UIS Questionnaire on Feature Film Statistics 2007 and Preliminary

Global ResultsJosé Pessoa

Programme SpecialistUIS Culture Statistics Programme

Previous Questionnaire on Statistics of Films and Cinemas in 1998 and 1999

Previous Films and Cinema survey Collected administrative data on films and

cinemas UIS undertook a review of it’s Culture

Programme during 2001-2004 Issues identified

Data quality issues Identified the need to focus on activity rather

than infrastructure Need to redesign of Film and Cinema Survey

Questionnaire on Feature Film Statistics 2007:

Launched in 2007 Data for reference years 2005 and 2006 Measures the feature film industry:

»Significant economic impact»Cultural practice with high mass participation»Key industry for cultural diversity

Establishes a new international benchmark for measuring trends in cinema attendance and participation

Questionnaire on Feature Film Statistics 2007: New themes

Considers other technologies the market: DVD’s, video, digital cinema: production & distribution

Language diversity: Language of films produced Language of films exhibited

Questionnaire on Feature Film Statistics 2007: New indicators

Production: National production: number of national films

produced» Share of national production of feature films compared

to co-production» Share of national features films distributed/ foreign» Share of attendance for national/foreign feature films

Infrastructure: Number of Cinemas per inhabitant Annual Attendance per inhabitant

Questionnaire on Feature Film Statistics 2007: Contents

Section 1: National Production of Feature Films

Number of national feature films National co-production of feature films Original language of national feature films

Section 2: Distribution of Feature Films Distribution companies Number and copies of feature films distributed

Section 3: Cinemas Number of cinema by type of cinema

Questionnaire on Feature Film Statistics 2007: Contents continued…

Section 4: Exhibition of Feature Films Admissions and box office receipts Market share by origin of feature film exhibited Top 10 films exhibited by admission

Section 5: Distribution of Videocassettes and videodiscs

New videocassette and videodisc titles; transactions; outlets

Survey and Data Analysis Timetable:

2007-2008: Data Capture, processing and Editing

Use of supplementary data European Audiovisual Observatory

Analysis of current data (2008) In partnership with the Quebec Institute for

Statistics (INSQ) UIS data release: November 2008 Data will be published in the upcoming

UNESCO World Report on Cultural Diversity

Questionnaire on Feature Film Statistics 2007

Selected Preliminary Results

Questionnaire on Feature Film Statistics 2007: Response Rates

Countries/ Territories

Responses Response Rate

Africa 54 9 17%Americas 43 9 21%Asia 50 15 30%Europe 44 28 64%Oceania 17 2 12%

Total 208 63 30%

Questionnaire on Feature Film Statistics 2007: Country/Territory Responses

Armenia Azerbaijan Cyprus Israel Japan Kyrgyzstan Lao Lebanon

Macao, China Mongolia Malaysia Oman Philippines Singapore Turkey

Data Availability by Source

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Key Preliminary Results for Asia

Despite having major film producing countries of China, India and Japan in the region, data on the following are still limited:

Data on language of film production Country of origin for co-produced films Data on exhibition (gross receipts

admissions) Data on market share by origin of films

Key Preliminary Results for Asia continued…

Low (30%) response rate and incomplete questionnaires

Data availability? Collection process? Relevance of questionnaire

What impact is digital technology having on film production in China?

Can UIS questionnaire capture this phenomenon?

Thank You!