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Asian cinema refers to the film industries and films produced in the continent of Asia. More commonly however, it is used to refer to the cinema of Eastern, Southeastern and South Asia. These regions are linked by a measure of common history and interaction - for example South East Asia is heavily influenced by both South Asian (i.e. Indian) culture, and East Asian (i.e. Chinese) culture - and South Asia and East Asia share high degrees of cultural commonality themselves. The commonality of dharmic/Indic religion such as Buddhism and Hinduism across these regions, the geographical proximity, and the ancient ties that these areas share leads to the broad classification of these areas into common terms like Asian cinema, Far Eastern Cinema, Oriental Cinema or Eastern cinema. Image File history File links Please see the file description page for further information. ... East Asian cinema (sometimes called Far Eastern cinema, Eastern cinema, Asian cinema or Oriental cinema) is a term used to refer to the film industry and films produced in, and/or by natives of, East Asia. ... The history of Chinese-language cinema has three separate threads of development: Cinema of Hong Kong, Cinema of China, and Cinema of Taiwan. ... The cinema of Hong Kong is one of the three major threads in the history of Chinese language cinema, alongside the cinema of China, and the cinema of Taiwan. ... Japanese cinema (æ˜ ç”»; Eiga) has a history in Japan that spans more than 100 years. ... Korean cinema encompasses the motion picture industries of North Korea and South Korea. ... The history of Chinese-language cinema has three separate threads of development: Cinema of Hong Kong, Cinema of China and Cinema of Taiwan. ... South Asian cinema refers to the cinema of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan and the Maldives. ... There are two Bengali film industries: Dhaka(called Dhallywood) and Kolkata (called Tollywood, a portmanteau of Tollygunge, the area of South Kolkata where this industry is based, and Hollywood) // Dhallywood Based in Dhaka, its the Bangladeshi film industry, with about 60 films produced each year. ... The Indian film industry is the largest in the world in terms of number of films (877 feature films and 1177 short films made in India were released in the year 2003 alone);[1] compared with 473 films released in the US in 2003. ... The Cinema of Nepal is said to have begun with Aama, a film produced by His Majestys Government of Nepal, and released on October 7, 1964 (2021 BS), and D. B. Pariyars Satya Harishchandra, which was the premiere of the first Nepali Language film on September 14, 1951... Lollywood (Urdu: Ù„Ø§Ù„ÛŒÙˆÚˆ) refers to the Pakistani film industry, based in the city of Lahore. ... Sri Lankan cinema is highly acclaimed abroad - its films have won dozens of awards at international festivals. ... Southeast Asian cinema refers to the film industry and films produced in, and/or by natives of, Southeast Asia. ... Cinema in Cambodia started in the 1950s, and by the 1960s the countrys film industry was experiencing a golden age, with many classic films being made and movie theaters throughout the country. ... The cinema of Indonesia has a long history but at present is a small, struggling industry. ... The Malaysian cinema experience began in 1933 with the screening of Laila Majnun, a well-known Sanskrit play of two ill-fated lovers. ... The cinema of Myanmar has a long history that dates back to the colonial era. ... The cinema of the Philippines has a history that can be traced back to the early days of filmmaking in 1897, when a theater owner named Pertierra screened imported moving pictures. ... After independence, in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, Singapore had no film industry, being more concerned with the bread-and-butter issues of economic nation-building. ... The cinema of Thailand has a history that stretches back to early days of filmmaking, when King Chulalongkorns 1897 visit to Berne, Switzerland was recorded by Francois-Henri Lavancy-Clarke. ... The cinema of Vietnam has a history that goes back to the 1920s and has largedly been shaped by wars that have been fought in the country from the 1940s to the 1970s. ... Middle eastern cinema refers collectively to the film output and film industries of the middle east. ... Iranian cinema (or Persian cinema), which has won thousands of International film awards, has become one of the most renowned in the world. ... Israel has had a notable cinema industry for some time. ... The first film showing in Turkey was held in the Yildiz Palace, Istanbul in 1896. ... World map showing the location of Asia. ... 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The phrase Asian cinema is often linked to regional implications of the word Asian. For example, Asians in the USA are generally thought of as East Asians and South East Asians, due to the large presence of those ethnicities there, and Asians in the UK and commonwealth countries generally refers to South Asians, due to the large presence of those ethnicities there. Generally West Asians are thought of as Middle Eastern, and thus are not usually classified as Asian cinema, although sometimes Iran is included due to the fame of its cinema and proximity to South Asia. North Asia is dominated by siberian Russia, and is thus considered European cinema. Central Asia is usually grouped with the Middle East. A map showing Southwest Asia - The term Middle East is more often used to refer to both Southwest Asia and some North African countries Southwest Asia, or West Asia, is the southwestern part of Asia. ... Regions of Asia: Northern Asia Central Asia Western Asia Southern Asia Eastern Asia Southeastern Asia North Asia or Northern Asia is a subregion of Asia. ...

