Berlinale World Cinema Fund (WCF) awarded production funding to seven projects amounting to a total Euros260,000 in its latest funding round. The projects came from Argentina, Bangladesh, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Indonesia and Rwanda (see details below).
The WCF jury also decided on the first TUI Care Foundation Award, an annual award under which film projects from African countries can receive financial support over the next three years, as well as the WCF Europe-TFL Audience Design Award together with the TorinoFilmLab.
WCF PRODUCTION FUNDING:
Sleep No More, dir: Edwin (Indonesia)
Production: Palari Films (Indonesia), Meiske Taurisia
Feature film
Funding: €50,000
Ghost Boat, dir: Tanim Yousuf & Kauser Haider (Bangladesh)
Production: Mastul Productions (Bangladesh), Tanim Yousuf; Bulldog Agenda (Germany), Patrick Hamm
Documentary form
Funding: €35,000
La Reserva, dir: Ezequiel Yanco (Argentina)
Production: ISOI Cine (Argentina), Ezequiel Yanco; No Ficción (Mexico), Elena Fortes; LaCima Producciones (Spain), Ricard Sales
Documentary form
Funding: €35,000
Scarlet Girls, dir: Paula Cury (Dominican Republic)
Production: Cristal Cine (Dominican Republic), Paula Cury; Disruptiva Films (Mexico), Omar Lara; Parabellum Films (Germany), Natalia Imaz
Documentary form
Funding: €30,000
Las Locas De La Praviana, dir: Brenda Vanegas (El Salvador)
Production: Encantada por la Vida (El Salvador), Brenda Vanegas; Salón Indien Films (Spain), Pablo de la Chica
Feature film
Funding: €35,000
WCF EUROPE:
The Message, dir: Iván Fund (Argentina)
Production: Rita Cine (Argentina), Laura Mara Tablón; Insomnia Films (Argentina), Gustavo Schiaffino; Amore Cine SL (Spain), Paz Lázaro
Feature film
Funding: €35,000
WCF Europe-TFL Audience Design Award:
A Margem do Rio, dir: Matheus Farias & Enock Carvalho (Brazil)
Production: Gatopardo Filmes (Brazil), Enock Carvalho
Feature film
New Grant: TUI Care Foundation Award
Benimana, dir: Marie Clémentine Dusabejambo (Rwanda)
Production: EJO-CINE (Rwanda), Marie Epiphanie Uwayezu; Ogweli Productions (Cote d’Ivoire), Samantha Biffot
Feature film
Funding: €40.000 (from TUI Care Foundation)