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BERLINALE WORLD CINEMA FUND OPENS 2008 APPLICATIONS
Screen Africa, South Africa
Nov 27 2007
The World Cinema Fund (WCF) has announced its next deadline for funding
applications. The production funding applications is March 13, 2008;
for distribution funding it is December 20, 2007. (More information
at www.berlinale.de)
In the seventh selection round of theWCF, chaired by Berlinale director
Dieter Kosslick, four film projects have been recommended for funding
from Armenia, Indonesia, Iran, and Israel.
The new Jury of theWCF - film scholar and curator Viola Shafik
(Germany/Egypt), programme coordinator of the Swiss Television,
Alberto Chollet (Switzerland), director of the script programme of the
EON Screenwriters' Workshop Alby James (England), as well asWCF fund
managers Sonja Heinen und Vincenzo Bugno - had to choose between 108
projects submitted from a total of 40 countries, and granted funds
of 220.000.
The funding recommendations of the seventh selection round on November
19, 2007:
Chnchik, director: Aram Shahbazyan (Armenia), production: ARMNA LLC,
Yerevan. German co-producer: zero fiction film GmbH, Berlin. Feature
film, funding: 50.000
Jermal, director: Ravi Bharwani (Indonesia), production: SALTO FILMS,
Jakarta. Feature film, funding: 55.000
The Hunter, director: Rafi Pitts (Iran), production: AMA MEDIA
PRODUCTIONS, Tehran. Feature film, funding: 50.000
Tanathor, director: Tawfik Abu-Wael (Israel), production: LAMA FILMS,
Tel Aviv. Feature film, funding: 65.000
Since the founding of theWCF in October 2004, 710 projects from 61
countries of theWCF focus regions (Africa, Latin America, Middle
East and Central Asia, as well as, since summer 2007, South East
Asia and the Caucasus) have been submitted. 43 projects have received
production or distribution funding so far.
Within merely three years, theWorld 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.
http://www.screenafrica.com/news/busine ss/692075.htm
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
Screen Africa, South Africa
Nov 27 2007
The World Cinema Fund (WCF) has announced its next deadline for funding
applications. The production funding applications is March 13, 2008;
for distribution funding it is December 20, 2007. (More information
at www.berlinale.de)
In the seventh selection round of theWCF, chaired by Berlinale director
Dieter Kosslick, four film projects have been recommended for funding
from Armenia, Indonesia, Iran, and Israel.
The new Jury of theWCF - film scholar and curator Viola Shafik
(Germany/Egypt), programme coordinator of the Swiss Television,
Alberto Chollet (Switzerland), director of the script programme of the
EON Screenwriters' Workshop Alby James (England), as well asWCF fund
managers Sonja Heinen und Vincenzo Bugno - had to choose between 108
projects submitted from a total of 40 countries, and granted funds
of 220.000.
The funding recommendations of the seventh selection round on November
19, 2007:
Chnchik, director: Aram Shahbazyan (Armenia), production: ARMNA LLC,
Yerevan. German co-producer: zero fiction film GmbH, Berlin. Feature
film, funding: 50.000
Jermal, director: Ravi Bharwani (Indonesia), production: SALTO FILMS,
Jakarta. Feature film, funding: 55.000
The Hunter, director: Rafi Pitts (Iran), production: AMA MEDIA
PRODUCTIONS, Tehran. Feature film, funding: 50.000
Tanathor, director: Tawfik Abu-Wael (Israel), production: LAMA FILMS,
Tel Aviv. Feature film, funding: 65.000
Since the founding of theWCF in October 2004, 710 projects from 61
countries of theWCF focus regions (Africa, Latin America, Middle
East and Central Asia, as well as, since summer 2007, South East
Asia and the Caucasus) have been submitted. 43 projects have received
production or distribution funding so far.
Within merely three years, theWorld 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.
http://www.screenafrica.com/news/busine ss/692075.htm
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress