THE MUBI WORLD CUP, 2009

CHINA (MANAGED BY MYRA) WON THE INAUGURAL FILM WORLD CUP, DEFEATING INDIA (MANAGED BY APURSANSAR) IN THE FINAL!

These are the films in the Mubi/Auteurs World Cup, which took place here between September and December 2009. The Auteurs was the name of this site before the change to MUBI. The competition was a new invention, a prototype for the Directors’ Cups and the Mubi World Cup of 2012. The films here are ordered by original groups, and the matches played. The aim was to promote world cinema, neglected countries and hidden treasures, with some competitive fun along the way. I think it gives an...