12/05/2005

The Danish Film Institute (DFI) announced yesterday afternoon the publication of its 2005 Facts and Figures or production, distribution and exhibition figures for the Danish film industry in 2004.
Here under are the key points for the various film sectors:
-Film production: 22 Danish films were made in 2004 with DFI support, including 15 European co-productions. The most expensive film was the €4,2m children animated film Jungo Goes Bananas (Junglerdyret Hugo-Fraek som altid) produced by Per Holst in Denmark, with Norway, Sweden, Germany and the USA, and some support from Eurimages.
Four feature films were co-produced with the UK including two Zentropa Productions: Gert Fredholm’s drama The Judge (Dommaren) and Per Fly’s Manslaughter (Drabet).
Domestic distribution: 73% of the Danish market share is held by Danish/Scandinavian distributors. Sandrew Metronome takes 25% of the market share in second position after UIP (26%), followed in third position by Nordisk Film (24%).
European films (excluding Danish films) released in Denmark took 7% of the total market share with 63 releases against 10% market share in 2003 with 53 releases the year before.
The market share for Danish films was down by 2% in 2004 to 24% from 19 titles against 24 titles in 2003. King’s Game (Kongekabale) was the biggest local hit with over 501,000 admissions in 2004 and a 3% market share.
Foreign distribution: more than 25 million tickets were sold in Europe and the USA to the 20 best performing Danish feature films between 1996-2004. Lars von Trier is the most popular Danish filmmaker around the world as four of his films are among the top 20 best performers internationally, released in over 20 territories. His two most successful films abroad are Dancer In The Dark (3,5 million admissions in Europe alone) and Breaking The Waves (2,9 million in Europe).
Exhibition: There are 163 cinemas with 380 screens in Denmark.

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The 2005 film budget from the Danish government is €50,8m, including €14,6m for the DFI.
In 2005, the DFI will spend €2,7m on development, which represents 10% of the total production expenditure.
€4,5m will be spent on distribution and promotion of Danish films domestically and internationally, and €3,6m on developing new talent.