De volgende nieuwsberichten zijn afkomstig uit de nieuwsbrief van de Federation of European Film Directors (FERA).
Italy expecting record admissions in 2010
Italian audiovisual association ANICA estimated that this year would beat 2009 figures in terms of tickets sold, revenue from tickets sold, and the market share for Italian-made productions. ANICA President Roccardo Tozzi stated that with an estimation of 125 million tickets, the total 2010 ticket sales would rise by around 25% compared to 2009, with revenue from ticket sold increasing at least by 30%. It was also estimated that domestic films would amass around 30% of total sales.
Bron: The Hollywood Reporter
Younger and elder audiences fill Norwegian theatres
TNS Gallup published a new analysis of cinema audiences commissioned by the Norwegian Association Film & Kino. According to the findings, younger and elder people go to the cinema more often than the last decade; on an average of 2.7 visits per capita audiences aged 15-19 had 4.9 visits per capita in 2009 against 1.7 visits for spectators over 60. Over the last decade, cinema-going registered peaks of 71% of which 95% among 15-19 year-olds and 50% among the over 60. According to TNS Gallup, this increase in cinema-going habits is due to the wider choice of films and the event movies which attracted the audiences.
Bron: Cineuropa
Swedish cinema Facts and Figures 2009
The Swedish Film Institute (SFI) published its annual report on 2009 film year in Sweden (admissions, production, distribution and festival news).
In the report introduction, SFI CEO Cissi Elwin Frenkel stated that 2009 was “a unique and exceptional year” for Swedish cinema, with one in three tickets sold for a Swedish film, thanks largely to the Millennium trilogy. In 2009, 42 national films (including 14 first-time directors) were released in theatres. Swedish films got 32.7% market share with 5.69 million admissions while US movies had a market share of 53.9%, followed by the UK (7.3%), Australia (2.2%), France (1.4%) and Italy (0.5%). The distributor with the largest market share was Nordisk Film (26.2%), followed by 20th Century Fox (13.3%), UIP (12%), SF Film (10.1%), Sony Pictures Releasing (9.7%) and Walt Disney (9.4%). Despite this success, Ms Elwin Frenkel reminded that the national film industry sector is still underfinanced and asked for an additional state support of nearly €10.4m which should go to the Institute’s share in financing and documentaries.
Bron: Cineuropa