Results 2005 (2) : €1.2 billion of investments
A 22.6% increase in investments was recorded in 2005 for French films, to the amount of €1.28bn spread over 240 financed features. Analysed by Véronique Cayla, director general of the National Film Centre (CNC), this sum was broken up into almost €917m from French sources (compared to €820m in 2004) and €369m from abroad, a figure very much on the rise compared to €229m in 2004. This benefited in particular the 114 international co-productions financed in France in 2005. The 61 majority French co-productions accumulated €338m worth of investment (€299m in 2004) and the 53 minority co-productions, €352m (€156m in 2004).
The still unreleased co-productions made with foreign funds include Michel Ocelot’s Azur and Asmar (70% France, 10% Belgium, 10% Estonia, 10% Italy), Jardins en automne (lit. "Gardens in Autumn") by Otar Iosselini (55% France, 25% Switzerland, 20% Italy), Pascale Ferrand’s Lady Chatterley [+see also:
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Among the minority French productions, Italy had the lion’s share in 2005, with French investments in the upcoming L’amico di famiglia (lit. "Friend of the Family") by Paolo Sorrentino, Nanni Moretti’s The Caiman, The Missing Star (La stella che non c'è) by Gianni Amelio, Dark Sea (Mare buio) by Roberta Torre, N by Paolo Virzi, Il regista di matrimoni (lit. "The Wedding Director") by Marco Bellocchio, La straniera (lit. "The Stranger") by Marco Turco and Don’t Tell by Cristiana Comencini.
In term of budget, an average €4.99m was invested in over 187 films initiated in France, with 12 features costing over €15m. Oliver Twist was the biggest budgest film of all, with at €50m, ahead of Les Bronzés 3 (€35.06m) and Bandidas [+see also:
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As for minority co-productions, Perfume: The Story of a Murderer [+see also:
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(Translated from French)
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