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Since 2004, the Berlinale World Cinema Fund has championed bold, innovative filmmaking from Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, the Pacific and beyond. Over the years, the WCF has established itself as a leading international film fund, supporting films recognised at major festivals around the world.

Now Wolf and the WCF are joining forces to regularly share a selection of these films with our audience. Come along and discover them with us!

We'll kick off our cooperation on Friday, November 13 with Sleep No More (Monster Pabrik Rambut):

Factory owner Maryati exploits her employees with excessively long shifts, luring them with incentives to make them prioritise productivity and greed over sleep. Putri is convinced that, because of this, her mother, who worked in the factory, committed suicide. Her sister Ida, however, believes that their mother died from being possessed. She thinks that whenever the workers grow weak from exhaustion, a dark and evil figure emerges and takes possession of their bodies. To prove her theory, Ida decides to work day and night in the factory so that she, too, will become possessed and can see for herself the being that she believes seized their mother’s body. The sisters have a younger brother, Bona, who was born with a special gift that enables his wounds to heal quickly whenever he is injured. As the sisters investigate their mother’s death, a ghostly figure searching for an ideal body seeks to take advantage of Bona’s gift, putting him in danger. The three siblings now must bravely confront their own weaknesses and find strength in their faith in each other to overcome the terror that threatens their family. (Berlinale)

Edwin, who won the Golden Leopard at Locarno for Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash, turns the horror genre on the cost of overwork, and makes it a lot of fun.

A perfect, surprisingly effective satire. -Cineuropa

Plenty of pulpy fun along the way. - Screen Daily

A wildly original hair monster movie with plenty on its mind. -Heaven of Horror

The World Cinema Fund is an initiative of the Berlin International Film Festival supported by the German Federal Cultural Foundation and Creative Europe MEDIA.