Cannes Tackles American Box-Office Issues

The tough reality of European cinema is that about 70 percent of ticket sales here are for American movies. And despite a few recent cross-border successes such as "The Chorus" or "A Very Long Engagement," the figures are not budging. Politicians at the Cannes Film Festival are now focusing on one small-scale idea of to remedy the situation: promoting the Internet distribution of homegrown films. The Associated Press reports.

Posted by brian on May 15, 2005 at 08:47AM | Categories: Biz