Spotted By Locals has posted an interesting article highlighting the best outdoor cinemas in Europe. With their permission we post the following list of the best 10 (in alphabetical order):

1. Athens – Outdoor cinema Zefyros (by Lambros Papadopoulos)
“Its location is a serious advantage. Petralona is one of the most beautiful areas of Athens…”

2. Barcelona -Sala Montjuic open air cinema (by Yolanda Molinero)
“Time to open the wine bottle! You didn’t bring any food with you? No worries!”

3. Geneva – Ciné Transat Parc la Perle du Lac (by Lorcan Meyfarth)
“The scenery is beautiful, the movie is free, and deckchairs are available to borrow… ”

4. Hamburg – Freiluftkino in 4 different venues (by Valeska Bolze)
“…have fun to hear the funny German voices in one of your favourite movies…”

5. Helsinki outdoor movies at Helsinki Festival (by Nea Barman)
“This free open-air cinema is best that the city can offer in my opinion…”

6. Munich Open Air Kino (by Emily Rasch)
“It’s a great place to take a date – or a romantic place to be surprised with one…”

7. Paris – Cinéma au Clair de Lune outside cinema (by Fred Moussaïan)
“…. even if you don’t understand the language, it is worth going there, for the friendly and laid-back atmosphere…”

8. Zagreb – Summer Festival open air cinema (by Karla Lončar)
“It’s pretty secluded, which usually makes it very special among younger couples or people…”

9. Zurich – Orange Cinema (by Roman Rey)
” …you sit on the shore, watching a popcorn flick and have the whole beautiful view of the lake surrounding the screen. Isn’t that something?”

10. And one of Holland’s favorite outdoor cinema festivals – currently on in Amsterdam, is Pluk de nacht.

Cannes 2010 is just around the corner (will happen from 12-23 May), and we are really excited about the the films that will be screened as a part of the official selection. We have seen some really great art-house outdoor movie screenings, and this list will certainly add to the stockhold of amazing films to screen as outdoor movies in 2010. One film that doesn’t qualify as art-house, but is certainly a film that we are excited about for outdoor-movie-potential is Robin Hood by Ridley Scott. With this new film, “Robin Hood” is sure to become a new genre of film all on it’s own, as it adds to the canon of past Robin Hood flicks! The official trailer is below:

Here is the official selection, with links to the official pages on the Cannes site:

Feature films in Competition

-ANOTHER YEAR directed by Mike LEIGH
-BIUTIFUL directed by Alejandro GONZÁLEZ IÑÁRRITU
-COPIE CONFORME (CERTIFIED COPY) directed by Abbas KIAROSTAMI
-DES HOMMES ET DES DIEUX (OF GODS AND MEN) directed by Xavier BEAUVOIS
-FAIR GAME directed by Doug LIMAN
-HORS LA LOI (OUTSIDE OF THE LAW) directed by Rachid BOUCHAREB
-LA NOSTRA VITA (OUR LIFE) directed by Daniele LUCHETTI
-LA PRINCESSE DE MONTPENSIER (THE PRINCESS OF MONTPENSIER) directed by Bertrand TAVERNIER
-LUNG BOONMEE RALUEK CHAT (Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives) directed by Apichatpong WEERASETHAKUL
-OUTRAGE directed by Takeshi KITANO
-POETRY directed by LEE Chang-dong
-RIZHAO CHONGQING (CHONGQING BLUES) directed by WANG Xiaoshuai
-SCHASTYE MOE (MY JOY) directed by Sergei LOZNITSA
-SZELÍD TEREMTÉS – A FRANKENSTEIN TERV (TENDER SON – The Frankenstein Project) directed by Kornél MUNDRUCZÓ
-THE HOUSEMAID directed by IM Sangsoo
-TOURNÉE (ON TOUR) directed by Mathieu AMALRIC
-UN HOMME QUI CRIE (A screaming man) directed by Mahamat-Saleh HAROUN
-UTOMLYONNYE SOLNTSEM 2: PREDSTOYANIE (THE EXODUS – Burnt by the sun 2) directed by Nikita MIKHALKOV

