05/02/2003

2002 was a good year for Italian cinema. The number of films produced rose by 27 from 103 in 2001 to 130 in 2002. The number of co-productions did not change after the significant leap forward reported in 2001. Fewer majority co-productions were made - i.e. where Italy is the biggest single contributor, dropping from 22 in 2001 to 17 in 2002. Italian minority co-productions rose from 13 to 17.
The sector that reported an authentic boom was in the investment of Italian capital in national film production: a total of Euros 277.6m (a 28.98 per cent increase on 2001).

130 films were produced in 2002, 34 of which were funded by the Guarantee Fund for Films of Cultural Interest to the Nation, three more than in 2001. These 34 films shared a total of Euros58m, compared to Euros51m in 2001. Furthermore 18 films of Cultural Interest to the Nation were funded under the terms of article 8, a special fund for first and second films. The Italian ministry for culture contributed Euros15.6m. In 2001, 11 films were produced under article 8 with the state contributing Euros8.5m. The Italian state contributed 26.5 per cent of the budgets of 52 films in 2002 (the previous year that number was 42 with a contribution of Euros60.5m)

Production	2002	Difference 2002/2001
Films produced (Italian + coprods.)	130	+27
Majority Coprods.	17	-5
Minority coprods.	17	+4

State Contribution/ Number	2002	Difference 2002/2001
Films of cultural interest financed	34	+3
Films produced with an art.8 contribution	18	+7
Total of films produced with a State contribution	52	+10

State Contribution/ Millions of Euros	2002	Difference 2002/2001
Contribution for films Of Cultural Interest to the Nation	58	+6
Contribution for films Article 8	15,6	+7,1
Total State Contribution	73,6	+13,1

Production/Investments in milions of Euros	2002	Difference 2002/2001 in percentual
Entrepreneurial investments in film sectors	204,0	+36,27
State Contribution	73,6	+13,1
Total Italian investments	277,6	+28,98

Source Anica