WCF congratulate winner of the Palme d’or
The Berlinale and World Cinema Fund (WCF) congratulate Thai director, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, on winning the Palme d’or in Cannes for his latest film. Loong Boonmee Raleuk Chaat (Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives), which received financial support from the WCF, took home the top prize at the festival on 23rd May 2010.
In the Semaine de la critique section, another WCF-funded film, Bi, Don’t Be Afraid by Vietnamese director Phan Dang Di, won the SACD Prize for Best Screenplay and the ACID/CCAS Support Award.
Since its establishment in 2004, the WCF has awarded production and distribution funding to a total of 70 projects chosen from 1165 submissions from Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, Central and South East Asia, and the Caucasus.
The World Cinema Fund is an initiative of the German Federal Cultural Foundation and the Berlin International Film Festival in cooperation with the Goethe Institute. For more information visit www.berlinale.de
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