cinema of Switzerland

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{{Infobox cinema market

| name = Cinema of Switzerland

| image = Festival internazionale del film di Locarno.JPG

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| caption = Piazza Grande in Locarno during the Locarno Film Festival

| screens = 547 (2011){{cite web|title=Table 8: Cinema Infrastructure - Capacity|url=http://stats.uis.unesco.org/unesco/TableViewer/tableView.aspx?ReportId=5542|publisher=UNESCO Institute for Statistics|access-date=5 November 2013|archive-date=24 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181224225516/http://data.uis.unesco.org/?ReportId=5542|url-status=dead}}

| screens_per_capita = 7.7 per 100,000 (2011)

| distributors = {{br separated entries|United International Pictures (Schweiz) Gmbh 19.0%|Walt Disney Studio (Schweiz) Ag 18.1%|Warner Bros. Pictures 15.8%}}{{cite web|title=Table 6: Share of Top 3 distributors (Excel)|url=http://stats.uis.unesco.org/unesco/ReportFolders/reportFolders.aspx|publisher=UNESCO Institute for Statistics|access-date=5 November 2013|archive-date=17 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140117001924/http://stats.uis.unesco.org/unesco/ReportFolders/ReportFolders.aspx|url-status=dead}}

| produced_year = 2011

| produced_ref = {{cite web|title=Table 1: Feature Film Production - Genre/Method of Shooting|url=http://stats.uis.unesco.org/unesco/TableViewer/tableView.aspx?ReportId=5545|publisher=UNESCO Institute for Statistics|access-date=5 November 2013|archive-date=5 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105032516/http://stats.uis.unesco.org/unesco/TableViewer/tableView.aspx?ReportId=5545|url-status=dead}}

| produced_total =

| produced_fictional = 31 (36.9%)

| produced_animated = 1 (1.2%)

| produced_documentary = 52 (61.9%)

| admissions_year = 2011

| admissions_ref = {{cite web|title=Table 11: Exhibition - Admissions & Gross Box Office (GBO)|url=http://stats.uis.unesco.org/unesco/TableViewer/tableView.aspx?ReportId=5538|publisher=UNESCO Institute for Statistics|access-date=5 November 2013|archive-date=24 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181224225511/http://data.uis.unesco.org/?ReportId=5538|url-status=dead}}

| admissions_total = 14,896,020

| admissions_per_capita = 2 (2012){{cite web|title=Country Profiles|url=http://www.europa-cinemas.org/en/Resources/Country-Profiles|publisher=Europa Cinemas|access-date=9 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109234823/http://www.europa-cinemas.org/en/Resources/Country-Profiles|archive-date=9 November 2013|url-status=dead}}

| admissions_national = 637,554 (4.3%)

| box_office_year = 2011

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| box_office_total = CHF {{Format price|230823455}}

| box_office_national = CHF {{Format price|9062037}} (3.9%)

}}

{{Culture of Switzerland}}

The film industry based in Switzerland dates to the 1930s. It is influenced by the neighboring countries of France, Germany and Italy, with which it shares languages. Before the mid-1960s Swiss films were often sentimental, but the French New Wave led to more experimental cinema.{{Cite news|url=https://www.economist.com/blogs/prospero/2015/01/solothurn-festival|title = Welcome to the Swiss film industry|newspaper = The Economist|date = 31 January 2015}}

The Solothurn Film Festival was founded in 1966 with a declaration of showing the modern reality of Swiss Life. It is the most important festival for Swiss film productions.

The Locarno Festival founded in 1946 is an annual film festival held every August in Locarno, Switzerland.

As of 2014, The Swissmakers (1978) (Die Schweizermacher) is the highest grossing Swiss film of all time.[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/themen/16/02/01/dos/03/05.html Statistik Schweiz - Die erfolgreichsten Schweizer Filme] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121117214513/http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/themen/16/02/01/dos/03/05.html |date=2012-11-17 }}. Bfs.admin.ch (2014-04-30). Retrieved on 2014-05-12.

In German-speaking cantons, French-language films usually have German subtitles. Likewise, in French-speaking cantons, German-language films usually have French subtitles. Adult-oriented films in foreign languages are often screened with original audio and double subtitles in German and French. Children-oriented films in foreign languages are usually dubbed.