We wish to thank the following institutions and companies for their collaboration:

Eurostat
Union Internationale des Cinémas (UNIC)
Confédération Internationale des Cinémas d’Art-et-d’Essai Européens (CICAE)
European Audiovisual Observatory
Screen Digest
Generale Bank Nederland N.W.
Dodona Research
THX Division, Lucasfilm Ltd.
Sony Cinema Products GmbH
Digital Theatre Systems
Dolby Laboratories Inc.
Texas Instruments Inc.
Barco
EDI
Staff of Bioscooponderneming A.F. Wolff B. V.
MEDIA Salles’ staff and co-workers


Argentina

Instituto Nacional de Cine y Artes
Audiovisuales (INCAA)

Australia
ABS Statistics
Motion Picture Distributors Association of
Australia
Australian Film Commission

Austria
Fachverband der Lichtspieltheater und Audiovisionsveranstalter Österreich
MEDIA Desk Österreich
Österreichisches Filminstitut

Belgium
Federatie der Cinema’s van België -
Fédération des Cinémas de Belgique (FCB)
Institut National de Statistique
Le Moniteur du Film en Belgique
Kinepolis

Bulgaria
Bulgarian National Film Center

Canada
Motion Picture Theatre Associations of Canada (MPTAC)

China
China Film Group

Croatia
Central Bureau of Statistics
Consolato Generale della Repubblica di Croazia, Milano

Cyprus
Ministry of Interior, Press and Information Office - Cinema and
Audiovisual Section
MEDIA Desk Cyprus
Content Entertainment
DJ Karapatakis & Sons

Czech Republic
Czech Ministry of Culture
Czech Union of Distributors
Ambassade de France en République Tchèque - Service Culturel, Scientifique et de Coopération

Denmark
Danish Film Institute
Danske Biografer (DB)

Estonia
Estonian Film Foundation
Estonian Ministry of Culture
Baltic Films

Finland
Suomen Elokuvateatteriliitto - SEOL ry

France
AFCAE
Centre National de la Cinématographie
Circuit
A
Fédération Nationale des Cinémas Français (FNCF)
Médiavision

Germany
Hauptverband Deutscher Filmtheater (HDF)
Spitzenorganisation der Filmwirtschaft (SPIO)
Filmförderungsanstalt (FFA)
Cineropa e. V.

Greece
Greek Film Centre
MEDIA Desk Hellas
Institut Hellénique de l’Audiovisuel
Directorate of Cinema and Audiovisual Works - Ministry of Culture
ICAP SA
Marieto Enterprise
Odeon S.A

Hong Kong
Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Television and Entertainment Licensing Authority - Hong Kong

Hungary
Magyar Filmunió
Ministry of Cultural Heritage
MEDIA Desk Hungary
Budapest Film
National Film Office

Iceland
Hagstofa Íslands
Association of Film Importers in Iceland
Icelandic Film Fund
Myndform Ehf.
Skífan

Ireland
Association of Independent Cinema Owners
Reenagh Mc Call
Carlton Screen Advertising
Cinema Advertising Association
EDI
Films Makers Ireland
Galway Film Centre
GFD Communications Ltd
Irish Film Institute
MEDIA Desk Ireland
RTE
The Department of Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht
Irish Film Board

Israel
Israel Film Fund

Italy
Associazione Generale Italiana dello Spettacolo (AGIS)
Associazione Nazionale Esercenti Cinema (ANEC)
Associazione Nazionale Industrie
Cinematografiche e Audiovisive (ANICA)
CINETEL
Dipartimento dello Spettacolo
FIDAM
IsICult
Osservatorio dello Spettacolo
Società Italiana Autori ed Editori (SIAE)
Società Italiana Pubblicità per azioni (SIPRA)
UNIDIM
Associazione Nazionale Esercenti Multiplex (ANEM)

Japan
Motion Picture Producers of Japan

Latin America
MediaFusion

Latvia
Film Registry of the National Film Centre of Latvia
Baltic Films
Statistikos Departamentas

Liechtenstein
Office Fédéral de la Statistique (CH)
Lituania/Lithuania/Lituanie/Lituania
Government of the Republic of Lithuania
(Statistics Lithuania)
Lithuanian Film Distributors’ Association
Lithuanian Ministry of Culture

Luxemburg
Centre National de l’Audiovisuel
MEDIA Desk Luxembourg
Luxembourg Film Fund
Malta/Malta/Malte/Malta
KRS Film Distributors
Eden Leisure Group
Ambasciata di Malta in Italia
MEDIA Desk Malta
National Statistics Office

Mexico
Cinemex

The Netherlands
Associatie van Nederlandse Filmtheaters
Cine View
Nederlandse Federatie voor de Cinematografie
RMB

New Zealand
Motion Picture Distributors
Association of New Zealand
Statistics New Zealand

Norway
Film&Kino

Poland
Agencja Apropos Info
Glówny Urzad Statystyczny
Stowarzyszenie Kina Polskie
The State Committee of Polish Cinematography
Ministry of Culture
ES-Media
Multikino
Polish Film Institute

Portugal
APEC
ICAM
Lusomundo
MEDIA Desk Portugal
Obercom

Romania
Centrul National al Cinematografiei (CNC)

Russia
Nevafilm JSC

Serbia and Montenegro 1
Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia
Institut Za Film
Tuck Vision

Slovak Republic
Slovak Film Institute
Slovak Union of Film Distributors
Tatrafilm

Slovenia
Filmski Sklad Republike Slovenije

South Korea
Korean Film Commission (KOFIC)

Spain
Federación de Cines de España (FECE)
Ministerio de Educación y Cultura -
Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales
Filmax Group

Sweden
Filmägarnas Kontrollbyrå ab
Svenska Filminstitutet
Svizzera/Switzerland/Suisse/Suiza
Office Féderal de la Statistique
Procinema
Bund Schweizer Werbeagenturen
Swiss Film Center

Turkey
AFM Cinemas

Ukraine
Nevafilm JSC

United Kingdom
Cinema Exhibitors’ Association (CEA)
Cinema Advertising Association (CAA)
BFI
Film Distributors’ Association
PACT
Screen Finance
Screen International
Carlton Screen
National Statistics
UK Film Council

United States
Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA)

The data in this edition of the “European Cinema Yearbook” may be reproduced on condition the source is mentioned.

Statistical part compiled by Silvia Mancini, Marcello Mazzucotelli e Claudia Polsini, MEDIA Salles – Milan, with the scientific advice of Joachim Ph. Wolff and Paola Bensi. Supervision by Elisabetta Brunella, MEDIA Salles - Milan.

English translation by Patricia Hampton, Milano e John Young, Young Language Services.
French translation by Deanna Valente Bernar - Milan . Spanish translation by Francis Bowles, Wirga&Asociados S.L. and Gabinete Internacional de Traducciones S.A., Madrid.

 

1) Serbia and Montenegro : this country has been indicated as Yugoslavia up to 31 December 2002.