East Asian cinema is typified by the cinema of Japan, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Korea, including the Japanese anime industry and martial arts action films of Hong Kong. South Asian cinema is typified by the cinema of India, which contains many regional film industries, including Bollywood, whose output is the largest in the world in terms of the number of films produced and in the number of tickets sold. The world famous Asian Academy of Film & Television is also based in India. South East Asian cinema is typified by the cinema of Thailand and other South East Asian contries. Korea (Korean: í•œêµ or ì¡°ì„ , see below) is a geographic area, civilization, and former state situated on the Korean Peninsula in East Asia. ... The main cast of the anime Cowboy Bebop (1998) (L to R: Spike Spiegel, Jet Black, Ed Tivrusky, Faye Valentine, and Ein the dog) For the oleo-resin, see AnimÃ© (oleo-resin). ... Hawaiian State Grappling Championships. ... Bollywood (DevanÄgarÄ«: à¤¬à¥‰à¤²à¥€à¤µà¥à¤¡, Nastaliq: Ø¨Ø§Ù„ÛŒÙˆÚˆ) is the informal name given to the popular Mumbai-based Hindi language film industry in India. ... The Asian Academy of Film & Television is a film and television school. ...

Finally, Middle eastern cinema is typified by Iranian and Turkish cinema. Turkish cinema is an important part of Turkish culture, and has flourished over the years, delivering high quality entertainment to audiences in Turkey, across Europe (particularly in countries with large Turkish minorities), and in rare cases, the USA. GORA // The first film showing in Turkey was held in the Yildiz...

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Cinema of Asia A list of films produced in Asia by country of origin: // Afghan Nomads (The Maldar) (1974) An Afghan Village (1974) Alicia (2002) Amen inch lav e (1991) Andmicht (2001) Anitzvatznere (1991) Anverj patmutyun (1996) Arahet (2005) Aratte-spazanm, tservery, erkir (2002) Avetik (1992) Avlos (1992) All for...

