France is the birthplace of cinema and was responsible for many of its significant contributions to the art form and the film-making process itself.[3] Several important cinematic movements, including the Nouvelle Vague, began in the country. It is noted for having a particularly strong film industry, due in part to protections afforded by the French government.[3]
Apart from its strong and innovative film tradition, France has also been a gathering spot for artists from across Europe and the world. For this reason, French cinema is sometimes intertwined with the cinema of foreign nations. Directors from nations such as Poland (Roman Polanski, Krzysztof Kieślowski, and Andrzej Żuławski), Argentina (Gaspar Noé and Edgardo Cozarinsky), Russia (Alexandre Alexeieff, Anatole Litvak), Austria (Michael Haneke), and Georgia (Géla Babluani, Otar Iosseliani) are prominent in the ranks of French cinema. Conversely, French directors have had prolific and influential careers in other countries, such as Luc Besson, Jacques Tourneur, or Francis Veber in the United States.
Another element supporting this fact is that Paris has the highest density of cinemas in the world, measured by the number of movie theaters per inhabitant,[4] and that in most "downtown Paris" movie theaters, foreign movies which would be secluded to "art houses" cinemas in other places are shown alongside "mainstream" works. Philippe Binant realized, on 2 February 2000, the first digital cinema projection in Europe, with the DLP CINEMA technology developed by Texas Instruments, in Paris.[5][6][7] Paris also boasts the Cité du cinéma, a major studio north of the city, and Disney Studio, a theme park devoted to the cinema and the third theme park near the city behind Disneyland and Parc Asterix.[8]
France is the most successful film industry in Europe in terms of number of films produced per annum, with a record-breaking 300 feature-length films produced in 2015.[9] France is also one of the few countries where non-American productions have the biggest share: American films only represented 44.9% of total admissions in 2014. This is largely due to the commercial strength of domestic productions, which accounted for 44,5% of admissions in 2014 (35.5% in 2015; 35.3% in 2016).[10] Also, the French film industry is closer to being entirely self-sufficient than any other country in Europe, recovering around 80–90% of costs from revenues generated in the domestic market alone.[11]
The Presidential election in Nigeria in 1999 was significant
because it is the first election after the 1993 coup and it is the first
election of the Nigerian republic. In this election, Olusegun Obasanjo won over
Olu Falae. 62.78% of votes was casted under Obasanjo.
The following are the achievements of the Olmec
civilization:
1.
Water Drainage
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This civilization was able to construct an
extensive drainage system that is made up of conduits. This was discovered by
the archaeologists in the town of San Lorenzo, the largest city of Olmec
cities. These was carved into a U type shape and covered by capstones. This was
believed to be used as aqueduct to provide water throughout the cities.
2.
Calendar system
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It was discovered that Olmecs have their own
calendar system. They are using shells to represent numbers in their calendar which
starts with zero. This is one of the first uses of zero as starting point of a
number.
3.
Ulama
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This is a game of the Olmecs with the objective
of knocking the ball through the hole with the use of hips. The sap of a rubber
tree was utilized to produce balls that was used before.
4.
Writing system
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They are usually credited as one of those
civilizations to be the first to have their own writing system in America. Their
writing is mostly symbols rather than letter representation.
5.
Compass
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They are the one to first create compass that
existed in America with the basic understanding of gravity and magnetism.
The best example is their amazing system of roads. The Incas built roads across the length and width of their empire. To create routes through steep mountain ranges, they carved staircases and gouged tunnels out of rock. They also built suspension bridges over rivers.
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