Wikipedia:WikiProject Film/Outreach/August 2011 Newsletter


	The WikiProject Film Newsletter Volume VI, no. 8 - August 2011

Project news

The following film articles were the ten most trafficked in August:

The Manual of Style for film articles has preliminary guidelines for writing "Soundtrack" sections! The guidelines can be seen here, and feedback can be provided here.
Note that the Film Project has a resource page with list of reliable sources that can be used as references in film articles.
Spotlight Update: Multiple films and film-related articles have reached GA and FA status in August 2011.
- Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (8/4)
- List of accolades received by True Grit (2010 film) (8/11)
- Ponnar Shankar (8/7)
- Transformers: Dark of the Moon (8/10)
- Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (8/12)
- On Her Majesty's Secret Service (8/14)
- Korkoro (8/19)
- Warning from Space (8/20)
- Atlantis: The Lost Empire (8/22)
- The Man with the Golden Gun (8/23)
- List of accolades received by Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (8/29)

Member news

New members to the project since the last issue include: AnonymousAnimus, Grapplequip, Fanaction2031, Beadmatrix, PAIRdoc, Aricdiamond, Benseac & SailorSonic
Project member news.
Recipients of the WikiProject Film Award:
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Film pages by quality
Quality
Quality	Total
FA	198
FL	512
FM	64
A	1
GA	1,508
B	1,919
C	13,067
Start	80,121
Stub	94,367
List	13,576
Category	70,720
Disambig	398
File	127,444
Portal	18
Project	247
Redirect	13,403
Template	10,478
NA	6
Assessed	428,047
Unassessed	136
Total	428,183
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 1,027,862	Ω = 5.38

Current proposals and discussions

Coming to theaters

Opened last weekend (8/26):

Opened last Wednesday (8/31):

The Debt

Opening this weekend (9/2):

Opening next weekend (9/9):

Opening the weekend of 9/16:

Opening the weekend of 9/23:

Opening the weekend of 9/30:

Did you know...

... that actress Christine Baranski canceled a birthday trip to Paris to appear in the television film Who Is Simon Miller?
... that the 2005 science fiction and horror film spoof The Naked Monster took 21 years to make and was Kenneth Tobey's final film?
... that the director of Battlefield Heroes wanted the film to show how countries such as China, Japan and the United States have affected Korea?
... that in the road movie Children of the Stork, which highlights themes of social exclusion and illegal immigration, a stork must obtain a forged passport to cross the Franco-German border?
... that Emma Thompson earned twelve accolades for Sense and Sensibility, including the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay?
... that Amitabh Bachchan is the most frequent winner since 2000 at the National Film Award for Best Actor (India), winning two awards?

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WikiProject Film announcements and open tasks []

Article alerts • Articles needing attention • Assessment • Cleanup listing • Deletion sorting • New articles • Popular pages • Requests • Reviews

Did you know

01 Jul 2026 – Hitler's Favourite Royal (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Llewee (t · c); see discussion
21 Jun 2026 – 7 Dogs (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Umais Bin Sajjad (t · c); see discussion
15 Jun 2026 – Submarine (2010 film) (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Gavetheman555 (t · c); see discussion
12 Jun 2026 – Aru Kararu no Isan (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Piotrus (t · c); see discussion
11 Jun 2026 – YouTuber film (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by 1timeuse75 (t · c); see discussion
07 Jun 2026 – Riley (film) (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Filmforme (t · c); see discussion
29 May 2026 – Iron Boy (film) (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Jon698 (t · c); see discussion
25 May 2026 – One Person, One Vote? (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Cbmovies (t · c); see discussion

Featured article candidates

17 Jun 2026 – Ivan the Terrible (1945 film) (talk · edit · hist) was FA nominated by Jaguarnik (t · c); see discussion

Featured list candidates

09 Jun 2026 – Cillian Murphy on stage and screen (talk · edit · hist) was FL nominated by Birdienest81 (t · c); see discussion
26 May 2026 – List of Pakistani submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film (talk · edit · hist) was FL nominated by Umais Bin Sajjad (t · c); see discussion

