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Cyprus |
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– The Ministry of Education and Culture establishes the Cypriot Film Festival. [MORE] [ADD] |
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– The number of cinemas on the islands increases to 28 after falling to a low of 10 in 1991. [MORE] [ADD] |
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Dominican Republic |
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– The inaugural Santa Domingo film festival takes place. [MORE] [ADD] |
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Germany |
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21/2 - |
Magnolia wins the Berlin Film Festival's best film award, while best actor goes to Denzel Washington for his role in The Hurricane. [MORE] [ADD] |
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Hong Kong |
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Wo hu cang long (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon), Ang Lee’s tribute to the wuxia films that fired his passion for films, is released. An all-star cast includes Yun-fat Chow, Michelle Yeoh and Zhang Ziyi. [MORE] [ADD] |
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India |
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– The first Indian International Film Awards take place. [MORE] [ADD] |
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Italy |
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1/9 - |
Robert Altman’s Dr. T and the Women premieres at the Venice Film Festival. Altman also announces that his next project will be Gosford Park. [MORE] [ADD] |
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Japan |
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9/12 - |
The six-screen digital cinema opened in Hiroshima by T-Joy is believed to be the first in the world not to have parallel or back-up conventional film projection facilities. [MORE] [ADD] |
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Kyrgyzstan |
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– The National Cinema Academy and Cinema Development Fund are established. [MORE] [ADD] |
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Madagascar |
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– The cultural organisation GASARY organises the country’s first documentary film festival. [MORE] [ADD] |
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Namibia |
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– The government passes the Namibian Film Commission Act to promote Namibia as a film location destination and to promote the local film and video industry. [MORE] [ADD] |
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Romania |
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– The National Centre of Cinematography (CNC) is founded [MORE] [ADD] |
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Sweden |
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29/12 - |
Film director Ingmar Bergman declares in an interview that the movie industry is one of ‘butchery and whoring.’ [MORE] [ADD] |
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Taiwan |
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– Ang Lee’s crossover hit Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon becomes a huge hit and successfully revives the wuxia film genre. It will go on to earn over $100 million in the United States alone. [MORE] [ADD] |
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Thailand |
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– Over 402 foreign films are shot in Thailand this year. [MORE] [ADD] |
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Zimbabwe |
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The film Yellow Card breaks box office records when it enters its 14th week at Ster Kinekor's Harare Eastgate complex. [MORE] [ADD] |
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