Un Certain Regard

-AURORA (AURORA) directed by Cristi PUIU
-BLUE VALENTINE (BLUE VALENTINE) directed by Derek CIANFRANCE
-CARANCHO (CARANCHO) directed by Pablo TRAPERO
-CHATROOM directed by Hideo NAKATA
-FILM SOCIALISME directed by Jean-Luc GODARD
-HAHAHA (HAHAHA) directed by HONG Sangsoo
-HAI SHANG CHUAN QI (I WISH I KNEW) directed by JIA Zhangke
-LES AMOURS IMAGINAIRES (HEARTBEATS) directed by Xavier DOLAN
-LIFE, ABOVE ALL (LIFE, ABOVE ALL) directed by Oliver SCHMITZ
-LOS LABIOS (THE LIPS) directed by SANTIAGO LOZA, Ivan FUND
-MARTI, DUPA CRACIUN (TUESDAY, AFTER CHRISTMAS) directed by Radu MUNTEAN
-O ESTRANHO CASO DE ANGÉLICA (THE STRANGE CASE OF ANGELICA) directed by Manoel DE OLIVEIRA
-OCTUBRE (OCTOBER) directed by Diego VEGA, Daniel VEGA
-PÁL ADRIENN (ADRIENN PÁL) directed by Ágnes KOCSIS
-R U THERE (R U THERE) directed by David VERBEEK
-REBECCA H. ( RETURN TO THE DOGS) directed by Lodge KERRIGAN
-SIMON WERNER A DISPARU… (LIGHTS OUT) directed by Fabrice GOBERT
-UDAAN directed by Vikramaditya MOTWANE
-UNTER DIR DIE STADT (THE CITY BELOW) directed by Christoph HOCHHÄUSLER

Out of Competition

-AUTOBIOGRAFIA LUI NICOLAE CEAUSESCU (The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu) directed by Andrei UJICA
-CARLOS (CARLOS) directed by Olivier ASSAYAS
-KABOOM directed by Gregg ARAKI
-L’AUTRE MONDE (BLACK HEAVEN) directed by Gilles MARCHAND
-ROBIN HOOD directed by Ridley SCOTT
-TAMARA DREWE directed by Stephen FREARS
-THE TREE directed by Julie BERTUCCELLI
-WALL STREET: MONEY NEVER SLEEPS directed by Oliver STONE
-YOU WILL MEET A TALL DARK STRANGER directed by Woody ALLEN

Special screenings

-5 X FAVELA, POR NOS MESMOS (5 X FAVELA) directed by Wagner NOVAIS, Manaira CARNEIRO, Rodrigo FELHA, Cacau AMARAL, Luciano VIDIGAL, Cadu BARCELOS, Luciana BEZERRA
-ABEL directed by Diego LUNA
-CHANTRAPAS directed by Otar IOSSELIANI
-COUNTDOWN TO ZERO directed by Lucy WALKER
-DRAQUILA – L’ITALIA CHE TREMA (DRAQUILA – ITALY TREMBLES) directed by Sabina GUZZANTI
-GILLES JACOB, L’ ARPENTEUR DE LA CROISETTE (CITIZEN CANNES) directed by Serge LE PERON
-INSIDE JOB directed by Charles FERGUSON
-NOSTALGIA DE LA LUZ (NOSTALGIA FOR THE LIGHT) directed by Patricio GUZMAN
-OVER YOUR CITIES GRASS WILL GROW directed by Sophie FIENNES

Cinefondation

-COOKED directed by Jens BLANK
-COUCOU-LES-NUAGES (Anywhere out of the world) directed by Vincent CARDONA
-DAKUJEM, DOBRE (Thanks, Fine) directed by Mátyás PRIKLER
-EL JUEGO (THE GAME) directed by Benjamin NAISHTAT
-FROZEN LAND directed by KIM Tae-yong
-HINKERORT ZORASUNE (THE FIFTH COLUMN) directed by Vatche BOULGHOURJIAN
-IJSLAND (ICELAND) directed by Gilles COULIER
-ITT VAGYOK (HERE I AM) directed by Bálint SZIMLER
-JA VEC JESAM SVE ONO ŠTO ŽELIM DA IMAM (I ALREADY AM EVERYTHING I WANT TO HAVE) directed by Dane KOMLJEN
-LOS MINUTOS, LAS HORAS (THE MINUTES, THE HOURS) directed by Janaína MARQUES RIBEIRO
-MIRAMARE directed by Michaela MÜLLER
-SHELLEY directed by Andrew WESMAN
-TAULUKAUPPIAAT (THE PAINTING SELLERS) directed by Juho KUOSMANEN

