Fund to invest a total of €360,000 in latest funding of financing
The Berlinale’s World Cinema Fund (Wcf) is to provide a total of €360,000 in funding for 14 international projects.
In its latest funding round, the Wcf has recommended production funding for 11 projects and distribution grants for three films.
The 14 independent projects hail from Argentina, Chile, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ecuador, Egypt, Iran, Israel, Mozambique, Nigeria, the Republic of Belarus, Rwanda, Senegal and Thailand.
The production funding recipients include Demba by Senegalese writer-director Mamadou Dia, whose feature debut Nafi’s Father won the best first feature prize Locarno in...
The Berlinale’s World Cinema Fund (Wcf) is to provide a total of €360,000 in funding for 14 international projects.
In its latest funding round, the Wcf has recommended production funding for 11 projects and distribution grants for three films.
The 14 independent projects hail from Argentina, Chile, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ecuador, Egypt, Iran, Israel, Mozambique, Nigeria, the Republic of Belarus, Rwanda, Senegal and Thailand.
The production funding recipients include Demba by Senegalese writer-director Mamadou Dia, whose feature debut Nafi’s Father won the best first feature prize Locarno in...
- 11/24/2023
- by Tim Dams
- ScreenDaily
The Cairo Film Festival’s Cairo Film Connection co-production market spread the love at an award ceremony Sunday night, with 15 projects claiming 20 prizes in the Egyptian capital valued at some 225,000.
Among the standouts were Suzannah Mirghani’s “Cotton Queen” and “Lamp in the Dark,” from Sudanese filmmaker Mahdi El-Tayeb, which both took home awards from marketing and distribution outfit Mad Solutions for distribution in the Arab world with a 50,000 minimum guarantee.
Set in a cotton-farming village in Sudan, “Cotton Queen” — which won the ArteKino Award at the Cannes Film Festival’s L’Atelier this year — follows a teenage girl as she begins to question cultural expectations and the collapsing cotton industry, under threat from both insect and human pests. “Lamp in the Dark” turns on a generational clash in a Sudanese village after the arrival of a mobile cinema.
No film won more than two prizes, with Amjad Al Rasheed...
Among the standouts were Suzannah Mirghani’s “Cotton Queen” and “Lamp in the Dark,” from Sudanese filmmaker Mahdi El-Tayeb, which both took home awards from marketing and distribution outfit Mad Solutions for distribution in the Arab world with a 50,000 minimum guarantee.
Set in a cotton-farming village in Sudan, “Cotton Queen” — which won the ArteKino Award at the Cannes Film Festival’s L’Atelier this year — follows a teenage girl as she begins to question cultural expectations and the collapsing cotton industry, under threat from both insect and human pests. “Lamp in the Dark” turns on a generational clash in a Sudanese village after the arrival of a mobile cinema.
No film won more than two prizes, with Amjad Al Rasheed...
- 11/21/2022
- by Christopher Vourlias
- Variety Film + TV
Steven Spielberg’s “The Fabelmans” will open the 44th edition of the Cairo Film Festival, the Arab world’s venerable cinematic showcase, which takes place Nov. 13 – 22.
The Oscar-winning director’s semi-autobiographical film, which follows the formative years of a young man who discovers movies as a means to help him see the truth about others and himself, earned a standing ovation following its premiere at the Toronto Film Festival.
This year’s event in the Egyptian capital, which takes place as most film festivals and industry events have returned to business as usual after two years of pandemic cancellations and disruptions, nevertheless unfolds against a backdrop of global uncertainty.
Festival president Hussein Fahmy conjured the specter of war in Ukraine as he described a “year of ambitions and challenges” in a statement, posing the questions: “Where do we go from here? How can the festival take new steps, in particular,...
The Oscar-winning director’s semi-autobiographical film, which follows the formative years of a young man who discovers movies as a means to help him see the truth about others and himself, earned a standing ovation following its premiere at the Toronto Film Festival.
