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The History of Cinema: 1947

Albania - Macedonia

Albania

– The Albanian Agency of Films, founded in 1945, is changed to the Albanian Cinematographic State Enterprise. [ADD]

Australia

Apr -

Greater Union ceases all film production at Cinesound studios.   A co-production deal with Ealing Studios in Britain is cancelled when the British government imposes a 75% tax on all film imports.  [ADD]

Bangladesh

– Bangladesh has approximately 80 cinemas by 1947. [ADD]

Belgium

29/6 -

Rene Clair’s Le Silence est d’or wins the statue of St. Michel at the World Festival of Film and Fine Arts in Brussels.   The chances of another front-runner for the prize, Claude Autant-Lara's Le Diable au corps (Devil in the Flesh), are dashed when the French ambassador to Belgium leaves the screening in protest. [ADD]

Jun -

The Festival Mondial du Film et des Beaux Arts de Belgique takes place in Brussels. [ADD]

– Tin-Tin makes his film debut in Claude Misonne’s Le Crabe aux pinces d’or (The Crab with the Golden Claws). [ADD]

Bolivia

– Kenneth Wasson founds the production company Bolivia Films, and hires documentary filmmaker Jorge Ruiz. [ADD] 

Botswana

– Bill Lewis, a professional film-maker from Cape Town shoots a 20-minute silent colour film of the royal visit of King George VI, his wife Elizabeth and their daughters, Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret. [ADD] 

Canada

– Film Commissioner Ross McLean suggests to the government that the US re-invests 30-40% of its nett profits in the Canadian film industry.   In turn, the US proposes the Canadian Cooperation Project, whereby they would shoot some films in Canada, insert favourable references to Canada in their films and encourage distribution of Film Board shorts in the US. [ADD]  

Congo

– Belgium establishes the Film and Photo Bureau to make educational and propaganda films specifically for the Congolese population. [ADD]

Croatia

– The Jadran film studios are founded in Zagreb. [ADD]

Czechoslovakia

14/3 -

Jiri Weiss’ Uloupena Hranice (The Stolen Frontier), which retells the events of 1939, is released. [ADD]

– Vladimir Borsky's Jan Rohac z Dube (Jan Rohac of Duba), the country’s first colour film, is released. [ADD] 

– The film industry comes under state control following the communist coup. [ADD]

– The Kratky Film Studio is established. [ADD]

– The state film school, FAMU, is established in Prague. [ADD] 

Estonia

– Film production, interrupted by the war, resumes under the supervision and control of Russian directors. [ADD] 

Germany

9/12 -

Josef von Baky’s Und über uns der Himmel, the first post-war production to receive an American licence, is released. [ADD]

India

– Paul Zils and Fali Bilimoria found the Documentary Unit-India. [ADD]

– Satyajit Ray, Chidanand Dasgupta and others launch the Calcutta Film Society. [ADD] 

– Vijay Bhatt's Ram Rajya (1943), A.R. Kardar's Shah Jehan (1946) and V. Shantaram’s Dr. Kotnis ki Amar Kahani are shown at the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto. [ADD]

– The AVM Film company is established.   Its first release is A. V. Meiyappan’s Nam Iruvar. [ADD] 

– The Udayar Studio is founded in Kerala. [ADD]

– Rupanjali, the Bengali film weekly, is published for the first time. [ADD]

Iran

– Upon returning from Germany, economist Esmail Kooshan founds Mitra Film with the help of friends and relatives. [ADD] 

Lithuania

– The film Martye is produced in the Soviet Mosfilm studio using Lithuanian actors and composer.  [ADD]

Macedonia

– The Vardar Film production company is founded. [ADD]

Other Key Films of 1947

China

Yi jiang chun shui xiang dong liu (Chusheng Cai, Junli Zheng) [ADD]

Colombia

Pasion llanera (unfinished) (Roberto Saa Silva) [ADD]

Denmark

De Pokkers Unger (Astrid Henning-Jensen, Bjarne Henning-Jensen) [ADD]

Soldaten og Jenny (Johan Jacobsen) [ADD]

Greece

Marinos Kontaras (Giorgos Tzavellas) [ADD]

India

Neel Kamal (Kidar Nath Sharma) [ADD]

Israel

The Great Promise (Joseph Leits) [ADD]

My Father’s House (Herbert Kline) [ADD]

The History of Cinema: 1947