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P FACTS & FIGURES 2005 ll DANISH FILM INSTITUTE PRODUCTION AND EXHIBITION FIGURES FOR 2004 FACTS & FIGURES 2005 PAGE 4 01. BUDGET & ORGANISATION PAGE 5 02. CINEMAS & DISTRIBUTION PAGE 6 03. FEATURE FILM PRODUCTION PAGE 7 04. FEATURE FILM RELEASES PAGE 8 05. ADMISSIONS & MARKET SHARES PAGE 11 06. PUBLIC SERVICE TELEVISION AND VIDEO PAGE 12 07. DANISH FEATURE FILM ABROAD PAGE 13 08. SHORTS & DOCUMENTARIES PAGE 14 09. DFI CENTRE FOR CHILDREN & YOUTH FILM PAGE 15 10. DFI CINEMATHEQUE, LIBRARY & ARCHIVES The public film sector in Denmark Ministry of Culture National Film School Danish Film Institute Danish Broadcasting TV 2/Danmark Media Council of Denmark - Established 1997 Corporation / DR TV - Majority of finance for Children & Youth - Established 1966 Previous Institute 1972 - Financed through licence fees from advertising - Established 1997 Production & Development Distribution & Marketing Archive & Cinematheque Management & Administration New Danish Screen DFI Film Workshop Centre for Children Film-X - Established 2003 - Established 1977 & Youth Film Interactive film studio - Established 1997 for children and adolescents SOURCES: PUBLISHED BY The Danish Film Institute 2005 Statistics Denmark, Danish Film Institute, European Audiovisual Observatory (LUMIÈRE EDITORS Claus Hjorth database), Media Secretariat Denmark, Association of Danish Videogram Distributors, Agnete Dorph Stjernfelt European Commission. GRAPHIC DESIGN Rasmus Koch Aps PRINTED BY Centertryk ABBREVIATIONS, ETC.: CIRCULATION 3,000 … Data unavailable at time of print c Children Comments to [email protected] or [email protected]. GBO Gross Box Office incl. VAT m Million NFTF Nordic Film & Television Fund y Youth All economic figures are in Euros unless otherwise specified. The euro exchange rate used here is 7.4430 (1 March 2005). Economic figures have not been regulated. Economic figures have been rounded. Due to rounding, figures may differ from manual calculations. For the latest figures on the Danish film sector, plus recent and coming releases, articles and publications, go to www.dfi.dk. PAGE 2 / Facts & Figures 2005 / Danish Film Institute FACTS & FIGURES 2005 FACTS 22 Danish feature films received production 6 Danish features —at least —have been on the support from DFI in 2004. Average production top 20 list in Denmark every year since 1999. budget 2.2m euros. Average government subsidy 38%. 12 Danish feature films were seen by the average Dane on Danish public television 2.7m euros will be spent on development channels in 2004. in 2005, equivalent to more than 10% of the total production expenditure. 25m tickets sold in Europe and USA to the 20 best performing Danish feature films outside 4.5m euros will be spent on distribution Denmark in the period 1996-2004. and promotion of Danish films domestically and internationally in 2005. 38 Danish short & documentary films received production support from DFI in 2004. 3,6m euros will be spent on developing new talents and experimental projects under 82,199 school children participated in DFI the New Danish Screen programme in 2005. educational programmes in 2004. 73% of the total theatrical market in 62 films were restored at the DFI Film Archive Denmark is held by Danish/Scandinavian in 2004. distributors. 1,027 titles were screened at the DFI 163 cinemas in Denmark total 380 screens Cinematheque in 2004. and 57,000 seats. 109,464 admissions in the DFI 25% domestic market share for Danish Cinematheque in 2004. feature films in the period 1999-2004. Danish Film Institute / Facts & Figures 2005 / PAGE 3 BUDGET & ORGANISATION BUDGET & ORGANISATION The national film agency, the Danish Film Institute (DFI), operates under the Ministry of Culture according to the Film Act (1997). Since 1999 the financial framework and the 01 political objectives for the Danish film policy have been laid down in four-year political agreements decided by the Danish Parliament. The first Film Policy Accord covered the period 1999-2002. The current Film Policy Accord covers the period 2003-2006. TABLE 1.1 / Key figures, Denmark (Euros) Population /2004 Inhabitants: 5.4m Government budget for cinema activities /2005 50.8m DFI operating costs /2005 (included above) 14.6m Production volume, Danish feature films /2004 Titles: 22 47.6m Government subsidies, Danish feature films /2004 17.9m Production volume, Danish shorts & documentaries /2004 Titles: 38 11.4m Government subsidies, Danish shorts & documentaries /2004 4.3m Number of cinemas and screens in Denmark /2004 Cinemas: 163 Screens: 380 Danish feature film releases /2004 Titles: 19 Admissions: 3.4m Market share, Danish feature films in Denmark /2004 Share: 24% TV audience for recent Danish feature films on public service television /2004 Average: 0.9m Average share: 17% Danish