According to the Central Statistical Office (GUS) in 1991 there were 960 cinemas, in 1992 772 cinemas, in 1993 705 cinemas and in 1994 713 cinemas.

Cinemas Active (total)

Where cinemas are concerned, Mexico has an infrastructure of 3,054 privately owned commercial cinemas.

Cinemas 388. Some 250 cinemas situated around the island screen about 140 films each year.

Table 71. Working cinemas and their users

Theatres and cinemas maybe won't last, though.

At the moment cinemas are not all State owned.

CA And these aren t films that are primarily seen in cinemas?

The foregoing is evident in the screening of State sponsored films in commercial cinemas.

He has in his possession films that were never distributed to cinemas to protect them against piracy.

The Government is hoping to amend the Public Performance Board Act to cover small cinemas and video parlours.

Special regulations for multiplex cinemas should be considered in order to ensure that local products are distributed for exhibition.

The private sector institutions are mainly art galleries and cinemas, as well as television and radio stations. Regional societies

The increase in the number of multiplex cinemas has increased the penetration of foreign audiovisual products into developing countries' markets.

On 9 November, in Paris, tear gas was thrown into two cinemas showing the film Tsahal , about the Israeli army.

Some are managed by State film institutions, most by municipal or communal councils, culture centres, the army, etc. there are also privately managed cinemas.

The Special Rapporteur already mentioned a number of decrees issued by the Taliban authorities when they took over Kabul, banning, inter alia, music, television, cinemas, chess and kite flying.

Policies may need to be considered in developing countries to address challenges posed by multiplex cinemas and promote distribution of their audiovisual products in domestic, regional and possibly international markets.

317. The institutional infrastructure established for the implementation of policies to promote popular participation in culture includes cultural centres, museums, libraries, theatres, cinemas, traditional folk art and cultural heritage societies.

The privatization of cinematography that started in 1990 caused considerable changes in the ownership structure of the cinemas that were excluded from the administration of State film institutions, as shown above.

600. Basic changes in the political, legal and economic systems and in the social situation are threatening the cinema and a decrease in the number of both cinemas and spectators can be observed.

After deducting the sales tax and gains shared by cinemas, the film company could receive 53 box office sales of the North America and 41 of the world, amounting to around US 169 million.

(c) Enjoy access to places for cultural performances or services, such as theatres, museums, cinemas, libraries and tourism services, and, as far as possible, enjoy access to monuments and sites of national cultural importance.

Thus, for niche markets to be further developed and strengthened in townships and rural areas developing countries require infrastructure in the form of cinemas or alternative forms of four walling , for example community art centres.

This trend is often aggravated by the poor state of cinemas and the growing presence of multiplex theatres, which tend to be foreign owned and vertically integrated in the supply chain of audiovisual products, excluding largely local products.

It is to be seen how certain provisions of this Act will be implemented, for instance, at public gatherings, theatres and cinemas, where a curtain must separate the men from the women, or the provision which prohibits men from walking along streets leading to schools for girls or places where women gather unless they have a good reason.