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According to the Internet Movie Database (www.imdb.com), in 2006, 21,847 audiovisual productions were launched worldwide, including 19,328 films (the others are soap operas, TV series and other works that mix sound and image ). In 2005, the number of films had been higher: 21,761. And, from January to July 2007, 10,254 titles were released around the planet. Counting the total number of audiovisual productions, the countries that produced the most last year were the United States, shot ahead with 10,863 titles, followed by the United Kingdom, with 1,838; Germany, with 1,252; France, with 979; Canada, with 966; Spain, with 664; Mexico, with 631; Japan, with 509; Australia, with 337; and Italy, with 283. India, known for its promising Bollywood (a mixture of Bombay and Hollywood), did not make the top 10: it produced “only” 276 films and series. Brazil, according to the website, recorded 107 audiovisual productions in 2006, behind countries like Argentina (252) and Portugal (108), but ahead of Chile (35) and Peru (21). Among the ushers, with only one film produced in 2006, are Kosovo (province of Serbia) and Zimbabwe. The most frequent genre on the records of the Imdb site are short films: 6,299 last year. Soon after come the feature films with dramatic scripts (4,808) and, who would have thought, documentaries appear in third (3,636). Comedies (3,418), adult films (1,615), thrillers (963), horror (892), action (832), romance (805) and animation (745) complete the ranking of genres produced.