05/09/2005

Between 2000 and 2004, the number of tickets sold increased 11,6 %, the number of national films screened went up 9,11% and the number of tickets sold for Italian films also increased by 13,75%. American films decreased 8,33%, British 17% while French and German productions increased.

Since people often mention the years of crisis of national film, the figures in the green paper on Italian film, appear surprising. Though the survey, done by the Osservatorio italiano sull'audiovisivo, whose structure came from Cinecittà Holding, will only be presented fully in Rome on the 22nd of September, Alessandro Usai, the managing director of the Holding, advanced some of the figures in Venice.
The Observatorio's survey, coordinated by Antonio Breschi, is a compilation of information and statistics gathering data issued from SIAE (Società autori ed editori) and the General Direction of film of the Ministero per i Beni culturali. A brand new innovation in Italy, which will finally benefit from an economic statistics database on the Italian Film Industry, similar to that run by the French CNC. "Our goal is to get an annual picture of the state of cinema", declared Alessandro Usai to Cineuropa. “The Green paper also includes data on State financing. It will allow us to understand where bad investments have been made and how to maximise the system.

(Translated from Italian)