Short films in Competition

-BLOKES (BLOCKS) directed by Marialy RIVAS
-CHIENNE D’HISTOIRE (BARKING ISLAND) directed by Serge AVÉDIKIAN
-ESTAÇÃO (STATION) directed by Marcia FARIA
-EZRA RISHONA (FIRST AID) directed by Yarden KARMIN
-MAYA directed by Pedro Pío MARTÍN PÉREZ
-MICKY BADER (BATHING MICKY) directed by Frida KEMPFF
-MUSCLES (MUSCLES) directed by Edward HOUSDEN
-ROSA (ROSA) directed by Monica LAIRANA
-TO SWALLOW A TOAD (TO SWALLOW A TOAD) directed by Jurgis KRASONS

Photo Credit: freedomtofascism.com

Aaron Russo, the producer of films like “Trading Places” and “The Rose,” promotes his new film, “America: From Freedom to Fascism,” which opened Friday, as having had its international premiere before a packed audience “during the Cannes Film Festival.”

The film was not on the program at Cannes, however, not even for screenings made under the festival’s aegis without being in the awards competition. Mr. Russo, the film’s director, writer and producer, just set up an inflatable screen on a beach. Photographs posted at one of Mr. Russo’s Web sites depict an audience of around 50 people spread out on a platform on the sand. The guerrilla cinema screening did get Russo’s film screened in Cannes, though not officially in the film festival. Nonetheless, the outdoor movie successfully gained the desired attention.

At free showings and outdoor film screenings, the film has drawn long lines of people eager to watch a documentary that feeds on the estrangement many Americans feel from their government, especially those who believe they played by the rules and yet see their finances strained or broken. Many of the reviews in major newspapers have accepted as having some factual basis the film’s main contention, that the government illegally extracts income taxes, even though every court that has ever ruled on these issues has upheld the constitutionality of the income tax.

The film’s appeal, Mr. Russo said during a phone interview last week, is not left or right, but concentrated among those who see the United States evolving into a police state ruled by an oligarchy that has tricked Americans into paying taxes.

Not mentioned in the film is that Mr. Russo has more than $2 million of tax liens filed against him by the Internal Revenue Service, California and New York for unpaid federal and state taxes. Mr. Russo declined to discuss the liens, saying they were not relevant to his film.

Excerpt from “Facts Refute Filmmaker’s Assertions on Income Tax in ‘America’” by David Cay Johnston -New York Times.

George Christensen -or, George the Cyclist- is the ultimate cycling enthusiast as he has conducted extensive “cylcotours” throughout the world. He’s also an independent film enthusiast, attending or working at several major film festivals annually, including Telluride and Cannes. On his blog (supported by Jeff Potter) you can read about his many cycling adventures worldwide, as well the outdoor movies he encounters on his way. While cycling through Paris, France, he found an outdoor film series featuring classic movies. The following is his account of the outdoor cinema screenings:

I arrived in Paris with hours to spare before the night’s outdoor movie at the park by the Museé de la Musique on the outskirts of the city off Avenue Jean Jaures on the way to the airport and my wild campsite. It wasn’t dark enough at the open air cinema until 10:30 to start the program. The movie was “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” from 2005 starring Johnny Deep. Of the 35 films on the eclectic summer schedule it was the most mainstream and one of only three movies from the last ten years. It wasn’t exactly a classic, as most on the schedule, but I didn’t mind at all watching Tim Burton’s fantasy extravaganza featuring song and dance numbers by Munchkin-type characters wearing suits. The French subtitles increased my vocabulary by a word or two.

