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typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Iraq_film_clapperboard.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Iraq_film_clapperboard.svg/220px-Iraq_film_clapperboard.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Iraq_film_clapperboard.svg/330px-Iraq_film_clapperboard.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Iraq_film_clapperboard.svg/440px-Iraq_film_clapperboard.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="48" data-file-height="48" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> of <a href="/wiki/Projection_screen" title="Projection screen">screens</a></th><td class="infobox-data">300 (before 2003)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #C0C0C0">Produced feature films</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Total</th><td class="infobox-data">100+ (2003)</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>cinema of <a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq">Iraq</a></b> developed under <a href="/wiki/Saddam_Hussein" title="Saddam Hussein">Saddam Hussein</a>'s regime.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, it went through a downturn as a result of the Gulf War and 2003–2011 war. The development of film and film-going in Iraq reflects the drastic historical shifts that Iraq has experienced in the 20th century. The <a href="/wiki/Iraq_War" title="Iraq War">Iraq War</a> which began in 2003 had an influence on many films being produced.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cinema_of_Iraq&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>While <a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq">Iraq</a>'s first film projection took place in 1909, cinema was not truly regarded as a cultural activity or pastime until the 1920s. The first cinemas, like the famous al-Zawra'a Cinema on <a href="/wiki/Baghdad" title="Baghdad">Baghdad</a>'s bustling thoroughfare <a href="/wiki/Al-Rasheed_Street" class="mw-redirect" title="Al-Rasheed Street">al-Rasheed Street</a>, played mostly <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">American</a> silent films for British citizens.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the 1940s under the rule of <a href="/wiki/King" title="King">King</a> <a href="/wiki/Faisal_II_of_Iraq" class="mw-redirect" title="Faisal II of Iraq">Faisal II of Iraq</a>, a real Iraqi cinema began. Supported by <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">British</a> and <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">French</a> financiers, movie production companies established themselves in Baghdad. The Baghdad Studio was established in 1948, but soon came apart when tensions between the Arab and Jewish founders flared up. For the most part, the product was purely commercial, fluffy romances with plenty of singing and dancing often set in small villages.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The World of Arts (Dunyat Alfann) studio, which was founded by actors, reached for more serious fare. In 1955, they produced Haidar Al-Omar's Fitna wa Hassan, an Iraqi retelling of Romeo and Juliet, that received international attention. But for the most part, the strong-fist rule of the state discouraged any socially relevant films. </p><p>In 1959 when King Faisel II's government was overthrown, the Cinema and Theater General organization came into existence with the purpose of promoting the political goals of the new regime both in documentaries and features.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Typical were documentaries like the 1969 Al Maghishi Project, which showcased the government's irrigation campaigns and the 1967 A Wedding in Heaven, which celebrates the air force and their weapons system. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ba'ath_Party_rule"><span id="Ba.27ath_Party_rule"></span>Ba'ath Party rule</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cinema_of_Iraq&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Ba'ath Party rule"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The 1968 revolution that put the Ba'ath party in power further solidified the government's control of film material, and the state's need to make all films validate its power. During this stage, the Iraqi government, represented by the "General Organization for Cinema and Theater", produced many important films.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Saddam_Hussein" title="Saddam Hussein">Saddam Hussein</a>'s ascension to power in 1979 pushed the Iraqi cinema in a slightly different direction. The drain on national resources from the 1980 <a href="/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Iraq_War" title="Iran–Iraq War">Iran–Iraq War</a> brought film production to a near halt. The few films put into production were mainly intent on glorifying a mythic Iraqi history or celebrating Saddam's rule. In 1981, the government commissioned <a href="/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt">Egyptian</a> filmmaker <a href="/wiki/Salah_Abouseif" class="mw-redirect" title="Salah Abouseif">Salah Abouseif</a> to make <i><a href="/wiki/Al_Qadisiyya" title="Al Qadisiyya">Al-Qadisiya</a></i>, a