1. UIS Questionnaire on Feature Film Statistics 2007 and Preliminary Global Results José Pessoa Programme Specialist UIS Culture Statistics Programme

2. Previous Questionnaire on Statistics of Films and Cinemas in 1998 and 1999 l Previous Films and Cinema survey è Collected administrative data on films and cinemas l UIS undertook a review of it’s Culture Programme during 2001-2004 l Issues identified è Data quality issues è Identified the need to focus on activity rather than infrastructure è Need to redesign of Film and Cinema Survey

3. Questionnaire on Feature Film Statistics 2007: è Launched in 2007 è Data for reference years 2005 and 2006 è Measures the feature film industry: »Significant economic impact »Cultural practice with high mass participation »Key industry for cultural diversity è Establishes a new international benchmark for measuring trends in cinema attendance and participation

4. Questionnaire on Feature Film Statistics 2007: New themes l Considers other technologies è the market: DVD’s, video, è digital cinema: production & distribution l Language diversity: è Language of films produced è Language of films exhibited

5. Questionnaire on Feature Film Statistics 2007: New indicators l Production: è 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 l Infrastructure: è Number of Cinemas per inhabitant è Annual Attendance per inhabitant

6. Questionnaire on Feature Film Statistics 2007: Contents l Section 1: National Production of Feature Films è Number of national feature films è National co-production of feature films è Original language of national feature films l Section 2: Distribution of Feature Films è Distribution companies è Number and copies of feature films distributed l Section 3: Cinemas è Number of cinema by type of cinema

7. Questionnaire on Feature Film Statistics 2007: Contents continued… l Section 4: Exhibition of Feature Films è Admissions and box office receipts è Market share by origin of feature film exhibited è Top 10 films exhibited by admission l Section 5: Distribution of Videocassettes and videodiscs è New videocassette and videodisc titles; transactions; outlets

8. Survey and Data Analysis Timetable: l 2007-2008: Data Capture, processing and Editing l Use of supplementary data è European Audiovisual Observatory l Analysis of current data (2008) è In partnership with the Quebec Institute for Statistics (INSQ) l UIS data release: November 2008 l Data will be published in the upcoming UNESCO World Report on Cultural Diversity

9. Questionnaire on Feature Film Statistics 2007 Selected Preliminary Results

10. Questionnaire on Feature Film Statistics 2007: Response Rates

11. Questionnaire on Feature Film Statistics 2007: Country/Territory Responses l Armenia l Azerbaijan l Cyprus l Israel l Japan l Kyrgyzstan l Lao l Lebanon l Macao, China l Mongolia l Malaysia l Oman l Philippines l Singapore l Turkey

12. Data Availability by Source

13. Number of National Films Produced and the Percentage that are 100% National in 2006

14. Number of National Feature Films Produced in 2006

15. Percentage (%) of National Feature Films Produced Digitally

16. Percentage (%) of Cinemas with Digital Equipment

17. Average Ticket Price (USD)

18. Percentage (%) of Distribution Companies that are Nationally Controlled

19. Number of Cinemas by Type

20. Key Preliminary Results for Asia l Despite having major film producing countries of China, India and Japan in the region, data on the following are still limited: è Data on language of film production è Country of origin for co-produced films è Data on exhibition (gross receipts admissions) è Data on market share by origin of films

21. Key Preliminary Results for Asia continued… l Low (30%) response rate and incomplete questionnaires è Data availability? Collection process? è Relevance of questionnaire l What impact is digital technology having on film production in China? è Can UIS questionnaire capture this phenomenon?

22. Thank You!