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World Cinema Fund
The World Cinema Fund (WCF) was founded in October 2004 as a joint initiative of the German Federal Cultural Foundation and the Berlinale. It immediately established itself as one of the leading institutions funding outstanding international productions and rapidly gained recognition from those in the industry. The World Cinema Fund supports films which could not otherwise be realized without its funding. They are uniquely aesthetic, tell memorable stories and authentically reflect the cultural background of the regions in which they are made.
The WCF supports cooperative projects involving German film producers and non-European filmmakers and producers. The World Cinema Fund has previously focussed its funding activities in Latin America, Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia; beginning in August 2007, filmmakers from Southeast Asia and the Caucasus can also apply for funding.
Since it was founded in October 2004, the WCF has received 1,165 project applications from more than 70 countries, of which 70 films from about 30 different countries have been awarded production and distribution funding. When a film receives WCF funding, many in the film industry regard it as a "seal of quality". Numerous WCF-funded films have been invited to the most important international film festivals in the world and distinguished with top film awards. Within just a few years, the World Cinema Fund has established itself as an instrument for cultural funding and intercultural dialogue, as well as for promoting international contacts within the film industry.
Contact:
Projektmanagement
Sonja Heinen
Vincenzo Bugno
Office Management
Christine Paul
World Cinema Fund
Berlin International Film Festival
Potsdamer Str. 5
10785 Berlin
Tel.: +49 (0)30 2592 0516
Fax: +49 (0)30 2592 0519
www.berlinale.de
Further Informations
Golden Bear 2009 for La teta asustada
La teta asustada was the first Peruvian film ever shown at the Berlinale and was awarded the Golden Bear 2009 for its magnificent combination of political statement and poetic form. Set in modern-day Peru, the film depicts the traumas caused by the Peruvian guerrilla organization Shining Path. The resulting psychological damage continues to fester like a national disease, the pain of which is passed to each generation through the mother’s milk, the "milk of pain".