George the Cyclist -Photo Credit: Jim Newberry, Chicago Reader

This was the 18th year of these outdoor movies in Paris, but a sign of the times was that for the first time admission was being charged–two euros. The lawn was still as packed as a year ago when I saw Steinbeck’s “East of Eden” before my return to Chicago. The only difference was that there were less than 100 bikes in the valet parking area, compared to a couple hundred last year. Could be more people are locking their bikes to avoid the long wait to get their bike back as the bike appeared to be as popular as a year ago when the much acclaimed rental bike program was inaugurated. There were considerably more available for rent this year, many of the new outlets taking up former car parking. Ben and Jerry’s is the chief sponsor of the outdoor movies. On three Friday nights of triple features they are giving away ice cream. One of the triple features is the Godfather series. Since each is nearly three hours long, the program will barely finish before dawn’s light. A trio of Eastwood pictures is another and three by Almodovar is the third of the Friday triple outdoor film feature.

Source: George’s Cyclotouring Blog: http://georgethecyclist.blogspot.com/2008/07/paris-ville-arrive.html

Le Dormeur Normandie chic station balnéaire de Deauville et sa légère baisse de marché voisin Trouville étaient toujours en Septembre stupeur août suivant du tourisme en surabondance. Trente-cinq ans, PR spécialiste français Lionel Chouchan a été demandé par la ville pour aider à tambour certaines affaires. Il est venu avec l’idée d’un festival de cinéma de plein air consacré à des films américains. Le festival de plein air du film aura lieu le long des plages de Normandie, en plein air mettant en vedette le cinéma sous les étoiles.

Aujourd’hui, la Deauville Festival du cinéma américain est l’ambiance en face de Cannes, ses Méditerranée par les pairs – un reflet de sa glacière région. Une promenade le long du trottoir est rivalisent par la promenade vers la Manche, à marée basse, il faut 20 minutes à pied de la plage à l’eau. Ne soyez pas surpris de voir un festival-goer promener pieds nus le sable.

En présence de cette année ont été Kevin Spacey, Spike Lee, Viggo Mortensen et Ed Harris, un peu d’un ralentissement de 2007, lorsque George Clooney et Brad Pitt ont été errer dans les rues. Si le cinéma américain ne répond pas à votre fantaisie, Chouchan l’entreprise publique Système Cinéma gère également le Deauville Asian Film Festival en Mars.

Septembre 5 – 14, 2009. Passe d’un jour $ 68; tous les accès-passer $ 227. http://www.festival-deauville.com.

Extrait de “Cinéma au paradis” par Denis Seguin. Lire l’article à l’adresse suivante: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081119.wfests19/BNStory/specialTravel/home

(traduit par translate.google.com)

The sleepy chic Normandy resort town of Deauville and its slightly down-market neighbour Trouville were always in a September stupor following August’s tourism glut. Thirty-five years ago, French PR specialist Lionel Chouchan was asked by the city to help drum up some business. He came up with the idea of a film festival devoted to American films. The festival would take place along the beaches of Normandy, featuring outdoor movies under the stars.

Today, the Deauville Festival Du Cinema Americain is the laid-back opposite of Cannes, its Mediterranean peer – a reflection of its cooler region. A stroll along the boardwalk is rivaled by the stroll toward the English Channel; at low tide, it takes 20 minutes to walk from the beach to the water. Don’t be surprised to see a festival-goer strolling the sands barefoot.

In attendance this year were Kevin Spacey, Spike Lee, Viggo Mortensen and Ed Harris, a bit of a downturn from 2007 when George Clooney and Brad Pitt were wandering the streets. If American cinema doesn’t suit your fancy, Chouchan’s company Public Système Cinéma also runs the Deauville Asian Film Festival in March.

Sept. 5 – 14, 2009. Single day pass $68; all-access pass $227. http://www.festival-deauville.com.

Excerpt from “Cinema in Paradise” by Denis Seguin. Read full article at: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081119.wfests19/BNStory/specialTravel/home

Each summer in the month of August, Cinéma au clair de lune sets up its giant screen in famous parts of the capital… and invites the public to enjoy outdoor movies, moonlight cinema with great classic films of the past and present that have Paris either as their subject or setting.

This year, this itinerant and free cinema festival is participating in the European Cultural Season in France and is inviting the public for the first time to discover a dozen or so European capitals.