period epic recounting the triumph of the <a href="/wiki/Arabs" title="Arabs">Arabs</a> over the <a href="/wiki/Persia" class="mw-redirect" title="Persia">Persians</a> in 636 AD. Likewise <a href="/w/index.php?title=Mohamed_Shukri_Jameel&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mohamed Shukri Jameel (page does not exist)">Mohamed Shukri Jameel</a>'s melodramatic <i><a href="/wiki/Clash_of_Loyalties" title="Clash of Loyalties">The Great Question (<i>al-Mas' Ala Al-Kubra</i>)</a></i> cast <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">British</a> actor <a href="/wiki/Oliver_Reed" title="Oliver Reed">Oliver Reed</a> as the vicious Lt-Col <a href="/wiki/Gerard_Leachman" title="Gerard Leachman">Gerard Leachman</a> who is righteously killed in the 1920 Iraqi revolution. </p><p>In 1980 Hussein promoted his own mythology with the autobiographical 6-hour epic <i>The Long Days</i> (<i>al-Ayyam al-tawila</i>), the saga of Hussein's participation in the 1958 failed assassination attempt on Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Abd_al-Karim_Qasim" class="mw-redirect" title="Abd al-Karim Qasim">Abd al-Karim Qasim</a>, and his subsequent heroic escape back to <a href="/wiki/Tikrit" title="Tikrit">Tikrit</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The film was edited and partially directed by <a href="/wiki/Terence_Young_(director)" title="Terence Young (director)">Terence Young</a>, the British director who made his name helming the early <a href="/wiki/James_Bond_films" class="mw-redirect" title="James Bond films">James Bond films</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Dr._No_(film)" title="Dr. No (film)">Dr. No</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Thunderball_(film)" title="Thunderball (film)">Thunderball (film)</a></i>. Hussein is played by <a href="/wiki/Saddam_Kamel" title="Saddam Kamel">Saddam Kamel</a>, a cousin and son-in-law of Saddam's, who eventually ran afoul of the leader and was murdered in 1996. </p><p>Prior to 1991, there were nearly 300 cinemas in Iraq.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After Iraq started attacks against <a href="/wiki/Kuwait" title="Kuwait">Kuwait</a>, <a href="/wiki/International_sanctions" title="International sanctions">sanctions against Iraq</a> and later the 2003 invasion made filmmaking an impossibility in the country, although a new generation of filmmakers is coming alive in <a href="/wiki/Baghdad" title="Baghdad">Baghdad</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Among the few films produced by Iraq during that period was the 1993 film " King Ghazi ", written and scripted by Moaz Yousef , and directed by Mohammed Shukri Jamil . The film dealt with the biography of King Ghazi, who ruled Iraq in the 1930s. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2003_to_present">2003 to present</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cinema_of_Iraq&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 2003 to present"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Iraqi Independent Film Center was established in 2003.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2014 the Ministry of Culture allocated millions of dollars to fund film production, but as of 2021, only one film project has been supported.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_Iraqi_Actors">Notable Iraqi Actors</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cinema_of_Iraq&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Notable Iraqi Actors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Ibraham Alzubaidy, (1978–), starred in the <a href="/wiki/California_State_University,_Northridge" title="California State University, Northridge">California State University, Northridge</a> screenwriting<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title=""Please clarify. What exactly did he star in?" (May 2022)">clarification needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewis_Alsamari" title="Lewis Alsamari">Lewis Alsamari</a>, (1976–), starred in the <a href="/wiki/Universal_Pictures" title="Universal Pictures">Universal Pictures</a> film <i><a href="/wiki/United_93_(film)" title="United 93 (film)">United 93</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yasmine_Hanani" title="Yasmine Hanani">Yasmine Hanani</a>, featured in documentary films <i><a href="/wiki/Voices_of_Iraq" title="Voices of Iraq">Voices of Iraq</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/My_Country,_My_Country" title="My Country, My Country">My Country, My Country</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Battle_for_Haditha_(film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle for Haditha (film)">Battle for Haditha (film)</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Hany" title="Don Hany">Don Hany</a>, (1975–), (Won Best Actor for <i>Winning the Peace</i> (2005) and known for his role as <i>Theo Rahme</i> in <a href="/wiki/White_Collar_Blue" title="White Collar Blue">White Collar Blue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heather_Raffo" title="Heather Raffo">Heather Raffo</a> (Iraqi-American born in <a href="/wiki/Michigan" title="Michigan">Michigan</a>), Award-winning playwright/actress most known for her role in <i><a href="/wiki/9_Parts_of_Desire_(play)" class="mw-redirect" title="9 Parts of Desire (play)">9 Parts of Desire</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basam_Ridha" title="Basam Ridha">Basam Ridha</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_Iraqi_Film_directors">Notable Iraqi Film directors</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cinema_of_Iraq&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Notable Iraqi Film directors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Abbas_Fahdel02.