Good article nominees

29 Jun 2026 – The Most Wonderful Time of the Year (2024 film) (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Crystal Drawers (t · c); see discussion
28 Jun 2026 – Khul Ke Khel (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by M.Billoo2000 (t · c); start discussion
28 Jun 2026 – Mela Loot Liya (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by M.Billoo2000 (t · c); start discussion
27 Jun 2026 – Baragon (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Pokelego999 (t · c); start discussion
26 Jun 2026 – Fritz the Cat (film) (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by RTSthestardust (t · c); start discussion
22 Jun 2026 – Guest House Paradiso (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Doomitron (t · c); start discussion
14 Jun 2026 – Him (1974 film) (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by 1timeuse75 (t · c); start discussion
14 Jun 2026 – AEIOU (film) (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Gosensgo1992 (t · c); start discussion
11 Jun 2026 – Auteur (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Sddarealone (t · c); see discussion
01 Jun 2026 – A Fever You Can't Sweat Out (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Gavetheman555 (t · c); start discussion

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Task force requests

American cinema
Cleanup needed Runaway production Expansion needed Cinema of the United States Tagging needed Category:Cinema of the United States

Animated films

Argentine cinema
Requested articles List of missing Argentine films • Iris Alonso • Carlos Belucci • Adrián Cuneo • Juan Carlos Desanzo • Despabílate amor • Pedro Escudero • Damian Zifron • Expansion needed Amelia Bence • Carlos F. Borcosque• Hugo del Carril• Libertad Lamarque • Cinema of Argentina • Víctor Laplace

Australian cinema
Requested articles List of missing Australian films

Baltic cinema
Expansion needed Cinema of Estonia • Cinema of Latvia • Cinema of Lithuania

Belgian cinema

Requested articles: Beyond the Steppes • Vanja d'Alcantara • François Pirot • The World Belongs to Us • Scouting for Zebras • Guillaume Malandrin and Stéphane Malandrin • Antoine Cuypers • Xavier Seron • Valéry Rosier • François Troukens • Jean-François Hensgens • Marta Bergman • Anne Paulicevich • Christophe Hermans • Emmanuel Marre • Julie Lecoustre • Eve Duchemin
Expansion needed: Cinema of Belgium
Tagging needed: Category:Cinema of Belgium

British cinema
Requested articles Andy Medhurst • Cinema Theatre Association (22 references on en.wikipedia) • Category: British Mixed-Race actors/actresses Expansion needed Cinema of the United Kingdom Tagging needed Category:Cinema of the United Kingdom

Canadian cinema
Requested articles List of missing Canadian films Expansion needed Cinema of Canada

Chinese cinema
Requested articles List of missing Chinese Films

Christian films
Expansion needed Christian film

Comic book films

Documentary films

Film awards

Film festivals

Expansion needed: Film festival • Moscow International Film Festival • Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema • Jakarta International Film Festival • Mar del Plata International Film Festival • Newport Beach Film Festival • Pusan International Film Festival •; International Film Festival Rotterdam • San Antonio Independent Christian Film Festival • Cork Film Festival • Anchorage International Film Festival; DisOrient Film Festival; Seattle Asian American Film Festival; Environmental Film Festival in the Nation's Capital

Filmmaking

Requested articles: Agfa Ansco • Alienbrain • Animo (redirect should be deleted) • Antimatograph • aperture plate • Argentine Society of Cinematographers • Arriflex 16BL • Arriflex 16M • Arriflex 16ST • Arriflex 235 • Arriflex 35BL • Arriflex 765 • Arriflex II • Arriflex III • Arriscan • Arritechno 35 • Association of Brazilian Cinematographers • Association of Czech Cinematographers • Austrian Association of Cinematographers • Avid Cinema • Avid Interplay • Avid MCXpress • Avid Mojo • Avid Videoshop • Avid Xpress • backfocus • backlit animation • Belgian Society of Cinematographers • Birtac • British Film Commission • Bulgarian Society of Cinematographers • casting agency • Champion Motion Picture Company • Chimera (filmmaking) • Cinema Camera Club • Cinema Products • Danish Society of Cinematographers • DeLuxe Labs • Deutsche Universal-Film AG • Digital Cinema Distribution Master • Dolby Digital Surround EX • DS Nitris • DVCPROHD • Elite Optics • film composer • Finnish Society of Cinematographers • fluid head • Fusion camera • geared head • George Kleine Productions • high-speed filming • Hungarian Society of Cinematographers • image plane (dab this to computers as well) • In-Three • Indian Society of Cinematographers • International Pictures • Isco Optic • Israeli Cinematographers Association • Italian Society of Cinematographers • Iwerks 70 • Japanese Society of Cinematographers • Joe Dunton Camera • Kinarri 16 • Kinarri 35 • Korean Society of Cinematographers • film lighting • Matthews Studio Equipment • Mexican Society of Cinematographers • motion judder • negative cut list • Netherlands Society of Cinematographers • Norwegian Society of Cinematographers • Obie light • Onation Studios • Pathéscope • Photo-Sonics • Pick-up shot • Polish Society of Cinematographers • Prizmacolor • production buyer • Rex Motion Picture Company • Russian Guild of Cinematographers • Schneider Optics • scratch removal • scratch test (dab needed) • scrubbing • Slovenian Association of Cinematographers • Society of Cinematographers in Estonia • South African Society of Cinematographers • Sovcolor • Spanish Society of Cinematographers • Spirit Datacine • Static Club • SuperScope • SuperScope 235 • Swiss Cinematographers Society • Unity Isis • Unity MediaNetwork • universal capture • Viper FilmStream

