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World cinema
African cinema
Arab cinema
Asian cinema
East Asian cinema South Asian cinema Southeast Asian cinema West Asian cinema
European cinema
Latin American cinema
North American cinema
Oceanian cinema
World cinema is a term in film theory that refers to films made outside of the American motion picture industry, particularly those in opposition to the aesthetics and values of commercial American cinema.[1] The Third Cinema of Latin America and various national cinemas are commonly identified as part of world cinema. The term has been criticized for Americentrism and for ignoring the diversity of different cinematic traditions around the world.[1]
^ abNagib, Lúcia. "Towards a positive definition of world cinema." Remapping world cinema: Identity, culture and politics in film (2006): 30-37.
commercial American cinema. The Third Cinema of Latin America and various national cinemas are commonly identified as part of worldcinema. The term has been...
The WorldCinema Project (WCP), formerly WorldCinema Foundation, is a non-profit organization devoted to the preservation and restoration of neglected...
is a list of cinema of the world by continent and country. Cinema of Africa Cinema of Asia South Asian cinema Southeast Asian cinemaCinema of North America...
Cinema Paradiso (Italian: Nuovo Cinema Paradiso, Italian pronunciation: [ˈnwɔːvo ˈtʃiːnema paraˈdiːzo], literally "New Paradise Cinema") is a 1988 coming-of-age...
The Cinema of India, consisting of motion pictures made by the Indian film industry, has had a large effect on worldcinema since 2nd half of 20th century...
regional cinema constituted 21 percent. Hindi cinema is one of the largest centres for film production in the world. Hindi films sold an estimated 341 million...
Telugu cinema, also known as Tollywood, is the segment of Indian cinema dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the Telugu language, widely spoken...
end of World War II in the 1940s, the following decade, the 1950s, marked a 'golden age' for non-English worldcinema, especially for Asian cinema. Many...
distinct historical threads of Chinese-language cinema together with the cinema of Hong Kong and the cinema of Taiwan. China is the home of the largest movie...
was ranked as one of the "Top-Ten Greatest Performances of All Time in WorldCinema" by Time magazine in 2005; both that and his other produced films Awara...
The Third WorldCinema Corporation was a company formed to promote film roles for actors of color. Seeking independence from the constraints of Hollywood...
one of the best exporters of cinema in the 1990s. Some critics now rank Iran as the world's most important national cinema, artistically, with a significance...
Malayalam cinema is the segment of Indian cinema dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the Malayalam language, which is widely spoken in the...
Tamil cinema, also known as Kollywood or K-Town, is the segment of Indian cinema dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the Tamil language,...
films in the world after the United States. A study in April 2014 showed that French cinema maintains a positive influence around the world, being the most...
a prominent part on the worldcinema stage. In the West, Hong Kong's vigorous pop cinema (especially Hong Kong action cinema) has long had a strong cult...
industry in Germany can be traced back to the late 19th century. German cinema made major technical and artistic contributions to early film, broadcasting...
(Brendan Bellomo and Slava Leontyev) WorldCinema Dramatic – Sujo (Astrid Rondero and Fernanda Valadez) WorldCinema Documentary – A New Kind of Wilderness...
Arab cinema or Arabic cinema (Arabic: السينما العربية, romanized: al-sīnemā al-ʿArabīyah) refers to the film industry of the Arab world. Most productions...
Union portal Germany portal Film portal German CinemaCinema of Europe List of films set in Berlin Worldcinema "The Berlinale: Berlin's International Film...
Squid and the Whale WorldCinema Jury Prize Documentary – Shape of the Moon WorldCinema Jury Prize Dramatic – The Hero WorldCinema Audience Award Dramatic...
and the democratization of South Korea. The golden age of South Korean cinema in the mid-20th century produced what are considered two of the best South...
The cinema of Indonesia refers to films produced domestically in Indonesia. The statutory Indonesian Film Board [id], or BPI, defines Indonesian films...
The Cinema of East Asia is cinema produced in East Asia or by people from this region. It is part of cinema of Asia, which in turn is part of world cinema...
The cinema of Australia began with the 1906 production of The Story of the Kelly Gang, arguably the world's first feature film. Since then, Australian...
audiences and appreciation for German cinema began to grow as anti-German sentiment decreased following the end of World War I. By the time its 1916 ban on...
the 1970s in film involved many significant developments in worldcinema. An Asian cinema touchstone beginning in the early 1970s was traditional Hong...
and Third cinema, amongst many other topics. Transnational cinema debates consider the development and subsequent effect of films, cinemas and directors...
Asian cinema is typified by the cinema of India, the cinema of Pakistan, the cinema of Bangladesh, and the cinema of Nepal. Southeast Asian cinema is typified...
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