This year’s event in the Egyptian capital, which takes place as most film festivals and industry events have returned to business as usual after two years of pandemic cancellations and disruptions, nevertheless unfolds against a backdrop of global uncertainty.
Festival president Hussein Fahmy conjured the specter of war in Ukraine as he described a “year of ambitions and challenges” in a statement, posing the questions: “Where do we go from here? How can the festival take new steps, in particular,...
- 10/18/2022
- by Christopher Vourlias
- Variety Film + TV
Four previously backed films are screening at Venice this year.
The Berlinale’s World Cinema Fund (Wcf) is to provide a combined €344,000 in finance to seven international projects.
In its latest funding round, the Wcf has recommended production funding for six projects from Burkina Faso, Chile, Egypt, Democratic Republic of Congo, Senegal and Colombia. The fund has also recommened providing distribution funding for the August 25 German release of Sudanese film You Will Die At Twenty.
The Berlinale’s funding initiative was set up in 2004 to help diversify German cinema and support projects from areas of the world with less filmmaking infrastructure.
The Berlinale’s World Cinema Fund (Wcf) is to provide a combined €344,000 in finance to seven international projects.
In its latest funding round, the Wcf has recommended production funding for six projects from Burkina Faso, Chile, Egypt, Democratic Republic of Congo, Senegal and Colombia. The fund has also recommened providing distribution funding for the August 25 German release of Sudanese film You Will Die At Twenty.
The Berlinale’s funding initiative was set up in 2004 to help diversify German cinema and support projects from areas of the world with less filmmaking infrastructure.
- 8/16/2022
- by Ellie Calnan
- ScreenDaily
Taking place tomorrow [Feb 12], the day will see two panel discussions and the presentation of the Imcine Award.
The World Cinema Fund (Wcf) has unveiled the schedule for their Wcf Day, taking place tomorrow [Feb 12] at the Filmhaus Berlin.
Festival director Dieter Kosslick and Wcf project managers Sonha Heinen and Vincenzo Bugno [pictured] will open the day, before the presentation of the Imcine Award by Jorge Sánchez, director of the Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía.
The Imcine Award is awarded to all Mexican films that receive funding from the Wcf in the next three years.
Two panel discussions will also take place: Argentian Cinema of the 21st Century, with participants including Celina Murga and Peter Rommel, and History and Innovation Fit Together, with participants include Lorna Tee and Viola Shafik.
Bugno will moderate both panels.
The World Cinema Fund (Wcf) has unveiled the schedule for their Wcf Day, taking place tomorrow [Feb 12] at the Filmhaus Berlin.
Festival director Dieter Kosslick and Wcf project managers Sonha Heinen and Vincenzo Bugno [pictured] will open the day, before the presentation of the Imcine Award by Jorge Sánchez, director of the Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía.
The Imcine Award is awarded to all Mexican films that receive funding from the Wcf in the next three years.
Two panel discussions will also take place: Argentian Cinema of the 21st Century, with participants including Celina Murga and Peter Rommel, and History and Innovation Fit Together, with participants include Lorna Tee and Viola Shafik.
Bugno will moderate both panels.
- 2/11/2014
- by ian.sandwell@screendaily.com (Ian Sandwell)
- ScreenDaily
Bong Joon-ho’s sci-fi action thriller helps complete the Forum section of the Berlinale.
The Forum strand of the Berlin International Film Festival (Feb 6-16) has completed its 2014 programme with a series of special screenings.
These include Snowpiercer, Bong Joon-ho’s adaptation of a French comic by Jean-Marc Rochette, starring Chris Evans, John Hurt and Tilda Swinton.
The Korean production, known there as Seolguk-yeolcha, is set during an impending ice age, whose last survivors are left circling the earth in a non-stop express train.
Producer Park Chan-wook, director Bong Joon-ho, actors Song Kang-ho, Ko Asung, John Hurt and Tilda Swinton and author Rochette will attend the screening.