French cinema

Requested articles: Régis Arpin • Marc Barbé • Jean-Pierre Cargol • Pierre Champagne • Pierre Chatagny • Clara Choveaux • Charlotte Clasis • Garance Clavel • Laetitia Colombani • Jérôme Cornuau • Chris Delaporte • Nicole Félix • Charles Gerdes • Philippe Grimond • Jenny Hélia • Joseph Ivens • Albert Juross • Chantal Mercier • Celia Montalván • Lucien Nonguet • Nadine Nortier • André Paulvé • Marcel Pérès • Pierre Pradinas • Henri Roanne • Janine Ronceray • Catherine Sée • Luc Simon • Irene Starevich • Albert Stemler • Gérard Valet • Daniel Vigne • Ana Vladescu • Annette Wademant • Pierre Watrin • Mahmoud Zemmouri • Love Me (2000 film)

German cinema
Requested articles Liselotte Eder • Karl Scheydt • Elisa Schlott • Das falsche Gewicht • Yoko (film) (de)(tr) and sources: Expansion needed Cinema of Germany

Indian cinema

Cleanup needed: Bot-generated cleanup listing • Hindi films and plagiarism • Ramoji Film City • IIFA Awards • IIFA • Anand Bakshi • Ajay Devgan • N. T. Rama Rao Jr.
Requested articles: List of missing Indian Films (see also lists of Indian films for redlinks) • Beary Cinema • Wikipedia:WikiProject India/Requested articles#Cinema
Expansion needed: Draft articles: Tulu cinema • Anahat (film) • Filmfare Awards South • Kerala Film Critics Association Awards • Hindustan Photo Films • Sanskrit cinema
Citations needed: Central Board of Film Certification

Israeli cinema
Requested articles Avigail Harari • Hila Saada • Ofer Hayoun • Maor Schweitzer •Karin Ophir • Oded Leopold• Ido Bartal • Dor Harari • Uri Banai • Dor Harari •Matchmaking (2022 film) • Shirat Ha'Sirena • After (1990 film) • The Stronghold (2023 film) • A Tramway in Jerusalem Expansion needed Cinema of Israel Tagging needed Category:Cinema of Israel

Italian cinema

Requested articles: Al limite • Tommaso Bianco • Catene (1925 film) • César Sforza; Cocco di mamma, Il • La fuga • Fuochi d'artificio • Hijos del viento • Il principe idiota • Elma Krimer • L’Immagine Ritrovata Laboratory • Yole Marinelli • Nino Martinengo; Medusa Film • Antonio Morabito • Adriana Novelli • Giacomino Origoni; Padre Speranza • Giulio Panicali • Su e giù per la scala • Tre per sempre

Japanese cinema

Cleanup needed: Kane no naru oka: Dai san hen, kuro no maki • Sunae Shibari Dai-nihen (verify, there are many similar titles)
Requested articles: (empty)
Expansion needed: Film stubs • Ninkyō Shimizu-minato • Kochiyama soshun (1936 film) • Onna Keirin-ō • Hitogui Ama • Yogoreta Nikutai Seijo • The Romance of Yushima • Yoru no kiba • Shirayuki-sensei to kodomo-tachi • Totsugu hi made • Paco and the Magical Book
Images needed: Articles needing an image • Love Is Strength

Korean cinema

Cleanup needed: Cinema of Korea
Requested articles: List of missing Korean films • Crossroads of Youth • International Women's Film Festival in Seoul • Seoul International Film Festival (currently a redirect) • redlinks in List of film festivals in South Korea
Expansion needed: Korean film stubs • List of Korean-language films • List of North Korean films • List of South Korean films • List of Korean film directors • Korean animation

