Leipzig, October 9, 2005. In occasion of the award ceremony of the 48th “Internationales Leipziger Festivals für Dokumentar- und Animationsfilm” (“Leipzig International Festival of Documentary and Animated Film”) the Finnish director Erkko Lyytinen received the junior promotion prize “Talent Dove” of the Media Foundation of the Sparkasse Leipzig for his film “Kainuun Tähti” (“The North Star”). The 10.000 Euro “Talent Dove” counts to the highest awards of the festival and is used as start up financing for the next film project of the laureate.

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