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Lists of films \| Years in film \| By Country \| By Genre \| By Language Image File history File links Please see the file description page for further information. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Here is a structured list of movie lists: // By year By letter List of films: numbers List of films: A-D List of films: E-I List of films: J-R List of films: S-Z By genre List of comedy films List of United States comedy films List of... This page indexes the individual year in film pages. ... This category lists individual films by their genre. ... List of Albanian films List of Arabic language films List of Catalan language films List of Chinese language films List of English language films Esperanto language films List of French language films List of German language films List of Greek movies List of Hindi language films List of Japanese language...
Cinema topics / Regions	Actors • Archives • Animation • Awards • Characters • Cinematography • Cinematographers • Directors • Distributors • Editing • Film theatres • History • Festivals • Industry • Movements • Organizations • Pioneers • Production • Production companies • Sound production • Soundtracks • Special effects • Studios • Techniques • Technology • Theory • Types of film • The following are lists of actors: Overall: List of male movie actors (A-K) List of male movie actors (L-Z) List of female movie actors Theater actors: List of male theater actors List of female theater actors Television actors: List of male television actors List of female television actors... This is a list of groups, organizations and festivals that recognize achievements in cinema, usually by awarding various prizes. ... This category lists cinematographers. ... This is a list of motion picture and television directors. ... Film editing, also called montage, is the connecting of one or more shots to form a sequence, and the subsequent connecting of sequences to form an entire movie. ... Subcategories There are 11 subcategories to this category shown below (more may be shown on subsequent pages). ... The history of film or cinema has brought this mass media from its early stages as an obscure novelty to one of the most important tools of communication and entertainment in the modern world. ... . ... Subcategories There are 3 subcategories to this category shown below (more may be shown on subsequent pages). ... This category contains articles about albums of music from or inspired by a particular motion picture. ... A film studio is an environment - interior or exterior - which is designed specifically for the production of motion pictures. ... Special effects (FX): 3-D film for movie history Stereoscopy for 3D technical details 3-D computer graphics Computer-generated imagery Digital compositing Optical effects Bluescreen/chroma key Stop trick Stop motion Editing: Timecode A Roll B Roll Cross cutting Cutaway Cut in Cut out Dissolve Establishing shot Hairy Arm...
Africa	Burkina Faso • Nigeria • South Africa The term African cinema usually refers to the film production in countries south of the Sahara since they gained formal independence, which for many countries happened in the 1960s. ... The film industry in Burkina Faso is considered the best in West Africa, if not in Africa, with advanced production and distribution facilities. ... Cry, the Beloved Country (1995) Drum (2004) Fiela se Kind (1988) Forgiveness (2004) Inside Out (2000) Jump the Gun (1997) Mr Bones (2001) Paljas (1998) Promised Land (2002) Sarafina (1992) Story of an African Farm (2004) Yesterday (2004) In My Country (2005) This is an incomplete list. ...
Americas	North America : Canada (Quebec) • U.S.A. \| Latin America : Argentina • Brazil • Colombia • Cuba • Mexico • Paraguay • Peru • Puerto Rico For information on the cinema of the Americas, see: North American cinema Cinema of Canada Cinema of Quebec Cinema of the United States Latin American cinema Cinema of Argentina Cinema of Brazil Cinema of Colombia Cinema of Cuba Cinema of Mexico Cinema of Paraguay Cinema of Peru Cinema of Puerto... North American cinema refers collectively to the film output and film industries of North America. ... The history of cinema in QuÃ©bec started on June 27, 1896 when the French Louis Minier inaugurated the first movie projection in North America in a Montreal theatre room. ... Much like American popular music, American cinema has had a profound effect on cinema across the world since the early 20th century. ... Latin American cinema refers collectively to the film output and film industries of Latin America. ... The history of film in Puerto Rico begins with a silent documentary from 1918, After Twenty Years: Porto Rico. ...
Asia	East Asia : China • Hong Kong • Japan • Korea • Taiwan \| Southeast Asia : Cambodia • Indonesia • Malaysia • Myanmar • Philippines • Singapore • Thailand • Vietnam \| South Asia : Bangladesh (Bengali) • India (below) • Nepal • Pakistan • Sri Lanka East Asian cinema (sometimes called Far Eastern cinema, Eastern cinema, Asian cinema or Oriental cinema) is a term used to refer to the film industry and films produced in, and/or by natives of, East Asia. ... The cinema of Hong Kong is one of the three major threads in the history of Chinese language cinema, alongside the cinema of China, and the cinema of Taiwan. ... Korean cinema encompasses the motion picture industries of North Korea and South Korea. ... Southeast Asian cinema refers to the film industry and films produced in, and/or by natives of, Southeast Asia. ... South Asian cinema refers to the cinema of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan and the Maldives. ... Bengali cinema, or the Bengali film industry, is one of the earliest film industries in India. ... Sri Lankan cinema is highly acclaimed abroad - its films have won dozens of awards at international festivals. ...
Asia	India : Assamese / Bengali / Bollywood (Hindi) / Karnataka / Kollywood (Tamil) / Malayalam / Tollywood (Telugu) Assamese cinema was born in 1935 when Jyoti Prasad Agarwala released his movie Joymoti. ... Bengali cinema, or the Bengali film industry, is one of the earliest film industries in India. ... Bollywood (DevanÄgarÄ«: à¤¬à¥‰à¤²à¥€à¤µà¥à¤¡, Nastaliq: Ø¨Ø§Ù„ÛŒÙˆÚˆ) is the informal name given to the popular Mumbai-based Hindi language film industry in India. ... Hindi (Devanagari: à¤¹à¤¿à¤¨à¥à¤¦à¥€ or à¤¹à¤¿à¤‚à¤¦à¥€; IPA: ), an Indo-European language spoken mainly in northern and central India, is the official language of the Union government of India [1][2]. It is part of a dialect continuum of the Indic family, bounded on the northwest and west by Punjabi, Sindhi, Urdu, and Gujarati... The Cinema of Karnataka encompasses movies made in the Indian state of Karnataka. ... Kollywood (Tamil : à®•à¯‹à®²à®¿à®µà¯‚à®Ÿà¯) is a name often applied to Tamil Cinema, based in Chennai (formerly Madras) in the state of Tamil Nadu in South India. ... Tamil may refer to: Tamil language, one of the Dravidian languages primarily spoken in South Asia Tamil script, primarily used to write the Tamil language Tamil people The word Tamil is also used as an adjective to qualify something of or pertaining to the Tamil people, culture, or language. ... Malayalam cinema, or movies in Malayalam language, forms a significant component of the Cinema of India, both as a form of art and as mass medium. ... This article is about the Telugu film industry. ... Telugu may refer to: Telugu language Telugu literature Telugu people Telugu script Telugu films Look up Telugu in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...
Australasia	Australia • New Zealand Australasian cinema refers collectively to the film output and film industries of Australasia. ... Strictly speaking, New Zealand cinema refers to films made by New Zealand-based production companies in New Zealand. ...
Europe	Albania • Austria • Belgium • Bulgaria • Croatia • Czech Republic • Denmark • Estonia • Faroe Islands • Finland • France • Germany • Greece • Hungary • Iceland • Ireland • Italy • Luxembourg • Montenegro • Netherlands • Norway • Poland • Portugal • Romania • Russia • Serbia • Soviet Union • Spain • Sweden • Switzerland • Ukraine • U.K. • Yugoslavia European cinema is the cinema of Europe. ... Norwegian Anneke von der Lippe as the Faroese Barbara in the 1997 Danish motion picture The Faroe Islands do not have a long history of cinema. ... Montenegro has been the site of many domestic films. ... Serbia (both as an independent country and as part a part of former Yugoslavia) has been home to many internationally acclaimed films and directors. ... Soviet Cinema should not be used as a synonym for Russian Cinema. Although Russian language films predominated, several of the constituent republics of the Soviet Union contributed films reflecting elements of their pre-Soviet culture, language and history, although sometimes censored by the Central Government. ... Michael Caine in Get Carter (1971). ... The historical country of Yugoslavia had a notable cinema industry of its own. ...
Middle East	Egypt • Iran • Israel • Turkey Middle eastern cinema refers collectively to the film output and film industries of the middle east. ...

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