The World Cinema Fund (WCF) was founded in 2004 to support the production and distribution of films from regions which lack of a constructive film industry. The WCF Europe programme started in 2015. It expands the activity of the WCF with a similar cultural/artistic profile but with further innovative structural elements and the clear goal of further supporting the co-operation between Europe and some regions outside of Europe, to strengthen the European profile in the global audiovisual production landscape and to improve the circulation of films within and outside of Europe.WCF Europe supports artistic and innovative films (feature-length fiction and creative documentaries) from the WCF regions (Latin America & the Caribbean, Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia, Southeast Asia and countries of the former USSR excl. the Baltic Region and Russia, and the countries Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Mongolia) in advanced production stage, as well as the distribution of other or the same films from those regions in and outside Europe.Eligible for production support are EU production companies working with filmmakers and producers from the WCF regions. Special consideration goes to production companies from countries with a low co-production capacity and from countries which are not yet firmly established in the international co-production landscape.Eligible for distribution support are distribution companies in Europe and the WCF Europe regions. Films from WCF regions can be submitted by a group of at least three distributors / world sales companies (incl. 1 European + 1 from a WCF region).During Berlinale 2016 we brought together international distributors and world sales by organizing "WCF goes EFM" a WCF Distributors meeting at the European Film Market. We also further developed the “WCF First Look” offering EFM market screenings of WCF supported films to international distributors.