Interview: Bong Joon-ho, Snowpiercer
Other new additions to the Forum special screenings include two documentaries about the recent upheavals in Egypt. These include the world premiere of Viola Shafik’s Arij (Scent of Revolution) and Jehane Noujaim’s recently Oscar-nominated documentary Al midan (The Square).
Forum Special Screenings
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The Forum strand of the Berlin International Film Festival (Feb 6-16) has completed its 2014 programme with a series of special screenings.
These include Snowpiercer, Bong Joon-ho’s adaptation of a French comic by Jean-Marc Rochette, starring Chris Evans, John Hurt and Tilda Swinton.
The Korean production, known there as Seolguk-yeolcha, is set during an impending ice age, whose last survivors are left circling the earth in a non-stop express train.
Producer Park Chan-wook, director Bong Joon-ho, actors Song Kang-ho, Ko Asung, John Hurt and Tilda Swinton and author Rochette will attend the screening.
Interview: Bong Joon-ho, Snowpiercer
Other new additions to the Forum special screenings include two documentaries about the recent upheavals in Egypt. These include the world premiere of Viola Shafik’s Arij (Scent of Revolution) and Jehane Noujaim’s recently Oscar-nominated documentary Al midan (The Square).
Forum Special Screenings
Wp = World...
- 1/23/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
The Berlinale World Cinema Fund has awarded production and distribution funding of €165,000 ($223,000) to eight films.
The jury made their selection from 121 submissions from 43 countries and chose the following features:
Production funding
Los Hongos
Dir: Óscar Ruiz Navia (Colombia). Production: Burning Blue & Contravia Films, Colombia. Feature film.
Funding: €30,000.
Benjamín o el Planetario
Dir: Carlos Machado Quintela (Cuba). Production: Rizoma, Argentina. German partner: M-Appeal. Feature film.
Funding: €35,000.
Ejercicios de la Memoria
Dir: Paz Encina (Paraguay). Production: Autentika Film, Germany. Documentary.
Funding: €35,000.
Te Prometo Anarquía
Dir: Julio Hernández Cordón (Guatemala). Production: Interior 13, Mexico. Feature film.
Funding: €30,000.
In the Last Days of the City
Dir: Tamer El Said (Egypt). Production: Zero Production (Egypt). Documentary.
Funding: €20,000.
Distribution funding
Coming Forth by Day
Dir: Hala Lofty (Egypt). German distributor: Arsenal für Film und Videokunst e.V. Release in Germany: Nov 14, 2013.
Funding: €4,357.50.
Carne de Perro
Dir: Fernando Guzzoni (Chile). German distributor: déjà-vu film Ug. Release in Germany: Jan 23, 2014.
Funding: €5,000.
Workers
Dir: José Luís Valle...
The jury made their selection from 121 submissions from 43 countries and chose the following features:
Production funding
Los Hongos
Dir: Óscar Ruiz Navia (Colombia). Production: Burning Blue & Contravia Films, Colombia. Feature film.
Funding: €30,000.
Benjamín o el Planetario
Dir: Carlos Machado Quintela (Cuba). Production: Rizoma, Argentina. German partner: M-Appeal. Feature film.
Funding: €35,000.
Ejercicios de la Memoria
Dir: Paz Encina (Paraguay). Production: Autentika Film, Germany. Documentary.
Funding: €35,000.
Te Prometo Anarquía
Dir: Julio Hernández Cordón (Guatemala). Production: Interior 13, Mexico. Feature film.
Funding: €30,000.
In the Last Days of the City
Dir: Tamer El Said (Egypt). Production: Zero Production (Egypt). Documentary.
Funding: €20,000.
Distribution funding
Coming Forth by Day
Dir: Hala Lofty (Egypt). German distributor: Arsenal für Film und Videokunst e.V. Release in Germany: Nov 14, 2013.