Famous film directors such as Luigi Comencini, Milos Forman, Pedro Almodovar, Ingmar Bergman, Alfred Hitchcock, etc. will plunge spectators in to the heart of the cities of Rome, Madrid, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Prague, Vienna… Not to be missed!

Cinéma au Clair de Lune invites visitors to combine the discovery of Paris with the love of cinema and outdoor movies. For seven years, a venue has been chosen for spectators to come and see it through the eyes of a filmmaker. Free screenings of films are shown, both past and present masterpieces, most of them with Paris featured as the subject or background. And so, if Paris were Europe, each of its districts becomes a European country, like a piece in a puzzle, a mosaic of communities. Held this year under the auspices of the European cultural season, the Forum des images invites us to see Europe by moonlight like a festival of capitals: a programme of travels that explores the territories of our European neighbours, so close yet so far, and which, without leaving Paris, invites us to discover other towns and other cinema.

Programme available online: www.forumdesimages.fr

With free nightly outdoor movies at the Park La Villette, France continues its use of public funds for things more visible than healthy school lunches and a new encyclopedia in the public library. Every night except Monday, Frenchies and foreigners alike gather at the massive park/ music/ cultural complex La Villette around nightfall (movies start at 10:30 but get there early) to lounge on a manicured lawn that has the cleanliness and consistency of a new shag carpet to watch a movie pertaining to this summer’s theme: Man and Beast. From now to August 13th, classics such as Hitchcock’s The Birds, Truffaut’s L”Enfant Sauvage and Schaffner’s Planet of the Apes with a leathery Charleton Heston are mixed in with more contemporary flicks such as The Life Aquatic, A Fish Called Wanda and Burton’s Batman. A night at La Villette isn’t just a movie; it’s community bonding. The French pique-nique everywhere. Join in with a blanket, a quiche, and a bottle of rosé to enjoy, or, as many do, just some cigarettes and cheap beer. This is how cinema was before screens shrunk enough to fit in your pocket. The whole crowd cheers when the guy finally kisses the girl, and you too can join in the booing when the villain enters.

Every year during the glorious Parisian summer, film fans converge on the Parc de la Villette for outdoor movie screenings of a wide variety of films.

This year’s theme, Ava, Rita, Gina… Les Stars et Leurs Pygmalions looks at Hollywood’s greatest stars, what it was that made them shine so brightly on the silver screen, and the directors who launched their stellar careers.

The Parc de la Villette was built as an urban renewal project for one of Paris’ more destitute areas, and the modern architecture of its buildings and layout make it an ideal place to relax and watch a couple of your favourite films. These are either shown in “VO” (original language) or dubbed in French.

An annual Parisian summer tradition started this week, the Cinema en
Plein Air, or “Open Air Cinema” festival. For 18 years people have been coming to the La Villette park in the northern nineteenth arrondisement to watch movies projected on a giant inflatable screen every night from mid-July to mid-August. Until this year, it was free.

This year tickets are two euros each, which has raised the ire of moviegoers. At a recent showing of Ninotchka, starring Greta Garbo, people had a mixed reaction about having to pay for tickets. Some said
they expected outdoor festivals to be free, and others remembered previous years with regret. Some wondered if they shouldn’t be paying for movies, though recognizing that two euros is a symbolic
amount.

Adiren Quenette of La Villette says the organisers felt pressured into charging by the Centre national de la cinématographie, the national cinematography centre, which regulates the movie industry in France.

“The CNC asked us to charge, because they considered that it was unfair competition towards the cinemas around the Parc de la Villette,” said Quenette. “They wanted us to charge. Then we could decide the amount of money. They didn’t ask us to give them money. They asked us to charge so that people would not only decide to go see movies because it’s free. It’s a symbolic two euros that was foisted on us by the CNC.”

A spokesperson for the CNC said they had not forced La Villette into anything. Rather, they recently clarified the rules for non-commercial movie festivals, and those that wanted to continue to be free needed to remove their advertising before the screenings.

La Villette continues to have advertising, so the CNC did not allow them to have a free festival.

