LinkAsia
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CCTV News
| Jan 7, 2013
The end of the year in China means time to flood the theaters for the country's blockbuster hits. State-run CCTV News reports that this year, a wide variety of films illustrates how China's film industry is quickly growing as demand booms.
Al Jazeera
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Mosaic
| Nov 27, 2012
Iranian cinema has distinguished itself recently on the international stage, despite government regulations on the industry. Al Jazeera takes a closer look at Iranian filmmakers and the challenges of producing movies within the Islamic republic.
StarWars.com
| Oct 31, 2012
Do not afraid be, George Lucas reassures fans. Disney will continue churning out Star Wars films even though he just sold his operation to Disney for a cool $4 billion. He has always been a "big fan" of the company, Lucas explains, and will consul...
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MBC
| Sep 14, 2012
Kim Ki-duk's Pieta won the Golden Lion award for Best Film at the Venice Film Festival this past week, the first Korean to win the coveted award. South Korean broadcaster MBC has the details, and the country's social media weighed in on the state ...
Geo News
| Jun 5, 2012
The once-thriving Pakistan film industry -- known as "Lollywood" -- is suffering, and some speculate that a lack of funds could lead to its eventual demise. Pakistani broadcaster GEO News has more.
— May 14 at 09:13 am
...of the Hollywood industry and the problems posed by this increasing domination for the European film industry, one can note that despite early b...
— Dec 20, 2012 at 04:57 pm
...2012 was another record-breaking year in the state for the film industry. Year-end projections show productions had a direct in-state spend in e...
— last Sunday at 03:47 pm
...http://www.firstcoastnews.com/video/2394406589001/1/Indian-Directors-Discuss-Film-Industry-at-Canneshttp://cdn.newslook.com/8b/8b3ba80c1f3963506...
The film industry consists of the technological and commercial institutions of filmmaking: i.e. film production companies, film studios, cinematography, film production, screenwriting, pre-production, post production, film festivals, distribution; and actors, film directors and other film crew personnel.
Though the expense involved in making movies almost immediately led film production to concentrate under the auspices of standing production companies, advances in affordable film making equipment, and expansion of opportunities to acquire investment capital from outside the film industry itself, have allowed independent film production to evolve.
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