59th Berlin International Film Festival, February 5 - 15, 2009

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Production Funding

The following projects have most recently been recommended for production funding by the jury of the World Cinema Fund. Scroll down or click for earlier funding decisions

Bi, Don’t Be Afraid 

director: Di Phan Dang (Vietnam), producer: Vietnam Media Corp, Hanoi.  
Feature film 
funding: 50,000 € 

 

Independencia 

director: Raya Martin (Philippines), producer: Cinematografica Films, Manila.  
Feature film 
funding: 50,000 € 

 

Primitive: Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives 

director: Apichatpong Weerasethakul (Thailand), producer: Kick The Machine Films, Bangkok.  
Feature film 
funding: 60,000 € 

Earlier Production Funding Decisions 

The follwoing films have received production funding by the World Cinema Fund in earlier jury sessions. Click on a film title in order to get more information and latest news on the project. 
 

 

Argentina, Director: Alejo H. Taube 
 

 

Egypt, Director: Yousry Nasrallah 
 

 

Brazil, Director: Kiko Goifman 
 

 

Armenia, Director: Aram Shahbazyan  
 

 

Chile, Director: José Luis Torres Leiva  
 

 

Argentina, Director: Rodrigo Moreno 
 

 

Peru, Director: Josué Méndez  
 

Every Day Is a Holiday 

Lebanon, director: Dima El-Horr 
 

 

Mali, Director: Salif Traoré 
 

Filmefobia 

Brazil, director: Kiko Goifman 
 

 

Israel/Palestine, Directors: Yaron Shani & Scandar Copti 
 

 

Paraguay, Director: Paz Encina 
 

 

Iran, Director: Sepideh Farsi 

 

 

Chile, Director: Alejandro Fernandez  
 

 

Iran, Director: Rafi Pitts 
 

 

Indonesia, Director: Ravi Bharwani 
 

 

Israel, Director: Ra’anan Alexandrowicz  
 

 

Kyrgyzstan, Director: Aktan Arym Kubat (aka: Aktan Abdykalykov) 
 

 

Argentina, Director: Lisandro Alonso 
 

Medianeras 

Argentina, director: Gustavo Taretto 
 

 

Angola, Director: Zezé Gamboa 

 

 

Argentina, Director: Ariel Rotter 
 

Pandora’s Box 

Turkey, director: Yesim Ustaoglu 

 

 

Palestine, Director: Hany Abu-Assad 
 

 

Lebanon, Director: Khalil Joreige, Joana Hadjithomas 
 

 

Jordan, Director: Mahmoud Al Massad  
 

 

Algeria, Director: Teguia Tariq 
 

 

Kyrgyzstan, Director: Ernest Abdyshaparov  
 

 

Mexico, Director: Carlos Reygadas 
 

 

Kyrgyzstan, Director: Marat Saralu 
 

The Stoplight Society 

Columbia, director: Rubén Mendoza  
 

 

Brazil, Director: Karim Ainouz 
 

 

Turkey, Director: Semih Kaplanoglu 
 

 

Israel, Director: Tawfik Abu-Wael  
 

 

Peru, Director: Claudia Llosa  
 

 

Argentina, Director: Sandra Gugliotta 

 

 

Colombia, Director: Ciro Guerra 

 

 

Israel, Director: Eran Merav 
 
 

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