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Abbas_Fahdel02.jpg/220px-Abbas_Fahdel02.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Abbas_Fahdel02.jpg/330px-Abbas_Fahdel02.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Abbas_Fahdel02.jpg/440px-Abbas_Fahdel02.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1075" data-file-height="1434" /></a><figcaption>The Iraqi director <a href="/wiki/Abbas_Fahdel" title="Abbas Fahdel">Abbas Fahdel</a> on the set of <b><a href="/wiki/Dawn_of_the_World" title="Dawn of the World">Dawn of the World</a></b></figcaption></figure> <ul><li>Ibraham Alzubaidy</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abbas_Fahdel" title="Abbas Fahdel">Abbas Fahdel</a>, director of <i><a href="/wiki/Dawn_of_the_World" title="Dawn of the World">Dawn of the World</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Usama_Alshaibi" title="Usama Alshaibi">Usama Alshaibi</a>, director of <i>Muhammad and Jane</i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Nice_Bombs" title="Nice Bombs">Nice Bombs</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amer_Alwan" title="Amer Alwan">Amer Alwan</a>, known for winning an award for <i>Zaman, The Man From The Reeds</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zana_Briski" title="Zana Briski">Zana Briski</a>, director of <i><a href="/wiki/Born_into_Brothels" title="Born into Brothels">Born into Brothels</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ishtar_Yasin_Gutierrez" title="Ishtar Yasin Gutierrez">Ishtar Yasin Gutierrez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anisa_Mehdi" title="Anisa Mehdi">Anisa Mehdi</a>, Emmy Award-winning film director, journalist and director of <i><a href="/wiki/Inside_Mecca" title="Inside Mecca">Inside Mecca</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Najeen" title="Najeen">Najeen</a></li> <li>Shero Rauf</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maysoon_Pachachi" title="Maysoon Pachachi">Maysoon Pachachi</a>, director of <i><a href="/wiki/Return_to_the_Land_of_Wonders" title="Return to the Land of Wonders">Return to the Land of Wonders</a></i></li> <li>Rashed Radwan</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saad_Salman" title="Saad Salman">Saad Salman</a>, film director known for his documentary <i>Baghdad On/Off</i></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Baz_Shamoun&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Baz Shamoun (page does not exist)">Baz Shamoun</a>, film director and maker of short documentary <i>Where is Iraq?</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oday_Rasheed" title="Oday Rasheed">Oday Rasheed</a>, director and writer, <i><a href="/wiki/Underexposure_(2005_film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Underexposure (2005 film)">Underexposure</a></i> and <i>Qarantina</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohamed_Al-Daradji" title="Mohamed Al-Daradji">Mohamed Al-Daradji</a>, director of <i>Ahlaam</i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Son_of_Babylon" title="Son of Babylon">Son of Babylon</a></i></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mohanad_Hayal&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mohanad Hayal (page does not exist)">Mohanad Hayal</a>, director of <i>Haifa Street</i></li> <li>Ali Raheem, director of <i>Balanja</i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Films">Films</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cinema_of_Iraq&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Films"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Iraqi_films" title="List of Iraqi films">List of Iraqi films</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Films_shot_in_Iraq">Films shot in Iraq</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cinema_of_Iraq&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Films shot in Iraq"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Exorcist_(film)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Exorcist (film)">The Exorcist</a></i> (1973) – <a href="/wiki/Hatra" title="Hatra">Hatra</a> was used as the setting for the opening scene.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Back_to_Babylon_(film)" title="Back to Babylon (film)">Back to Babylon (film)</a></i> (2002) – A documentary film shot in <a href="/wiki/Babylon" title="Babylon">Babylon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hilla" class="mw-redirect" title="Hilla">Hilla</a>, <a href="/wiki/Baghdad" title="Baghdad">Baghdad</a> and <a href="/wiki/H%C4%ABt" class="mw-redirect" title="Hīt">Hīt</a></li> <li><i>ZAMAN,the man who lives in the reeds|ZAMAN, The Man Who Lives in the Reeds</i> (2003) – A feature film by <a href="/wiki/Amer_Alwan" title="Amer Alwan">Amer Alwan</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_War_Tapes" title="The War Tapes">The War Tapes</a></i> (2003)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/About_Baghdad" title="About Baghdad">About Baghdad</a></i> (2003) – A documentary film shot in <a href="/wiki/Baghdad" title="Baghdad">Baghdad</a>.