Mexican cinema
Expansion needed Cinema of Mexico Tagging needed Category:Cinema of Mexico

New Zealand cinema
Cleanup needed Cinema of New Zealand

Nordic cinema

Requested articles: Denmark: The Early Years-Erik Nietzsche Part 1 • List of missing Danish films • Finland: Revolution • List of Jussi Award winners for Best Finnish Film • Iceland: Dís • Parents • Ahead of Time (aka, takt við tímann) • Norway: Films missing in List of Amanda Award winners • Sweden: Films missing in List of Guldbagge Award winners for Best Swedish Film
Expansion needed: List of Norwegian films • List of Swedish films • List of Finnish films • List of Danish films • List of Icelandic films

Pakistani cinema

Requested articles: List of missing Pakistani films (see also Lists of Pakistani films for red links) • Pothohari cinema (in Azad Kashmir) • Regional cinemas in Saraiki, Khowar, and Gilgit-Baltistan • Film industry in Islamabad
Expansion needed: Draft articles • Lollywood • Kariwood • Punjabi cinema • Pashto cinema • Sindhi cinema • Kashmiri cinema
Citations needed: Central Board of Film Censors • Cinema of Pakistan
Tagging needed: Category:Cinema of Pakistan Doing...

Persian cinema

Requested articles: 12th Fajr International Film Festival • 13th Fajr International Film Festival • 14th Fajr International Film Festival • 15th Fajr International Film Festival • 16th Fajr International Film Festival • 17th Fajr International Film Festival • 18th Fajr International Film Festival • 19th Fajr International Film Festival • 20th Fajr International Film Festival • 21st Fajr International Film Festival • 22nd Fajr International Film Festival • 23rd Fajr International Film Festival • Coma • Gharibaneh • Hasan Kachal • Jazireh Ahani • Ransomer • Takhti
Expansion needed: Close-Up • Gaav • Smell of Camphor, Fragrance of Jasmine • Taste of Cherry

Romanian cinema

Requested articles: My Beautiful Dacia • Ryna • Marele jaf comunist • Marfa și banii (Stuff and Dough) • Tudor • Aur • Dragoste la mănăstire • Amor fatal
Expansion needed: Strigoi • Odessa în flăcări • The World According to Ion B. • The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu • Silent Wedding • The Paper Will Be Blue • Tertium non datur • List of Romanian historical films; Child's Pose (Berlin International Film Festival Winner is a stub!)

Silent films

Southeast Asian cinema

Cleanup needed: Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences Award • LVN Pictures • Gabi ng Parangal • Crayon • Mr. Suave hoy! hoy! hoy! hoy! hoy! hoy! • Moments of Love • Natutulog Ba Ang Diyos • Now That I Have You • Ging • Once Upon a Time in Manila
Requested articles: SBM Golden Lens Awards • International Documentary Film Festival Jakarta • Chants of Lotus • Lucky 7 • List of missing Thai films
Expansion needed: Jakarta International Film Festival • Pontianak Harum Sundal Malam
Merging needed: Bituing Walang Ningning (split) • Natutulog Ba Ang Diyos (split) •
Citations needed: Waris Jari Hantu • Raja Bersiong • Deathrow • José Rizal • Muro Ami

Soviet and post-Soviet cinema
Expansion needed Cinema of Russia

Spanish cinema

Requested articles: Álvaro Fernández Armero ^es • • El bosque animado • Brigada criminal • La Busca • Mary Carrillo • Los chicos • La corte del faraón ^es • Dulces horas • • Hay un camino a la derecha^es • Madregilda^es • Moros y cristianos • El mundo sigue • Murió hace 15 años • Nacional III^es • Nueve cartas a Berta • Terele Pávez • El Puente • Queridísimos verdugos • Roberto Salazar • Sevillanas • Luchy Soto ^es • Tamaño natural^es • A Toda Máquina • La trasienda^es • El último cuplé • Lo verde empieza en los Pirineos • Vida en sombras •

War films

Attention needed: ...to referencing and citation (1,277) • ...to coverage and accuracy (886) • ...to structure (105) • ...to grammar (30) • ...to supporting materials (140)
Popular pages: Full list
Cleanup needed: Add an article here!
Requested articles: Destination Death (1961 film) de
Expansion needed: 6th Marine Division on Okinawa • 25 April (film) • more...
Images needed: Add an article here!
Merging needed: Add an article here!
Citations needed: Add an article here!
Translation needed: Add an article here!
Tagging needed: Category:War films

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