World Cinema Project
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Distinguish". Template:Use mdy dates The World Cinema Project (WCP), formerly World Cinema Foundation, is a non-profit organization devoted to the preservation and restoration of neglected world cinema, founded by Martin Scorsese.
History
Founded in 2007 as the World Cinema Foundation by American filmmaker Martin Scorsese,[1] it was inspired by the work of The Film Foundation in the United States, a similar venture which Scorsese founded with George Lucas, Francis Ford Coppola, Stanley Kubrick, Steven Spielberg and Clint Eastwood in 1990.
Trances, a music documentary about Nass El Ghiwane an influential Moroccan music group, was picked by Martin Scorsese as the inaugural release for the foundation; it was screened at the Cannes Film Festival in 2007 and at Djemaa el-Fna square in Morocco.[2]
Description and governance
The World Cinema Foundation is backed by an advisory board "Filmmaker Council", originally including Martin Scorsese, Fatih Akin, Souleymane Cissé, Guillermo del Toro, Stephen Frears, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Wong Kar-Wai, Abbas Kiarostami, Deepa Mehta, Ermanno Olmi, Raoul Peck, Cristi Puiu, Walter Salles, Abderrahmane Sissako, Elia Suleiman, Bertrand Tavernier, Wim Wenders, and Tian Zhuangzhuang.[3]
After leaving his position at the Film Society of Lincoln Center, Kent Jones became the foundation's executive director.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Restored films
Upcoming restorations
| English title | Year | Director | Country of origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Winds of the Aures | 1967 | Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina | Algeria |
| Faces of Women | 1985 | Desiré Ecaré Script error: No such module "Unsubst". | Côte d'Ivoire |
References
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- ↑ DVD Savant Blu-ray + DVD Review: Martin Scorsese's World Cinema Project
- ↑ Official Film Foundation site
- ↑ World Cinema Foundation
- ↑ 10 Movie Classics From Scorsese's World Cinema Project — Taste of Cinema
- ↑ Martin Scorsese's mission to save African cinema - CNN
- ↑ Partnership with the Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project and the Pan African Federation of Filmmakers to restore African cinema|UNESCO
- ↑ Martin Scorsese's mission to save African cinema - CNN
- ↑ Criterion Collection: Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project No. 2 | Blu-ray Review - IONCINEMA.com
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- ↑ Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project is uneven but illuminating|AV Club
- ↑ Martin Scorsese's mission to save African cinema - CNN
- ↑ Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project is uneven but illuminating|AV Club
- ↑ 10 Movie Classics From Scorsese's World Cinema Project — Taste of Cinema
- ↑ Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project, Ghost World and The Last Word: Jim Hemphill’s Home Video Picks|Filmmaker Magazine
- ↑ 10 Movie Classics From Scorsese's World Cinema Project — Taste of Cinema
- ↑ Martin Scorsese's mission to save African cinema - CNN
- ↑ Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project is uneven but illuminating|AV Club
- ↑ 10 Movie Classics From Scorsese's World Cinema Project — Taste of Cinema
- ↑ 10 Movie Classics From Scorsese's World Cinema Project — Taste of Cinema
- ↑ Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project is uneven but illuminating|AV Club
- ↑ The 100 Best Films Of World Cinema|Movies|Empire
- ↑ Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project is uneven but illuminating|AV Club
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