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Underexposure_(2005_film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Underexposure (2005 film)">Underexposure</a></i> (2005) – A docufiction, the first feature film after the American occupation began in 2003</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/We_Iraqis" title="We Iraqis">We Iraqis</a></i> (2004) – A documentary film shot in <a href="/wiki/Baghdad" title="Baghdad">Baghdad</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hilla" class="mw-redirect" title="Hilla">Hilla</a> and <a href="/wiki/H%C4%ABt" class="mw-redirect" title="Hīt">Hīt</a></li> <li><i>Ahlaam</i> (2004) – A feature film by Mohamed Al Daradji.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Voices_of_Iraq" title="Voices of Iraq">Voices of Iraq</a></i> (2004)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Gunner_Palace" title="Gunner Palace">Gunner Palace</a></i> (2005)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Valley_of_the_Wolves_Iraq" class="mw-redirect" title="Valley of the Wolves Iraq">Valley of the Wolves Iraq</a></i> (2006) – The movie is set in northern <a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq">Iraq</a> during the <a href="/wiki/History_of_Iraq_(2003%E2%80%932011)" class="mw-redirect" title="History of Iraq (2003–2011)">Occupation of Iraq</a>.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Nice_Bombs" title="Nice Bombs">Nice Bombs</a></i> (2006) a documentary by <a href="/wiki/Usama_Alshaibi" title="Usama Alshaibi">Usama Alshaibi</a> was shot in <a href="/wiki/Baghdad" title="Baghdad">Baghdad</a> in early 2004.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Iraq_in_Fragments" title="Iraq in Fragments">Iraq in Fragments</a></i> (2006) – Documentary film on the <a href="/wiki/Iraq_War" title="Iraq War">Iraq War</a>.</li> <li><i>I Want to Live</i> (2015) – Documentary film on <a href="/wiki/Refugees_of_the_Syrian_civil_war" title="Refugees of the Syrian civil war">Refugees of the Syrian civil war</a>.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/My_Country,_My_Country" title="My Country, My Country">My Country, My Country</a></i> (2006)</li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Searching_for_Hassan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Searching for Hassan (page does not exist)">Searching for Hassan</a></i> (2007) <a href="/wiki/Mosul" title="Mosul">Mosul</a> – A documentary film by Edouard Beau</li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Life_In_Darkness&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Life In Darkness (page does not exist)">Life In Darkness</a></i> (2018)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cinema_of_Iraq&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span 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Arabia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Syria" title="Cinema of Syria">Syria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Turkey" title="Cinema of Turkey">Turkey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Cinema of the United Arab Emirates">United Arab Emirates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Yemen" title="Cinema of Yemen">Yemen</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Northern</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Russia" title="Cinema of Russia">Russia</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_the_Russian_Empire" title="Cinema of the Russian Empire">Russian Empire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_the_Soviet_Union" title="Cinema of the Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Europe" title="Cinema of Europe">Europe</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Eastern</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Belarus" title="Cinema of Belarus">Belarus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Bulgaria" title="Cinema of Bulgaria">Bulgaria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_the_Czech_Republic" title="Cinema of the Czech Republic">Czech Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Hungary" title="Cinema of Hungary">Hungary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Moldova" title="Cinema of Moldova">Moldova</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Poland" title="Cinema of Poland">Poland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Romania" title="Cinema of Romania">Romania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Russia" title="Cinema of Russia">Russia</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_the_Russian_Empire" title="Cinema of the Russian Empire">Russian Empire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_the_Soviet_Union" title="Cinema of the Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Slovakia" title="Cinema