Three Bollywood productions recently entered the UK s top-10 list, and cinema chains showing Indian flicks are opening up all over Britain. The Berlin International Film Festival, which opened this week, seems to be struggling to find German films to screen as part of its main competition. But most of the German features have been relegated to the smaller side shows, and the festival continues to be dominated by Hollywood. India already has the biggest film industry in the world. The reason - the cheap Canadian dollar lures cheap, mediocre productions.
Canadian films account for only two percent of the Candian box office gross.
No big-name stars. Tiny promotional budgets. And that movie juggernaut to the South. If we want this one to survive, we have to, too. That's why a new mega-studio proposed by Toronto's mayor is controversial.