Funding: €4,357.50.
Carne de Perro
Dir: Fernando Guzzoni (Chile). German distributor: déjà-vu film Ug. Release in Germany: Jan 23, 2014.
Funding: €5,000.
Workers
Dir: José Luís Valle...
- 11/19/2013
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
The Berlinale World Cinema Fund has awarded five projects a total of $200,000 (€154,300) in its latest round of funding.
A total of 130 submissions were made from 48 countries. The jury for the 18th session comprised film scholar and curator Viola Shafik (Germany/Egypt), documentary film producer Marta Andreu (Spain), distributor and producer Jan De Clercq (Belgium), and Wcf project managers Sonja Heinen and Vincenzo Bugno.
The projects to receive production funding were:
Sin Título
Director: Lisandro Alonso (Argentina)Production: 4L, ArgentinaFunding: €50,000
Big Father, Small Father and Other Stories
Director: Di Phan Dang (Vietnam)Production: VBlock Media, VietnamFunding: €40,000
Pelo Malo
Director: Mariana Rondón (Venezuela)Production: Sudaca Films, VenezuelaFunding: €30,000
The Valley
Director: Ghassan Salhab (Lebanon)Production: unafilms, GermanyFunding: €30,000
The project to receive distribution funding was:
Fidai
Director: Damien Ounouri (Algeria).Distributor: mec filmRelease in Germany: May 13, 2013.Funding: €4,300
The World Cinema Fund is an initiative of the German Federal Cultural Foundation and the Berlin International Film Festival, funded by the...
A total of 130 submissions were made from 48 countries. The jury for the 18th session comprised film scholar and curator Viola Shafik (Germany/Egypt), documentary film producer Marta Andreu (Spain), distributor and producer Jan De Clercq (Belgium), and Wcf project managers Sonja Heinen and Vincenzo Bugno.
The projects to receive production funding were:
Sin Título
Director: Lisandro Alonso (Argentina)Production: 4L, ArgentinaFunding: €50,000
Big Father, Small Father and Other Stories
Director: Di Phan Dang (Vietnam)Production: VBlock Media, VietnamFunding: €40,000
Pelo Malo
Director: Mariana Rondón (Venezuela)Production: Sudaca Films, VenezuelaFunding: €30,000
The Valley
Director: Ghassan Salhab (Lebanon)Production: unafilms, GermanyFunding: €30,000
The project to receive distribution funding was:
Fidai
Director: Damien Ounouri (Algeria).Distributor: mec filmRelease in Germany: May 13, 2013.Funding: €4,300
The World Cinema Fund is an initiative of the German Federal Cultural Foundation and the Berlin International Film Festival, funded by the...
- 7/2/2013
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Berlinale World Cinema Fund (Wcf) supports four new feature film projects : Film Festivals & Markets
The Wcf jury consisting of film scholar and curator Viola Shafik (Germany/Egypt), documentary film producer Marta Andreu (Spain), distributor and producer Jan De Clercq (Belgium), and Wcf project managers Sonja Heinen and Vincenzo Bugno has released the list of these new projects. 95 submissions from a total of 37 countries were made. The selected films will receive production funding to the tune of 140,000 €. Since its establishment in October 2004, the Wcf has granted production or distribution backing to a total of 106 projects, selected from 1,879 submissions from Africa Read More...
- 11/8/2012
- Bollywood Trade
The World Cinema Fund has handed out coin from its annual budget of 500,000 € which includes operations! At the 12th session of the World Cinema Fund (Wcf) jury on July 4 selected three new film projects for production funding. The Wcf jury – film scholar and curator Viola Shafik ♀ (Germany/ Egypt), programme coordinator of Swiss Television Alberto Chollet (Switzerland), dramaturge Alby James (England), as well as Wcf project managers Sonja Heinen ♀ and Vincenzo Bugno – made their selection from 110 submissions from a total of 42 countries. They awarded funds totalling 130,000 euros to: Death for Sale,…...