Quenette says the price is symbolic and doesn’t even cover the extra costs involved, like hiring security and ticket sellers.

Spectators are not the only ones who are unhappy. A community group formed a few weeks ago to fight against the entry fee. Before Ninotchka, four were handing out fliers to people going in, which included the phrase “culture is not a commodity”.

Emmanuel Chanial, who is part of the group, says the problem is with the CNC but rather with the organizers themselves who, he says, did not consult spectators about the issue:

“It is the public that loses out,” he said. “The public was not alerted, and we were told it just was going to be that way.”

What he and his group are calling for is an exception for this year—for the festival to become free again – and then an open, roundtable discussion over the status for next year’s festival.

All of this disagreement, though, is about free festivals causing undue competition for theatres in the neighbourhood. Chanial says it doesn’t actually make a difference.

“When [local theatres] show classic movies, it’s late at night,” he said. “And people don’t picnic.”

Spectators had a similar reaction, saying the outdoor movie experience is a unique one, not to be compared with going to see a movie in a theatre.

The two euros do not seem to have discouraged too many people so far. According to the organizers, opening night drew a crowd of 2,000 people.

The festival runs every night, except Mondays, through 17 August. On the program are three nights of trilogies, where they show three movies from one director all through the night, with breakfast the next morning.

For those used to the festival being free, the two euros is a bit of a disappointment. But for others, two euros might seem like a bargain.

Outdoor movies and inflatable movie screens have been appearing in locations all around the world. Over time we will be adding links to articles about outdoor movies and open air cinema events. These articles are listed according to the country where the inflatable movie screen has been set up or the country where the outdoor movie event takes place.

A

• Abkhazia – Republic of Abkhazia
• Afghanistan – Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
• Akrotiri and Dhekelia – Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia (UK overseas territory)
• Åland – Åland Islands (Autonomous province of Finland)
• Albania – Republic of Albania
• Algeria – People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria
• American Samoa – Territory of American Samoa (US territory)
• Andorra – Principality of Andorra
• Angola – Republic of Angola
• Anguilla (UK overseas territory)
• Antigua and Barbuda
• Argentina – Argentine Republic
• Armenia – Republic of Armenia
• Aruba (Self-governing country in the Kingdom of the Netherlands)
• Ascension Island (Dependency of the UK overseas territory of Saint Helena)
• Australia – Commonwealth of Australia
• Austria – Republic of Austria
• Azerbaijan – Republic of Azerbaijan

B

• Bahamas, The – Commonwealth of The Bahamas
• Bahrain – Kingdom of Bahrain
• Bangladesh – People’s Republic of Bangladesh
• Barbados
• Belarus – Republic of Belarus
• Belgium – Kingdom of Belgium
• Belize
• Benin – Republic of Benin
• Bermuda (UK overseas territory)
• Bhutan – Kingdom of Bhutan
• Bolivia – Republic of Bolivia
• Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Botswana – Republic of Botswana
• Brazil – Federative Republic of Brazil
• Brunei – Negara Brunei Darussalam
• Bulgaria – Republic of Bulgaria
• Burkina Faso
• Burma – Union of Myanmar
• Burundi – Republic of Burundi

C

• Cambodia – Kingdom of Cambodia
• Cameroon – Republic of Cameroon
• Canada
• Cape Verde – Republic of Cape Verde
• Cayman Islands (UK overseas territory)
• Central African Republic
• Chad – Republic of Chad
• Chile – Republic of Chile
• China – People’s Republic of China
• For “China, Republic of”, see Taiwan
• Christmas Island – Territory of Christmas Island (Australian overseas territory)
• Cocos (Keeling) Islands – Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australian overseas territory)
• Colombia – Republic of Colombia
• Comoros – Union of the Comoros
• Congo – Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Congo – Republic of the Congo
• Cook Islands (Associated state of New Zealand)
• Costa Rica – Republic of Costa Rica
• Côte d’Ivoire – Republic of Côte d’Ivoire
• Croatia – Republic of Croatia
• Cuba – Republic of Cuba
• Cyprus – Republic of Cyprus
• Czech Republic

