in Yerevan, starting with Soviet Armenia (1924) the first Armenian documentary film
• Cinema of Austria Austria has had an active cinema industry since the early 20th century. Fritz Lang, Billy Wilder, Fred Zinnemann and Otto Preminger are among the most important Austrian directors, although many of their most celebrated films were made outside Austria. Austrian actors who have achieved international success include Klaus Maria Brandauer,
• Cinema of Azerbaijan The film industry in Azerbaijan dates back to 1898. In fact, Azerbaijan was among the first countries involved in cinematography. When the Lumière brothers of France premiered their first motion picture footage in Paris on December 28, 1895, little did they know how rapidly it would ignite a new age of photographic documentation. These ingenuous
• Cinema of Belgium The Cinema of Belgium can often be considered a blending of Dutch Cinema and French Cinema though with its own unique national qualities
• Cinema of Bosnia-Herzegovina
• Cinema of Bulgaria Films A-Z •Films by year: 1919 - 1949 • 1950s • 1960s • 1970s • 1980s • 1990s • 2000s
• Cinema of Croatia The cinema of Croatia does not have as long a tradition as in some other Central European countries: the serious beginning of Croatian cinema starts with the rise of the Yugoslavian film industry in 1940's. Three Croatian featu
• Cinema of Cyprus Burkina Faso · Egypt · Kenya · Morocco · Niger · Nigeria · Senegal · Somalia · South Africa · Tunisia
• Cinema of the Czech Republic The Czech Republic was a seedbed for many acclaimed film directors
• Cinema of Denmark Denmark has been producing films since 1897 and since the 1980s has maintained a steady stream of product due largely to funding by the state-supported Danish Film Institute. Historically, Danish films have been noted for their realism, religious and moral themes, sexual frankness and technical innovation
• Cinema of Estonia Cinema in Estonia started in 1896 when the first "moving pictures" were screened in Tallinn. The first movie theater was opened in 1908. First local documentary was made in 1908 with the production of a newsreel about Swedish King Gustav V’s visit to Tallinn. The first Estonian documentary was created by Johannes Pääsuke in 1912 that
• Cinema of the Faroe Islands The Faroe Islands has a small population, and due to the high initial cost of movie making, the islands' cinema history is modest. . The first director of the Faroe Islands was Katrin Ottarsdóttir. Her first film set in the Faroe Islands was Atlantic Rhapsody in 1989. However, the first feature films in Faroese language with full Faroese castings
• Cinema of Finland The Finnish cinema has a long history, with first public screenings starting almost as early as modern motion picture technology was invented . It took over a decade before the first Finnish film was produced and screened in 1907. After these first steps of Finnish cinema, the progress was very slow. After 1907 there are periods, 1909-1911 and 1917
• Cinema of France France was the birthplace of cinema and was responsible for many of its early significant contributions. Several important cinematic movements, including the Nouvelle Vague, began in the country. It is noted for having a particularly strong film industry, due in part to a certain level of protection afforded it by the French government. It is able
• Cinema of Georgia The cinema of Georgia has been noted for its cinematography in Europe. One of the most acclaimed Italian film directors, Federico Fellini, was an admirer of the Georgian film:
• Cinema of Germany Cinema in Germany can be traced back to the very beginnings of the medium at the end of the 19th century. German cinema has made major technical and artistic contributions to film
• Cinema of Greece Greece has a long and rich cinematic history. Greek cinema is relatively successful in comparison to other EU countries and Greek Films dominate the domestic market, for example Safe Sex had more box office receipts than Titanic. Characteristics of Greek cinema include, a dynamic plot , strong character development and erotic themes. Greek cinema
• Cinema of Hungary Hungary has had a notable cinema industry from the beginning of the 20th century, with Hungarians who affected the world of motion picture both inside and outside the borders. The former could be characterised by directors István Szabó, Béla Tarr, or Miklós Jancsó, the latter by William Fox, who founded Fox Studios, Alexander Korda, playing a
• Cinema of Iceland Iceland has had a notable cinema industry for some time. Major actors include Ingvar E. Sigurðsson and Hilmir Snær Guðnason. Famous films include the comedy 101 Reykjavík, which was released in 2000 and directed by Baltasar Kormákur. The film starred such actors as Victoria Abril and Hilmir Snær Guðnason
• Cinema of Ireland The Irish film industry has grown somewhat in recent years thanks partly to the promotion of the sector by Bord Scannán na hÉireann and the introduction of heavy tax breaks. According to the Irish Audiovisual Content Production Sector Review carried out by the Irish Film Board and PricewaterhouseCoopers in 2008 this sector, has gone from 1,000
• Cinema of Italy The history of Italian cinema began just a few months after the Lumière brothers had discovered the medium, when Pope Leo XIII was filmed for a few seconds in the act of blessing the camera
• Cinema of Latvia Cinema of Latvia dates back to 1910 when the first short films were made.. The first cinematic screening in Riga took place on May 28, 1896. By 1914 all major cities in Latvia had cinemas where newsreels, documentaries and mostly foreign made short films were screened
• Cinema of Lithuania The birth of Cinema of Lithuania dates back to 1909. The first short films in 1909 where shot by Antanas Račiūnas who filmed the sights of his native village and Vladislav Starevich who made a short film Prie Nemuno The first Lithuanian newsreel screened in cinemas in 1921 was made by Feognijus Dunajevas
• Cinema of Luxembourg The Luxembourg film industry is quite small, but this is unsurprising given that the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg has a population of only about 400,000 people. However, many films have been made in the country, both by native filmmakers and by people from other countries
• Cinema of Macedonia The history of film making in the Republic of Macedonia dates back over 110 years. The first film to be produced on the territory of the present-day the country was made in 1895 by Janaki and Milton Manaki in Bitola. From then, continuing to the present, Macedonian film makers, in Macedonia and from around the world, have been producing many films
