The Auteurs World Cup 2009

Welcome everyone to the knock out stage of the The Auteurs World Cup. The idea behind this competition is to increase awareness of neglected film producing regions and hidden masterpieces of world cinema, lined up alongside more famous works. We kicked off in September with 32 teams, separated into 8 groups of 4, from which the top 2 in each group have qualified for the last 16. Each team has had a manager making the selections. In each match 3 films are paired against an opponent. Results are decided by the voting preferences of Auteurs users: to vote you must have seen both films in each pairing. At each stage new films will be selected and some time allowed for viewing before the matches resume. New participants are most welcome.