D

• Denmark – Kingdom of Denmark
• For “Dhekelia”, see Akrotiri and Dhekelia
• Djibouti – Republic of Djibouti
• Dominica – Commonwealth of Dominica
• Dominican Republic

E

• East Timor – Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste
• Ecuador – Republic of Ecuador
• Egypt – Arab Republic of Egypt
• El Salvador – Republic of El Salvador
• Equatorial Guinea – Republic of Equatorial Guinea
• Eritrea – State of Eritrea
• Estonia – Republic of Estonia
• Ethiopia – Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

F

• Falkland Islands (UK overseas territory)
• Faroe Islands (Self-governing country in the Kingdom of Denmark)
• Fiji – Republic of the Fiji Islands
• Finland – Republic of Finland
• France – French Republic
• French Polynesia (French overseas collectivity)

G

• Gabon – Gabonese Republic
• Gambia, The – Republic of The Gambia
• Georgia
• Germany – Federal Republic of Germany
• Ghana – Republic of Ghana
• Gibraltar (UK overseas territory)
• Greece – Hellenic Republic
• Greenland (Self-governing country in the Kingdom of Denmark)
• Grenada
• Guam – Territory of Guam (US organized territory)
• Guatemala – Republic of Guatemala
• Guernsey – Bailiwick of Guernsey (British Crown dependency)
• Guinea – Republic of Guinea
• Guinea-Bissau – Republic of Guinea-Bissau
• Guyana – Co-operative Republic of Guyana

H

• Haiti – Republic of Haiti
• Honduras – Republic of Honduras
• Hong Kong – Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China (Area of special sovereignty)
• Hungary – Republic of Hungary

I

• Iceland – Republic of Iceland
• India – Republic of India
• Indonesia – Republic of Indonesia
• Iran – Islamic Republic of Iran
• Iraq – Republic of Iraq
• Ireland – Ireland
• Isle of Man (British Crown dependency)
• Israel – State of Israel
• Italy – Italian Republic
• For “Ivory Coast”, see Côte d’Ivoire

J

• Jamaica
• Japan
• Jersey – Bailiwick of Jersey (British Crown dependency)
• Jordan – Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

K

• Kazakhstan – Republic of Kazakhstan
• Kenya – Republic of Kenya
• Kiribati – Republic of Kiribati
• Korea, North – Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
• Korea, South – Republic of Korea
• Kosovo – Republic of Kosovo
• Kuwait – State of Kuwait
• Kyrgyzstan – Kyrgyz Republic

L

• Laos – Lao People’s Democratic Republic
• Latvia – Republic of Latvia
• Lebanon – Republic of Lebanon
• Lesotho – Kingdom of Lesotho
• Liberia – Republic of Liberia
• Libya – Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
• Liechtenstein – Principality of Liechtenstein
• Lithuania – Republic of Lithuania
• Luxembourg – Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

M

• Macao – Macao Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China (Area of special sovereignty)
• Macedonia – Republic of Macedonia
• Madagascar – Republic of Madagascar
• Malawi – Republic of Malawi
• Malaysia
• Maldives – Republic of Maldives
• Mali – Republic of Mali
• Malta – Republic of Malta
• Marshall Islands – Republic of the Marshall Islands
• Mauritania – Islamic Republic of Mauritania
• Mauritius – Republic of Mauritius
• Mayotte – Departmental Collectivity of Mayotte (French overseas collectivity)
• Mexico – United Mexican States
• Micronesia – Federated States of Micronesia
• Moldova – Republic of Moldova
• Monaco – Principality of Monaco
• Mongolia
• Montenegro
• Montserrat (UK overseas territory)
• Morocco – Kingdom of Morocco
• Mozambique – Republic of Mozambique
• For “Myanmar”, see Burma

N

• Nagorno-Karabakh – Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (Artsakh)
• Namibia – Republic of Namibia
• Nauru – Republic of Nauru
• Nepal – Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
• Netherlands – Kingdom of the Netherlands
• Netherlands Antilles (Self-governing country in the Kingdom of the Netherlands)
• New Caledonia – Territory of New Caledonia and Dependencies (French community sui generis)
• New Zealand
• Nicaragua – Republic of Nicaragua
• Niger – Republic of Niger
• Nigeria – Federal Republic of Nigeria
• Niue (Associated state of New Zealand)
• Norfolk Island – Territory of Norfolk Island (Australian overseas territory)
• Northern Cyprus – Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
• Northern Mariana Islands – Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (US commonwealth)
• For “North Korea”, see Korea, North
• Norway – Kingdom of Norway