• Cinema of Montenegro Notable theatres include the Montenegrin National Theatre in Podgorica, the Theatre of Nikšić in Nikšić, and the City Theatre in Podgorica. Montenegrin National Theatre is the only professional theatre and along with the Faculty of Drama, located in Cetinje is responsible for the lion share of the theatre production in the country. During
• Cinema of the Netherlands The Dutch film industry has long been renowned for its documentaries. The most prominent Dutch directors, especially those who started their careers before World War II, came from a documentary background, for instance Joris Ivens and Bert Haanstra. Since the early 1970s, however, documentary production aimed at a theatrical release has declined,
• Cinema of Norway Norway has had a notable cinema industry for some time. After the turn of the century a few Norwegian film directors have had the opportunity to go to Hollywood to direct various independent films
• Cinema of Poland The history of cinema in Poland is almost as long as history of cinematography, and it has universal achievements, even though Polish movies tend to be less commercially available than movies from several other European nations
• Cinema of Portugal Portuguese cinema has a long tradition, reaching back to the birth of the medium in the late 19th century. In the 1950s, Cinema Novo, sprang up as a movement concerned with showing realism in film, in the vein of Italian Neorealism and the French New Wave. Directors Manoel de Oliveira and João César Monteiro have gained Portuguese cinema
• Cinema of Romania As upon much of the world's early cinema, the ravages of time have left their mark upon Romanian film prints. Tens of titles have been destroyed or lost for good. From these films, only memories, articles and photos published in the newspapers of the time have remained. Since 1965 Arhiva Naţională de Filme (The National Film Archive) has made
• Cinema of Russia The cinema of Russia began in the Russian Empire, widely developed under the Soviet and in the years following the fall of the Soviet system, the Russian film industry would remain internationally recognized. In the 21st century, Russian cinema has become popular internationally with hits such as House of Fools, Night Watch, and the exceptionally
Cinema of the Russian Empire In April 1896, just four months after the first films were shown in Paris, the first cinematic apparatus appeared in Russia. The first films seen in the Russian Empire were via the Lumière brothers, in Moscow and St. Petersburg in May 1896. In the same month, the first film was shot in Russia, by Lumière cameraman Camille Cerf, a record of the
• Cinema of Serbia Serbia has a well-established theatrical tradition with many theatres. The Serbian National Theatre was established in 1861 with its building dating from 1868. The company started performing opera from the end of the 19th century and the permanent opera was established in 1947. It established a ballet company
• Cinema of Slovakia The Cinema of Slovakia encompasses a range of themes and styles typical of European cinema. Yet there are a certain number of recurring themes that are visible in the majority of the important works. These include rural settings, folk traditions, and carnival. Even in the field of experimental film-making, there is frequently a celebration of
• Cinema of Slovenia A list of films produced in Slovenia. The country declared ints independence from Yugoslavia on June 25, 1991. For an A-Z list see Category:Slovenian films
• Cinema of the Soviet Union The cinema of the Soviet Union, not to be confused with "Cinema of Russia" despite Russian language films being predominant in both genres, includes several film contributions of the constituent republics of the Soviet Union reflecting elements of their pre-Soviet culture, language and history, although sometimes censored by the Central
• Cinema of Spain In recent years, Spanish cinema has achieved high marks of recognition as a result of its creative and technical excellence. In the long history of Spanish cinema, the great filmmaker Luis Buñuel was the first to achieve universal recognition, followed by Pedro Almodóvar in the 1980s. Spanish cinema has also seen international success over the
• Cinema of Sweden Swedish cinema is known as producing many critically acclaimed movies, and during the 20th century was the most prominent of Scandinavia. This is largely due to the popularity and prominence of the directors Ingmar Bergman, Victor Sjöström, and more recently Lasse Hallström and Lukas Moodysson
• Cinema of Switzerland
• Cinema of Turkey Turkish cinema is an important part of Turkish culture, and has flourished over the years, delivering entertainment to audiences in Turkey, expatriates across Europe, and in rare cases, the USA. Yeşilçam refers to the Turkish film industry in the same way that Hollywood refers to American film
• Cinema of the UK The United Kingdom has had a large impact on modern cinema and has one the most respected film industries in the world. Despite a history of successful productions, the industry is characterised by an ongoing debate about its identity and the influences of American and European cinema, although it is fair to say a brief 'golden age' was enjoyed in
• Cinema of Ukraine One of the largest film production studios in Ukraine is the Dovzhenko Film Studios, located in Kyiv, Ukraine. Other big film studios are Odessa Film Studio, National Cinematheque of Ukraine , Ukrtelefilm, Yalta Film Studio. Cinergia is a major Ukrainian film distributor; it is the local distributor of films by Warner Bros., New Line Cinema and
• Cinema of Yugoslavia The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia had an internationally acclaimed film industry. Prominent male actors included Danilo Bata Stojković, Ljuba Tadić, Bekim Fehmiu, Fabijan Šovagović, Mustafa Nadarević, Bata Živojinović, Boris Dvornik, Ljubiša Samardžić, Dragan Nikolić and Rade Šerbedžija, while Milena Dravić, Neda Arnerić,

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World cinema World cinema is a term used primarily in English language speaking countries to refer to the films and film industries of non-English speaking countries. It is therefore often used interchangeably with the term foreign film. However, both world cinema and foreign film could be taken to refer to the films of all countries other than one's own,
Africa The term African cinema refers to film production in Africa, most often referring to countries in Sub-Saharan Africa[citation needed] following formal independence, which for many countries happened in the 1960s. Some of the countries in North Africa had developed a national film industry much earlier and are related to West Asian cinema. Often,

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