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, 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" which includes 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.

Restored films

English titleYearDirectorCountry of origin
After the Curfew[A 1]1954Usmar IsmailIndonesia
Alyam, Alyam1978Ahmed El MaanouniMorocco
Badou Boy1970Djibril Diop MambétySenegal
Black Girl[4][5][6]1966Ousmane SembèneSenegal & France
Borom Sarret[7]1963Ousmane SembèneSenegal
The Boys from Fengkuei1983Hou Hsiao-hsienTaiwan
A Brighter Summer Day[8]1991Edward YangTaiwan
Chess of the Wind[9][A 2]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[A 1]1972Bahram BayzaiIran
Dry Summer[A 3][11]1964Metin ErksanTurkey
Eight Deadly Shots1972Mikko NiskanenFinland
Él1953Luis Buñuel Mexico
El fantasma del convento1934Fernando de FuentesMexico
The Eloquent Peasant[12]1969Shadi Abdel SalamEgypt
Enamorada1946Emilio FernándezMexico
The Housemaid[A 3][13]1960Kim Ki-youngSouth Korea
Insiang[A 4]1976Lino BrockaPhilippines
Kalpana[A 2]1948Uday ShankarIndia
Kummatty1979Govindan AravindanIndia
Law of the Border[A 4]1966Lüfti Ö. AkadTurkey
Limite[A 4][15][16]1931Mário PeixotoBrazil
Los Olvidados1950Luis BuñuelMexico
Lucía[A 1]1968Humberto SolásCuba
Lumumba: Death of a Prophet1990Raoul PeckDemocratic Republic of the Congo
Manila in the Claws of Light1975Lino BrockaPhilippines
Memories of Underdevelopment[17]1968Tomás Gutiérrez AleaCuba
Muna Moto[A 2]1975Jean-Pierre Dikongué PipaCameroon
Mysterious Object at Noon[A 4]2000Apichatpong WeerasethakulThailand
The Night of Counting the Years[18]1969Shadi Abdel SalamEgypt
Pixote[A 1]1980Héctor BabencoBrazil
Prisioneros de la tierra[A 2]1939Mario SofficiArgentina
Raid into Tibet1966Adrian CowellUnited Kingdom
Redes[A 3][20]1936Emilio Gómez Muriel & Fred ZinnemannMexico
Revenge[A 4][21]1989Ermek ShinarbaevSoviet Union
A River Called Titas[A 3]1973Ritwik GhatakIndia & Bangladesh
Sambizanga[A 2]1972Sarah MaldororAngola
Soleil Ô[A 1][23]1970Med HondoMauritania
Taipei Story[A 4]1985Edward YangTaiwan
Thampu1978Govindan AravindanIndia
Touki Bouki[A 3][24][25]1973Djibril Diop MambétySenegal
Trances[A 3][26]1981Ahmed El MaanouniMorocco
The Treasure1970Lester James PeriesSri Lanka
Two Girls on the Street[A 2]1939André de TothHungary
Two Monks[A 1]1934Juan Bustillo OroMexico
The Woman with the Knife1969Timité BassoriCôte d'Ivoire
Xiao Wu1997Jia ZhangkeChina

Upcoming restorations

English titleYearDirectorCountry of origin
The Winds of the Aures1967Mohammed Lakhdar-HaminaAlgeria
Faces of Women1985Desiré Ecaré Côte d'Ivoire

References

  1. ↑ DVD Savant Blu-ray + DVD Review: Martin Scorsese's World Cinema Project
  2. ↑ Official Film Foundation site
  3. ↑ World Cinema Foundation
  4. ↑ 10 Movie Classics From Scorsese's World Cinema Project — Taste of Cinema
  5. ↑ Martin Scorsese's mission to save African cinema - CNN
  6. ↑ Partnership with the Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project and the Pan African Federation of Filmmakers to restore African cinema|UNESCO
  7. ↑ Martin Scorsese's mission to save African cinema - CNN
  8. ↑ Criterion Collection: Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project No. 2 | Blu-ray Review - IONCINEMA.com
  9. ↑ "The Chess Game of the Wind". Film at Lincoln Center. Film at Lincoln Center, Inc. September 2020. Retrieved October 17, 2020. Restored by Cineteca di Bologna at L'Immagine Ritrovata and The Film Foundation's World Cinema Project.
  10. ↑ "Martin Scorsese's World Cinema Project". The Criterion Collection.
  11. ↑ Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project is uneven but illuminating|AV Club
  12. ↑ Martin Scorsese's mission to save African cinema - CNN
  13. ↑ Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project is uneven but illuminating|AV Club
  14. ↑ "Martin Scorsese's World Cinema Project No. 2". The Criterion Collection.
  15. ↑ 10 Movie Classics From Scorsese's World Cinema Project — Taste of Cinema
  16. ↑ Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project, Ghost World and The Last Word: Jim Hemphill’s Home Video Picks|Filmmaker Magazine
  17. ↑ 10 Movie Classics From Scorsese's World Cinema Project — Taste of Cinema
  18. ↑ Martin Scorsese's mission to save African cinema - CNN
  19. ↑ "Martin Scorsese's World Cinema Project No. 3". The Criterion Collection.
  20. ↑ Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project is uneven but illuminating|AV Club
  21. ↑ 10 Movie Classics From Scorsese's World Cinema Project — Taste of Cinema
  22. ↑ "Martin Scorsese's World Cinema Project No. 4". The Criterion Collection.
  23. ↑ 10 Movie Classics From Scorsese's World Cinema Project — Taste of Cinema
  24. ↑ Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project is uneven but illuminating|AV Club
  25. ↑ The 100 Best Films Of World Cinema|Movies|Empire
  26. ↑ Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project is uneven but illuminating|AV Club

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Included in the Criterion Collection WCP No. 3 Boxset[19]
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Included in the Criterion Collection WCP No. 4 Boxset[22]
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Included in the Criterion Collection WCP No. 1 Boxset[10]
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Included in the Criterion Collection WCP No. 2 Boxset[14]
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