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World Cinema Project

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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,[https://www.dvdtalk.com/dvdsavant/s4371scor.html DVD Savant Blu-ray + DVD Review: Martin Scorsese's World Cinema Project] 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.[http://www.film-foundation.org/world-cinema Official Film Foundation site]

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.[http://worldcinemafoundation.net/filmmakers-board/ World Cinema Foundation]

After leaving his position at the Film Society of Lincoln Center, Kent Jones became the foundation's executive director.{{when|date=September 2022}}{{cn|date=September 2022}}

Restored films

class="wikitable sortable"
English titleYearDirectorCountry of origin
After the Curfew{{refn|name=Boxset3|group=A}}1954Usmar IsmailIndonesia
Alyam, Alyam1978Ahmed El MaanouniMorocco
Badou Boy1970Djibril Diop MambétySenegal
Black Girl[http://www.tasteofcinema.com/2020/10-movie-classics-from-scorseses-world-cinema-project/ 10 Movie Classics From Scorsese's World Cinema Project — Taste of Cinema][https://www.cnn.com/2017/11/10/africa/martin-scorsese-african-film-heritage-project-unesco-fepaci/index.html Martin Scorsese's mission to save African cinema - CNN][http://www.unesco.org/new/en/media-services/single-view/news/partnership_with_the_film_foundations_world_cinema_projec/ Partnership with the Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project and the Pan African Federation of Filmmakers to restore African cinema|UNESCO]1966Ousmane SembèneSenegal & France
Borom Sarret[https://www.cnn.com/2017/11/10/africa/martin-scorsese-african-film-heritage-project-unesco-fepaci/index.html Martin Scorsese's mission to save African cinema - CNN]1963Ousmane SembèneSenegal
The Boys from Fengkuei1983Hou Hsiao-hsienTaiwan
A Brighter Summer Day[https://www.ioncinema.com/news/disc-reviews/criterion-collection-martin-scorseses-world-cinema-project-no-2-blu-ray-review Criterion Collection: Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project No. 2 | Blu-ray Review - IONCINEMA.com]1991Edward YangTaiwan
Chess of the Wind{{cite news|title=The Chess Game of the Wind|url=https://www.filmlinc.org/nyff2020/films/the-chess-game-of-the-wind/|accessdate=October 17, 2020|work=Film at Lincoln Center|publisher=Film at Lincoln Center, Inc.|date=September 2020|quote=Restored by Cineteca di Bologna at L’Immagine Ritrovata and The Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project.}}{{refn|name=Boxset4|group=A}}1976Mohammad Reza AslaniIran
Chronicle of the Years of Fire1975Mohammed Lakhdar-HaminaAlgeria
The Cloud-Capped Star1960Ritwik GhatakIndia
The Color of Pomegranates1969Sergei ParajanovSoviet Union
Contras'city1969Djibril Diop MambétySenegal
Downpour{{refn|name=Boxset3|group=A}}1972Bahram BayzaiIran
Dry Summer{{refn|name=Boxset1|group=A|Included in the Criterion Collection WCP No. 1 Boxset{{cite web |title=Martin Scorsese's World Cinema Project |url=https://www.criterion.com/boxsets/1021-martin-scorsese-s-world-cinema-project |website=The Criterion Collection}}}}[https://www.avclub.com/martin-scorsese-s-world-cinema-project-is-uneven-but-il-1798179091 Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project is uneven but illuminating|AV Club]1964Metin ErksanTurkey
The Dupes1973Tewfik SalehSyria
Eight Deadly Shots1972Mikko NiskanenFinland
Él1953Luis Buñuel Mexico
El fantasma del convento1934Fernando de FuentesMexico
The Eloquent Peasant[https://www.cnn.com/2017/11/10/africa/martin-scorsese-african-film-heritage-project-unesco-fepaci/index.html Martin Scorsese's mission to save African cinema - CNN]1969Shadi Abdel SalamEgypt
Enamorada1946Emilio FernándezMexico
The Housemaid{{refn|name=Boxset1|group=A}}[https://www.avclub.com/martin-scorsese-s-world-cinema-project-is-uneven-but-il-1798179091 Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project is uneven but illuminating|AV Club]1960Kim Ki-youngSouth Korea
Insiang{{refn|name=Boxset2|group=A|Included in the Criterion Collection WCP No. 2 Boxset{{cite web |title=Martin Scorsese's World Cinema Project No. 2 |url=https://www.criterion.com/boxsets/1258-martin-scorsese-s-world-cinema-project-no-2 |website=The Criterion Collection}}}}1976Lino BrockaPhilippines
Kalpana{{refn|name=Boxset4|group=A}}1948Uday ShankarIndia
Kummatty1979Govindan AravindanIndia
Law of the Border{{refn|name=Boxset2|group=A}}1966Lüfti Ö. AkadTurkey