O

• Oman – Sultanate of Oman

P

• Pakistan – Islamic Republic of Pakistan
• Palau – Republic of Palau
• Palestine – Palestinian Territories
• Panama – Republic of Panama
• Papua New Guinea – Independent State of Papua New Guinea
• Paraguay – Republic of Paraguay
• For “People’s Republic of China”, see China
• Peru – Republic of Peru
• Philippines – Republic of the Philippines
• Pitcairn Islands – Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie, and Oeno Islands (UK overseas territory)
• Poland – Republic of Poland
• Portugal – Portuguese Republic
• For “Pridnestrovie”, see Transnistria
• Puerto Rico – Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (US commonwealth)

Q

• Qatar – State of Qatar

R

• Romania
• Russia – Russian Federation
• Rwanda – Republic of Rwanda

S

• Saint Barthélemy – Collectivity of Saint Barthélemy (French overseas collectivity)
• Saint Helena (UK overseas territory)
• Saint Kitts and Nevis – Federation of Saint Christopher and Nevis
• Saint Lucia
• Saint Martin – Collectivity of Saint Martin (French overseas collectivity)
• Saint Pierre and Miquelon – Territorial Collectivity of Saint Pierre and Miquelon (French overseas collectivity)
• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
• Samoa – Independent State of Samoa
• San Marino – Most Serene Republic of San Marino
• São Tomé and Príncipe – Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe
• Saudi Arabia – Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
• Senegal – Republic of Senegal
• Serbia – Republic of Serbia
• Seychelles – Republic of Seychelles
• Sierra Leone – Republic of Sierra Leone
• Singapore – Republic of Singapore
• Slovakia – Slovak Republic
• Slovenia – Republic of Slovenia
• Solomon Islands
• Somalia – Somali Republic
• Somaliland – Republic of Somaliland
• South Africa – Republic of South Africa
• For “South Korea”, see Korea, South
• South Ossetia – Republic of South Ossetia
• Spain – Kingdom of Spain
• Sri Lanka – Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
• Sudan – Republic of the Sudan
• Suriname – Republic of Suriname
• Svalbard (Territory of Norway)
• Swaziland – Kingdom of Swaziland
• Sweden – Kingdom of Sweden
• Switzerland – Swiss Confederation
• Syria – Syrian Arab Republic

T

• Taiwan – Republic of China
• Tajikistan – Republic of Tajikistan
• Tanzania – United Republic of Tanzania
• Thailand – Kingdom of Thailand
• For “Timor-Leste”, see East Timor
• Togo – Togolese Republic
• Tokelau (Overseas territory of New Zealand)
• Tonga – Kingdom of Tonga
• Transnistria – Transnistrian Moldovan Republic
• Trinidad and Tobago – Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
• Tristan da Cunha (Dependency of the UK overseas territory of Saint Helena)
• Tunisia – Tunisian Republic
• Turkey – Republic of Turkey
• Turkmenistan
• Turks and Caicos Islands (UK overseas territory)
• Tuvalu

U

• Uganda – Republic of Uganda
• Ukraine
• United Arab Emirates
• United Kingdom – United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
• United States – United States of America
• Uruguay – Eastern Republic of Uruguay
• Uzbekistan – Republic of Uzbekistan

V

• Vanuatu – Republic of Vanuatu
• Vatican City – State of the Vatican City
• Venezuela – Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
• Vietnam – Socialist Republic of Vietnam
• Virgin Islands, British – British Virgin Islands (UK overseas territory)
• Virgin Islands, United States – United States Virgin Islands (US organized territory)

W

• Wallis and Futuna – Territory of Wallis and Futuna Islands (French overseas collectivity)
• Western Sahara – Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic

Y

• Yemen – Republic of Yemen

Z

• For “Zaire”, see Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Zambia – Republic of Zambia
• Zimbabwe – Republic of Zimbabwe