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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, 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.

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.

After leaving his position at the Film Society of Lincoln Center, Kent Jones became the foundation's executive director.

Restored films

Upcoming restorations

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. ^ Included in the Criterion Collection WCP No. 3 Boxset
2. ^ Included in the Criterion Collection WCP No. 4 Boxset
3. ^ Included in the Criterion Collection WCP No. 1 Boxset
4. ^ Included in the Criterion Collection WCP No. 2 Boxset

External links

• Official Film Foundation site
• Roger Ebert.com articlesabout said projectand the many films restored

• Film organizations in the United States
• Organizations established in 2007
• Rediscovered films