feature films distributed in Europe (outside Denmark) /2003 Titles: 29 Average admissions: 0.1m Danish feature films at foreign festivals /2004 Titles: 94 Deposits/sales of shorts & documentaries to libraries and schools /2004 Titles: 1,123 Copies: 18,303 TV audience for Danish shorts & documentaries on public service television /2004 Average: 0.2m Danish shorts & documentaries at foreign festivals /2004 Titles: 139 DFI educational programme for school children /2004 Screenings: 626 Participants: 82,199 Festival screenings for children & youth in Denmark /2004 Screennings: 342 Admissions: 31,993 DFI Cinematheque /2004 Screenings: 2,036 Admissions: 109,464 DFI Videotheque /2004 Visitors: 7,288 DFI Library /2004 Loans: 25,174 DFI Film archive, copies registered /2004 Copies: 33,446 DFI stills & posters archive, stills /2004 Titles: 49,600 TABLE 1.2 / DFI budget 2005 Dkk 1000s Euro 1000s Dkk 1000s Euro 1000s PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT DISTRIBUTION & MARKETING SUBSIDIES Feature films subsidies Feature film subsidies Consultant scheme: Script 5,000 670 Promotion & Marketing subsidies 12,000 1,610 Consultant scheme: Development 10,000 1,340 Print subsidies 6,000 810 Consultant scheme: Production 88,000 11,820 Festival subsidies, Denmark & abroad 5,300 710 60/40 scheme: Production 41,400 5,560 Import subsidies 2,900 390 Total feature film production and development 144,400 19,400 Miscellaneous 700 90 Total feature film, distribution & marketing 26,900 3,610 Shorts & documentaries subsidies Consultant scheme: Script & development 5,000 670 Shorts & documentaries subsidies Consultant scheme: Production 29,900 4,020 Promotion & Marketing subsidies 1,500 200 Consultant scheme: Talentpool 2,000 270 Print subsidies 500 70 Total shorts & documentaries production and development 36,900 4,960 Festival subsidies, Denmark & abroad 3,000 400 Miscellaneous 1,800 240 Other subsidies Total shorts & documentaries, distribution & marketing 6,800 910 Workshops, internal & external 5,400 730 Eurimages & NFTF 8,100 1,090 Cinema subsidy 5,500 740 Miscellaneous 2,600 350 Centre for Children & Youth Film 3,000 400 TOTAL PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT 197,400 26,530 TOTAL DISTRIBUTION & MARKETING 42,200 5,670 NEW DANISH SCREEN 26,900 3,610 OTHER SUBSIDIES 2,500 340 TOTAL SUBSIDIES 269,000 36,140 DFI OPERATION COSTS Production & development 14,600 1,960 Distribution & marketing 20,300 2,730 Museum & cinematheque 23,000 3,090 Talent pool 1,700 230 Administration 13,500 1,810 Other 35,600 4,780 TOTAL OPERATION COSTS 108,700 14,600 DFI TOTAL BUDGET 2005 377,700 50,750 PAGE 4 / Facts & Figures 2005 / Danish Film Institute CINEMAS & DISTRIBUTION CINEMAS & DISTRIBUTION For more than a decade, over 160 cinemas have been in operation in Denmark. Feature film distribution in Denmark is dominated by six key players: SF Film, Nordisk, Sandrew 02 Metronome, UIP, Buena Vista and Angel Films. TABLE 2.1 / Ownership of cinemas /2004 TABLE 2.3 / Vertical integration /2004 Owner cinemas screens seats Distributors that own cinemas Cinemas Screens Seats Nordisk Film 15 96 15,136 Nordisk Film 14 91 14,276 Cinemaxx 3 28 6,460 Sandrew Metronome 2 16 2,716 Sandrew Metronome 2 16 2,716 Camera Film (Grand Teatret) 1 6 483 Other private owners 67 154 21,517 Øst for Paradis 1 4 311 Public (municipal boroughs) 15 20 3,065 Husets Biograf 1 1 62 Organizations 61 66 8,120 Total 163 380 57,014 Hereof multiscreens cinemas 71 TABLE 2.2 / Distributor market share /2004 Distributor Films Hereof Danish Admissions Percent of total screened first run releases admissions UIP 125 0 3,302,467 26% Sandrew Metronome 91 4 3,222,456 25% Nordisk 103 11 3,056,927 24% SF Film 90 2 2,179,321 17% Angel Scanbox 39 1 609,728 5% Øst for Paradis 58 0 146,706 1% Camera Film 39 0 88,951 1% Regner Grasten Film 1 1 62,401 0% Marco Film 21 0 34,843 0% Miracle Film 66 0 38,986 0% Husets Biograf 5 0 19,387 0% Posthus Teatret 6 0 6,172 0% Sunrise 3 0 4,476 0% Others 4 0 14,639 0% Total 651 19 12,787,460 100% Danish Film Institute / Facts & Figures 2005 / PAGE 5 FEATURE FILM PRODUCTION FEATURE FILM PRODUCTION DFI is responsible for supporting and encouraging the art of filmmaking. State aid is directed at production of feature films under two principal subsidy schemes: the 60/40- 03 scheme (primarily oriented at feature films with a commercial potential) and the con- sultant scheme (primarily oriented at feature films with an artistic and experimental potential). A minimum of 25% of DFI development and production funding must be earmarked for films for children and youth. TABLE 3.1 / Danish feature films – Majors with DFI subsidy commitment /2004 English title/Danish title Production budget DFI subsidy Subsidy percent TV station International Type Children & youth Adam's apples/Adams æbler 2,875,000 1,082,000 38%