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2011 The year of all records for france
I am simply amazed by the number of records broken by the french film industry last year AND wanted to take a moment to share the salute with you, and them.

• 2011 was one of the best Cannes selection in years, in my view, with Awards everyone agreed to be well deserved and well balanced.

• 215 M admissions, a record (going back to 1966 levels, pre facebook, pre TV, pre world Cup audience...)

• Record percentage of cinema attendance 65.6% of French population saw a film: crisis what crisis?. ("Let us go to the movies to forget"...)

• Record 41% of Box Office take from local films, "cocorico", Rien à déclarer, Intouchables...16 film scored over a million admissions

• 18,4 M admissions and counting...for "Intouchables", amazing score for a good comedy with good positive human feelings and attitude (5% of benefits go to a charity!)

• And of course 10 Oscar nominations (6 Golden Globes, 12 Bafta...) a loud salute for a silent film (so creative, but only 1.5M admissions before the french relaunch)

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The state of Indie Distribution
The Sundance Film Festival is in full swing, some  films are being bought and others are not. Understanding the reasons for these decisions is critical for independent filmmakers.  Film Independent recently produced a round table that focused on indie distribution.  It's an offshoot from their Filmmaker Forum, which was held over an entire weekend in early October.  This discussion looked at the economics of distribution; traditional, DIY, and digital strategies. The panelists also addressed the state of film distribution

Festivals: too many of them?
We, at filmfestivals keep a close watch on festival trends, run the most exhaustive database worldwide, have about 4000 affiliated festivals and 450 of them with blogs on fest21.com. Many media, mostly from the States, ask our fest experts why the figure for festivals has grown so big in the recent years, and whether there are too many of them.
Long story: long answer.

Film Festival Tourism: a research on its rapid expansion
A focus on the growing film festival tourism phenomenon with specific information about the participants in festival tourism, the services provided by the few agencies in this new niche market, and the characteristics of the film festivals that would most likely benefit from film festival tourism.
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Cannes Market video Interviews
Watch a brief presentation of Cannes Market exhibitors, a new automated service for festivals and markets adding value to booth presence.