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Hollywood Boulevard, taken from the Kodak Theatre.

Nestor Studio, Hollywood's first movie studio, 1913.

Bollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai, India.

Tamil cinema (Kollywood) is the Chennai–based Tamil language filmmaking industry of the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

Lollywood refers to the Pakistani film industry based in the city of Lahore.

Cinema in Karachi or Kariwood had its golden days in 1960s when some of the prominent film studios were located in Karachi, making films for the viewership of a large and growing middle class as well working-class population.

Pollywood is the popular term for the film industry based in the city of Peshawar, the provincial capital of the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan.

Tollywood may refer to either of the following two Indian film industries:•Cinema of Andhra Pradesh, the Telugu-language film industry based in the state of Andhra Pradesh •Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali-language film industry based in Tollygunge of South Kolkata in the state of West Bengal

The cinema of Burkina Faso.

Bobo- Dioulasso.

The cinema of Egypt

In this photo appear the Stars: Youssef Wahbi and Leila Mourad.

The Cinema of Senegal

Sembene's Xala (1975), is a black comedy which satirizes corruption in African politics with El Hadji's impotence symbolizing the failure by many to overcome greed

The cinema of Buenos Aires.

Avenue's Opera Theatre.

Silver screen legend Tita Merello in Casamiento en Buenos Aires ("Marriage in Buenos Aires," 1939).

Carlos Gardel, the famous actor of Buenos Aires.

The Cinema of Mexic.

Dolores del Río, legendary Mexican Star.

The cinema in Belgium.

Benoît Poelvoorde, a Belgian actor and the star of Man Bites Dog.

The Cinema of Denmark.

Denmark has been producing films since 1897 and since the 1980s has maintained a steady stream of product due largely to funding by the state-supported Danish Film Institute.

Danish movie star Ib Schønberg.

The Finnish cinema has a long history, with first public screenings starting almost as early as modern motion picture technology was invented (the first screening in the world was in 1895, in Finland in 1896).

Erkki Karu, founder of Suomi-Filmi and Suomen Filmiteollisuus.

The Cinema of France comprises the art of film and creative movies made within the nation of France or by French filmmakers abroad.

Juliette Binoche and Jean Reno at Cannes in 2002

A famous scene from Rome, Open City.

The history of Italian cinema began just a few months after the Lumière brothers had discovered the medium, when Pope Leo XIII was filmed for a few seconds in the act of blessing the camera.

Portuguese cinema has a long tradition, reaching back to the birth of the medium in the late 19th century.

Saída do Pessoal da Fábrica Confiança, the first Portuguese film, by Aurélio Paz dos Reis

The cinema of Russia began in the Russian Empire, widely developed under the Soviet and in the years following the fall of the Soviet system, the Russian film industry would remain internationally recognized.

Ivan Mozzhukhin as the title character in Yakov Protazanov's 1917 film, Father Sergius. It was the last film of the Russian Empire era.

US Film company (defunct in 1922) poster

The Cinema of Slovakia encompasses a range of themes and styles typical of European cinema.

Yet there are a certain number of recurring themes that are visible in the majority of the important works

The art of motion-picture making within the nation of Spain or by Spanish filmmakers abroad is collectively known as Spanish Cinema.

Segundo de Chomón.

The United Kingdom has had a large impact on modern cinema and has one the most respected film industries in the world.

Cinema of Ukraine are motion-pictures created within the nation of Ukraine or by Ukrainian filmmakers abroad.One of the largest film production studios in Ukraine is the Dovzhenko Film Studios, located in Kiev, the country's capital.

Bohdan Stupka is recognized as the most famous living Ukrainian actor.

October Palace movie theatre and concert hall.