The WCF invites all friends of the WCF, as well as international representatives of the trade and press to the WCF Day on February 12, 2014.

After welcoming words from Festival Director Dieter Kosslick, and WCF project managers Sonja Heinen and Vincenzo Bugno, Jorge Sánchez, director of the Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía will present the IMCINE Award. This new prize will be awarded by IMCINE to all Mexican films that receive funding from the World Cinema Fund in the next three years. The IMCINE-Award is endowed with 15,000 Euro.

Following the presentation, two WCF panel discussions will be held (in English).

Location: Filmhaus Berlin – Potsdamer Str. 2

Open to the public until places are filled, priority to accredited guests

11:45 am: Welcome and presentation of the IMCINE Award

12:00 noon: Panel discussion

Forever Young / Argentinian Cinema of the XXI Century

Artistic Profile, Content, Production and Co-operation

Participants:

Celina Murga (director, La tercera orilla, Berlinale Competition 2014; Argentina), Benjamin Naishtat (director, Historia del miedo, Berlinale Competition 2014, Argentina), Diego Lerer (film critic, Argentina), Hernán Musaluppi (producer, Argentina), Peter Rommel (producer, Germany)

Moderation: Vincenzo Bugno, WCF

1:00 pm: Panel discussion

History and Innovation Fit Together

Retrieving film history in WCF countries: Conditions, Needs, Technical Solutions

Participants:

Frédéric Maire (Cinématèque suisse, Switzerland), Lorna Tee (producer, Malaysia / Hong Kong), Tamer El Said (director, curator, Egypt), Viola Shafik (director, film scholar, Egypt / Germany), Chalida Uabumrungjit (deputy director, film archive, Thailand)

Moderation: Vincenzo Bugno, WCF