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D'après une étude statistique de l'UNESCO publiée le 5 mai 2009, l'industrie cinématographique indienne a produit 1,091 longs métrages en 2006 tandis que la nigériane en a produit 872 et les Etats-Unis 485.

Viennent ensuite : Japon (417), Chine (330), France (203), Allemagne (174), Espagne (150), Italie
(116), Corée du Sud (110) et le Royaume Uni (104).





English

Nigeria Surpasses Hollywood as World's Second Largest Film
Producer
UN News - New York, May 5 2009

The Nigerian film industry has overtaken Hollywood and
closed the gap on India, the global leader in the number of
movies produced each year, according to a new United Nations
Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization report
released today.

[ Find report at http://tinyurl.com/dgl97d ]

According to the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
survey, Bollywood - as the Mumbai-based film industry is
known - produced 1,091 feature-length films in 2006. In
comparison, Nigeria's moviemakers, commonly known as
Nollywood, came out with 872 productions - all in video
format - while the United States produced 485 major films.

"Film and video production are shining examples of how
cultural industries, as vehicles of identity, values and
meanings, can open the door to dialogue and understanding
between peoples, but also to economic growth and
development," said UNESCO Director-General Koïchiro Matsuura.

"This new data on film and video production provides yet
more proof of the need to rethink the place of culture on
the international political agenda," he added.

The three cinema heavyweights were followed by eight
countries that produced more than 100 films: Japan (417),
China (330), France (203), Germany (174), Spain (150), Italy
(116), South Korea (110) and the United Kingdom (104).

Key to Nollywood's explosive success is Nigerian filmmakers'
reliance on video instead of film, reducing production
costs, and, as the survey points out, the West African
country has virtually no formal cinemas, with about 99 per
cent of screenings in informal settings, such as home theatres.

The survey also revealed that about 56 per cent of Nollywood
films are made in local languages, while English remains a
prominent language, accounting for 44 per cent, which may
contribute to Nigeria's success in exporting its films.

According to the study, US movies continue to dominate
cinema admissions around the world, and all of the top ten
films seen in Australia, Bulgaria Canada, Costa Rica,
Namibia, Romania, and Slovenia were US made.


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