Limite{{refn|name=Boxset2|group=A}}[http://www.tasteofcinema.com/2020/10-movie-classics-from-scorseses-world-cinema-project/ 10 Movie Classics From Scorsese's World Cinema Project — Taste of Cinema][https://filmmakermagazine.com/102530-martin-scorseses-world-cinema-project-ghost-world-and-the-last-word-jim-hemphills-home-video-picks/#.X94XonqSnIU Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project, Ghost World and The Last Word: Jim Hemphill’s Home Video Picks|Filmmaker Magazine]1931Mário PeixotoBrazil
Los Olvidados1950Luis BuñuelMexico
Lucía{{refn|name=Boxset3|group=A}}1968Humberto SolásCuba
Lumumba: Death of a Prophet1990Raoul PeckDemocratic Republic of the Congo
Macario1960Roberto GavaldónMexico
Manila in the Claws of Light1975Lino BrockaPhilippines
Memories of Underdevelopment[http://www.tasteofcinema.com/2020/10-movie-classics-from-scorseses-world-cinema-project/ 10 Movie Classics From Scorsese's World Cinema Project — Taste of Cinema]1968Tomás Gutiérrez AleaCuba
Muna Moto{{refn|name=Boxset4|group=A}}1975Jean-Pierre Dikongué PipaCameroon
Mysterious Object at Noon{{refn|name=Boxset2|group=A}}2000Apichatpong WeerasethakulThailand
The Night of Counting the Years[https://www.cnn.com/2017/11/10/africa/martin-scorsese-african-film-heritage-project-unesco-fepaci/index.html Martin Scorsese's mission to save African cinema - CNN]1969Shadi Abdel SalamEgypt
Pixote{{refn|name=Boxset3|group=A|Included in the Criterion Collection WCP No. 3 Boxset{{cite web |title=Martin Scorsese's World Cinema Project No. 3 |url=https://www.criterion.com/boxsets/3506-martin-scorsese-s-world-cinema-project-no-3 |website=The Criterion Collection}}}}1980Héctor BabencoBrazil
Prisioneros de la tierra{{refn|name=Boxset4|group=A}}1939Mario SofficiArgentina
Raid into Tibet1966Adrian CowellUnited Kingdom
Redes{{refn|name=Boxset1|group=A}}[https://www.avclub.com/martin-scorsese-s-world-cinema-project-is-uneven-but-il-1798179091 Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project is uneven but illuminating|AV Club]1936Emilio Gómez Muriel & Fred ZinnemannMexico
Revenge{{refn|name=Boxset2|group=A}}[http://www.tasteofcinema.com/2020/10-movie-classics-from-scorseses-world-cinema-project/ 10 Movie Classics From Scorsese's World Cinema Project — Taste of Cinema]1989Ermek ShinarbaevSoviet Union
A River Called Titas{{refn|name=Boxset1|group=A}}1973Ritwik GhatakIndia & Bangladesh
Sambizanga{{refn|name=Boxset4|group=A|Included in the Criterion Collection WCP No. 4 Boxset{{cite web |title=Martin Scorsese's World Cinema Project No. 4 |url=https://www.criterion.com/boxsets/6183-martin-scorseses-world-cinema-project-no-4 |website=The Criterion Collection}}}}1972Sarah MaldororAngola
Soleil Ô{{refn|name=Boxset3|group=A}}[http://www.tasteofcinema.com/2020/10-movie-classics-from-scorseses-world-cinema-project/2/ 10 Movie Classics From Scorsese's World Cinema Project — Taste of Cinema]1970Med HondoMauritania
The Stranger and the Fog1974Bahram BeyzaiIran
Taipei Story{{refn|name=Boxset2|group=A}}1985Edward YangTaiwan
Thampu1978Govindan AravindanIndia
Touki Bouki{{refn|name=Boxset1|group=A}}[https://www.avclub.com/martin-scorsese-s-world-cinema-project-is-uneven-but-il-1798179091 Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project is uneven but illuminating|AV Club][https://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/100-greatest-world-cinema-films/ The 100 Best Films Of World Cinema|Movies|Empire]1973Djibril Diop MambétySenegal
Trances{{refn|name=Boxset1|group=A}}[https://www.avclub.com/martin-scorsese-s-world-cinema-project-is-uneven-but-il-1798179091 Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project is uneven but illuminating|AV Club]1981Ahmed El MaanouniMorocco
The Treasure1970Lester James PeriesSri Lanka
Two Girls on the Street{{refn|name=Boxset4|group=A}}1939André de TothHungary
Two Monks{{refn|name=Boxset3|group=A}}1934Juan Bustillo OroMexico
The Woman with the Knife1969Timité BassoriCôte d'Ivoire
Xiao Wu1997Jia ZhangkeChina
Yam Daabo1986Idrissa OuédraogoBurkina Faso & France

Upcoming restorations

class="wikitable sortable"
English titleYearDirectorCountry of origin
The Winds of the Aures1967Mohammed Lakhdar-HaminaAlgeria
Faces of Women1985Desiré Ecaré {{Citation needed|date=June 2022}}Côte d'Ivoire

References

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Notes

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External links

  • [http://www.film-foundation.org/world-cinema Official Film Foundation site]
  • [https://www.rogerebert.com/streaming/immerse-yourself-in-martin-scorseses-world-cinema-project-3 Roger Ebert.com articles][https://www.rogerebert.com/features/martin-scorseses-world-cinema-project about said project][https://www.rogerebert.com/streaming/criterions-world-cinema-project-vol-2-offers-a-film-class-in-a-box and the many films restored]

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Category:Rediscovered films