Tamil cinema, also known as Kollywood, is the Indian filmmaking industry of Tamil-language motion pictures. It is based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, in the Kodambakkam neighbourhood, leading to the industry's nickname Kollywood, the word being a portmanteau of Kodambakkam and Hollywood.
China's film industry has come a long way over the past decade. As of the time of writing, there are about 12,000 movie theaters with an average of 6.8 cinema screens, an exponential growth since 2012.
The cinema of Hong Kong (Chinese: 香港電影) is one of the three major threads in the history of Chinese language cinema, alongside the cinema of China and the cinema of Taiwan.
Hallyuwood, a compound word combining the word Hallyu (Korean Wave) with wood from Hollywood, is the informal term popularly used to describe the Korean-language entertainment and film industry in South Korea.
Now, more than ever before, that boss is Beijing. In 2020, the Chinese film market officially surpassed North America's as the world's biggest box office, all but ensuring that Hollywood studios will continue to do everything possible for access to the country.
In order to gain access to the lucrative Chinese market, Western movies have gone from allowing China's censors to alter or remove scenes before they are shown in China -- Judi Dench as "M" in the James Bond film "Casino Royale" had to rerecord a single line of dialogue to omit mention of the Cold War -- to adding ...
Bollywood produces more than 1000 films every year. India is one of the world's largest cinema entertainment marketplaces, with the Indian film industry's total revenue surpassed 90 billion Indian rupees in 2021. India is the world's top film producer in terms of quantity.
Cinema of Pakistan, popularly known as Lollywood (Urdu: پاکِستانی سینما), refers to the filmmaking industry in Pakistan. Pakistan is home to several film studios centres, primarily located in its three largest cities – Karachi, Lahore.
Nollywood, a portmanteau of Nigeria and Hollywood, is a sobriquet that originally referred to the Nigerian film industry. The origin of the term dates back to the early 2000s, traced to an article in The New York Times.
Lollywood is a Pakistan's film industry which has served as the base for both Urdu and Punjabi-language film production. Lahore has been the center of Pakistani cinema since independence in 1947.
Punjabi cinema, popularly known as Pollywood, refers to the Punjabi-language film industry centered around the Indian state of Punjab, and based in Amritsar and Mohali. The cinema of Punjab has its beginnings with the 1928 production of Ajj dia thia, the earliest feature film produced in the region.
Only 15 U.S. films were allowed into China last year, by Deadline's count, as the country moves toward its own homegrown titles. That's lower than 2021 and way down from 2019, when there were more than 30 releases.
The Chinese are financing some of your favorite films, buying theater chains, it is a growing trend. Major Chinese production companies teaming up with Tinseltown, which is leading to concerns over pro-China propaganda making it's way into major American blockbusters.
Hollywood, also called Tinseltown, district within the city of Los Angeles, California, U.S., whose name is synonymous with the American film industry.
Disney's Shanghai resort isn't actually owned by Disney. It's a joint venture with a "state-owned enterprise" — i.e., the CCP. The split? The CCP owns 57%, Disney just 43%.
Unbeknownst to most moviegoers, studios were removing scenes and dialogue from scripts and finished movies to appease Chinese censors—scrubbing any production of plot points that brushed up against sensitive Chinese history or made the country look anything less than a modern, sophisticated world power.
The term Hallyuwood has been used and quoted in various news articles, journals, books and symposiums to describe people, places and events related to the Korean Wave such as a planned "Hallyuwood Walk of Fame" in the glitzy Gangnam District in Seoul to a bibimbap dish called Bibigo: The Hallyuwood hopeful.
15, 2023, 1:40 AM ET (Yahoo News UK) 'A Man Called Otto' Producer SF Studios Shuts UK Company As Part Of Restructure. Svensk Filmindustri, (Swedish: “Swedish Film Industry”) oldest and one of the most important Swedish motion-picture studios, as well as a major film distributor and exhibitor.
Bollywood is the Mumbai Film industry (India's Hindi Film Industry). The name “Bollywood” was coined during the 1970's. It is India's and world's largest film industry in terms of films produced and released each year. The term Bollywood originated when Indian film industry overtook the Hollywood film industry.
