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Global film production totalled some 3,540 films in 2000, an increase of 76 films from 1999, according to research by industry periodical Screen Digest.With some of the smaller territories still to release production data for 2000, the figures are not exhaustive, but the trend is unmistakable: world-wide film production is on the increase again after a slump in the mid- and late 90s.The two most significant trends to be identified in the research are that while some territories are benefiting from US runaway productions to exploit lower costs or tax incentives, several more are developing more solid local industries.Other notable observations identified by the Screen Digest research include:* Co-productions represented 8.4% of all film production around the globe with Western Europe having the highest proportion: 29.8%* UK and France accounted for 60.9% of European film production investment* Production activity in the US is four times that
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stanley cup ction rose 11.9% in 2000 thanks to government measures.Top 10 film producing nations 1998199920001. India6937648552 USA6616287623 Japan2492702824. Hong Kong921461855. France1831811716. Philippines1601201037. Italy921081038. Bangladesh951009. Spain65829810. UK879290Top 10 film investment countries 2000 $m 2000 $ million 1. USA10,338.002 Japan1,203.343 UK849.044. France741.575. Germany382.346. Italy207.527. Canada168.298. Spain163.139. Argentina132.0010. Hong Ko
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EXCLUSIVE: Producer of Rafi Pitts Berlinale Competition title is lining up several new projects.Twenty Twenty Vision Filmproduktion, the German producer of Rafi Pitts Berlinale Competition title Soy Nero [pictured], is lining up projects from Israel and Cyprus.Twenty Twentys managing director Thanassis Karathanos told Screen that principal photography on Israeli filmmaker Veronica Kedars Family began at locations in the German city of Halle last week.Although the films story is set in Israel, Family will be shot completely in Germany. It marks another collaboration for Karathanos with Mosh Danons Inosan Productions after workin
stanley us g together on Scandar Copti and Yaron Shanis 2009 film Ajami.Kedars second featur
stanley website e had been pitched at the 2014 edition of the Berlinale Co-Production Market where Twenty Twentys second
stanley kubek project, Christos Georgious Happy Birthday, was also presented to potential co-producers.A March start is planned for the shooting of Georgious first feature since the 2008 comedy Small Crime and is being structured as a co-production between Twenty Twenty and its sister company Pallas Film,Georgiou, Frances Manny Films, and Cyprus Lychnari Productions.Meanwhile, Twenty Twenty currently has another two co-productions in post-production: Bruno Dumonts Ma Loute and Jordanian filmmaker Mahmoud al Massads Blessed Benefit.Apart from Soy Nero, Twenty Twenty was also a production partner on Lithuanian filmmaker Mantas Kvedaraviciuss Mariupolis, which has its world premiere in t