- 7/10/2010
- Sydney's Buzz
The World Cinema Fund (Wcf) has selected three new film projects for production funding:
Death for Sale, director: Faouzi Ben Saidi (Morocco), producer: Agora Film, Morocco. Feature film.
Funding: 30,000 €
The Prize, director: Paula Markovitch (Argentina), producer: Kung Works, Mexico. Feature film.
Funding: 50,000 €
I’am Going To Change My Name, director: Maria Saakyan (Armenia), producer: Anniko Films, Armenia.
Feature film. Funding: 50,000 €
The submission deadline for the next round of funding is August 5, 2010.
The Wcf jury 2010 comprised of film scholar and curator Viola Shafik (Germany/Egypt), programme coordinator of Swiss Television Alberto Chollet (Switzerland), dramaturge Alby James (England), as well as Wcf project managers Sonja Heinen and Vincenzo Bugno. The selections were made from 110 submissions from a total of 42 countries.
Since its establishment in October 2004, the Wcf has awarded production and distribution funding to a total of 73 projects chosen from 1275 submissions from across the globe.
Death for Sale, director: Faouzi Ben Saidi (Morocco), producer: Agora Film, Morocco. Feature film.
Funding: 30,000 €
The Prize, director: Paula Markovitch (Argentina), producer: Kung Works, Mexico. Feature film.
Funding: 50,000 €
I’am Going To Change My Name, director: Maria Saakyan (Armenia), producer: Anniko Films, Armenia.
Feature film. Funding: 50,000 €
The submission deadline for the next round of funding is August 5, 2010.
The Wcf jury 2010 comprised of film scholar and curator Viola Shafik (Germany/Egypt), programme coordinator of Swiss Television Alberto Chollet (Switzerland), dramaturge Alby James (England), as well as Wcf project managers Sonja Heinen and Vincenzo Bugno. The selections were made from 110 submissions from a total of 42 countries.
Since its establishment in October 2004, the Wcf has awarded production and distribution funding to a total of 73 projects chosen from 1275 submissions from across the globe.
- 7/7/2010
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Two Oscar nominations - one for La teta asustada and one for Ajami - marks the Berlinale's World Cinema Fund as an early arbiter of the world's taste in the finest of international cinema.
Congratulations to directors Claudia Llosa, Yaron Shani and Scandar Copti on the Oscar nomination for the Best Foreign Language Film 2010. The winner of the Golden Bear 2009, La Teta Asustada (Milk of Sorrow) by Claudia Llosa from Peru, and Ajami by Yaron Shani and Scandar Copti (Israel) were both funded by the Berlinale’s World Cinema Fund.
World Cinema Fund Day at the Berlinale: Feb 17, 2010, 11am-2 pm at the Filmhaus, Potsdamer Str. 2, 4th floor
“Strategy makes sense, and passion does, too…”
The Wcf Day will once again provide an opportunity to learn more about the programme, successes, funding strategies, films, initiatives, and partners of the Wcf. On this occasion the World Cinema Fund will present its...
Congratulations to directors Claudia Llosa, Yaron Shani and Scandar Copti on the Oscar nomination for the Best Foreign Language Film 2010. The winner of the Golden Bear 2009, La Teta Asustada (Milk of Sorrow) by Claudia Llosa from Peru, and Ajami by Yaron Shani and Scandar Copti (Israel) were both funded by the Berlinale’s World Cinema Fund.
World Cinema Fund Day at the Berlinale: Feb 17, 2010, 11am-2 pm at the Filmhaus, Potsdamer Str. 2, 4th floor
“Strategy makes sense, and passion does, too…”
The Wcf Day will once again provide an opportunity to learn more about the programme, successes, funding strategies, films, initiatives, and partners of the Wcf. On this occasion the World Cinema Fund will present its...
- 2/10/2010
- by Sydney
- Sydney's Buzz
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