World Cinema Project

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film preservation initiative film restoration program non-profit cultural project

The World Cinema Project is a film preservation and restoration initiative dedicated to saving and showcasing overlooked and endangered movies from around the globe.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
World Cinema Foundation	2
World Cinema Project canonical	2
World Cinema	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2172706 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: World Cinema Project
Context triple: [Martin Scorsese, founded, World Cinema Project]

A. Cinéfondation
Cinéfondation is a Cannes Film Festival program dedicated to discovering and promoting emerging filmmakers, primarily through showcasing short and medium-length films from film schools around the world.
B. One World Film Festival
One World Film Festival is an international human rights documentary film festival held annually in Prague, showcasing films and discussions focused on social justice, democracy, and civil liberties.
C. Le Cinéma
Le Cinéma is a movie theater within Tokyo’s Bunkamura cultural complex, known for screening a curated selection of domestic and international films.
D. New Horizons Film Festival
The New Horizons Film Festival is an annual international film festival in Wrocław, Poland, known for showcasing avant-garde, art-house, and experimental cinema from around the world.
E. Contemporary World Cinema
Contemporary World Cinema is a Toronto International Film Festival program showcasing recent feature films from around the globe, highlighting diverse voices and international storytelling.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: World Cinema Project
Target entity description: The World Cinema Project is a film preservation and restoration initiative dedicated to saving and showcasing overlooked and endangered movies from around the globe.

A. Cinéfondation
Cinéfondation is a Cannes Film Festival program dedicated to discovering and promoting emerging filmmakers, primarily through showcasing short and medium-length films from film schools around the world.
B. One World Film Festival
One World Film Festival is an international human rights documentary film festival held annually in Prague, showcasing films and discussions focused on social justice, democracy, and civil liberties.
C. Le Cinéma
Le Cinéma is a movie theater within Tokyo’s Bunkamura cultural complex, known for screening a curated selection of domestic and international films.
D. New Horizons Film Festival
The New Horizons Film Festival is an annual international film festival in Wrocław, Poland, known for showcasing avant-garde, art-house, and experimental cinema from around the world.
E. Contemporary World Cinema
Contemporary World Cinema is a Toronto International Film Festival program showcasing recent feature films from around the globe, highlighting diverse voices and international storytelling.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	film preservation initiative ⓘ film restoration program ⓘ non-profit cultural project ⓘ
activity	curated screenings ⓘ film preservation projects ⓘ film restoration projects ⓘ home-video releases in partnership with distributors ⓘ
aimsTo	increase access to classic films from the global south ⓘ raise awareness of film heritage ⓘ support national film archives ⓘ
collaboratesWith	Cineteca di Bologna ⓘ The Criterion Collection ⓘ surface form: Criterion Collection international film archives ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
distributesThrough	The Criterion Collection ⓘ surface form: Criterion Collection
fieldOfWork	cultural preservation ⓘ film heritage preservation ⓘ
focusesOn	endangered films ⓘ films from underrepresented countries ⓘ non-Western cinema ⓘ overlooked films ⓘ
formerName	World Cinema Project self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: World Cinema Foundation
foundedBy	Martin Scorsese ⓘ The Film Foundation ⓘ
genre	world cinema ⓘ
hasFounder	Martin Scorsese ⓘ
hasKeyPerson	Martin Scorsese ⓘ
headquartersLocation	New York City ⓘ
inception	2007 ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
medium	motion pictures ⓘ
missionStatement	to preserve and restore neglected and endangered films from around the world ⓘ
notableRestoration	A River Called Titas ⓘ Dry Summer ⓘ Insiang ⓘ Limite ⓘ Redes ⓘ The Housemaid (1971 film) ⓘ surface form: The Housemaid Touki Bouki ⓘ
operatesIn	global ⓘ
parentOrganization	The Film Foundation ⓘ
partOf	The Film Foundation ⓘ
purpose	film preservation ⓘ film restoration ⓘ promotion of world cinema ⓘ
screensAt	Cannes Film Festival ⓘ international film festivals ⓘ
website	https://www.film-foundation.org/world-cinema ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Martin Scorsese → founded → World Cinema Project ⓘ

World Cinema Dramatic Competition → programCategory → World Cinema Project ⓘ

this entity surface form: World Cinema

The Film Foundation → hasProgram → World Cinema Project ⓘ

The Film Foundation → associatedWith → World Cinema Project ⓘ

this entity surface form: World Cinema Foundation

World Cinema Project → formerName → World Cinema Project self-linksurface differs ⓘ