of Slovakia">Slovakia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Ukraine" title="Cinema of Ukraine">Ukraine</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Northern</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Denmark" title="Cinema of Denmark">Denmark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Estonia" title="Cinema of Estonia">Estonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_the_Faroe_Islands" title="Cinema of the Faroe Islands">Faroe Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Finland" title="Cinema of Finland">Finland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Iceland" title="Cinema of Iceland">Iceland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Ireland" title="Cinema of Ireland">Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Latvia" title="Cinema of Latvia">Latvia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Lithuania" title="Cinema of Lithuania">Lithuania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Norway" title="Cinema of Norway">Norway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Sweden" title="Cinema of Sweden">Sweden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Cinema of the United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Northern_Ireland" title="Cinema of Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Scotland" title="Cinema of Scotland">Scotland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Wales" title="Cinema of Wales">Wales</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Southern</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Albania" title="Cinema of Albania">Albania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina_films" title="List of Bosnia and Herzegovina films">Bosnia and Herzegovina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Croatia" title="Cinema of Croatia">Croatia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Cyprus" title="Cinema of Cyprus">Cyprus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Greece" title="Cinema of Greece">Greece</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Italy" title="Cinema of Italy">Italy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Kosovo" title="Cinema of Kosovo">Kosovo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Maltese_films" title="List of Maltese films">Malta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Montenegro" class="mw-redirect" title="Cinema of Montenegro">Montenegro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_North_Macedonia" title="Cinema of North Macedonia">North Macedonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Portugal" title="Cinema of Portugal">Portugal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Serbia" title="Cinema of Serbia">Serbia</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Yugoslavia" title="Cinema of Yugoslavia">Yugoslavia</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Turkey" title="Cinema of Turkey">Turkey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Slovenia" class="mw-redirect" title="Cinema of Slovenia">Slovenia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Spain" title="Cinema of Spain">Spain</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Catalan_cinema" class="mw-redirect" title="Catalan cinema">Catalonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Galicia" title="Cinema of Galicia">Galicia</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Western</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Austria" title="Cinema of Austria">Austria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Belgium" title="Cinema of Belgium">Belgium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_France" title="Cinema of France">France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Germany" title="Cinema of Germany">Germany</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Turkish-German_cinema" title="Turkish-German cinema">German Turks</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Luxembourg" title="Cinema of Luxembourg">Luxembourg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_the_Netherlands" title="Cinema of the Netherlands">Netherlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Switzerland" title="Cinema of Switzerland">Switzerland</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Americas</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/North_American_cinema" class="mw-redirect" title="North American cinema">North</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Canada" title="Cinema of Canada">Canada</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Quebec" title="Cinema of Quebec">Quebec</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Costa_Rica" title="Cinema of Costa Rica">Costa Rica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Cuba" title="Cinema of Cuba">Cuba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Dominican_Republic_films" title="List of Dominican Republic films">Dominican Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Haiti" title="Cinema of Haiti">Haiti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Jamaica" title="Cinema of Jamaica">Jamaica</a></li> <li><a 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