Making the invisible visible
Article created October 31st, 2009Laura Bari receives the 10.000 Euros “Talent Dove” for “Antoine”
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| Winner of the 2009 “Talent Dove”: Laura Bari (Canada) |
Laura Bari is this year’s winner of the “Talent Dove” award of the Media Foundation of the Sparkasse Leipzig. On Saturday evening, the Canadian director, born in Argentina, received the award from the hands of Dr. Harald Langenfeld, CEO of the Media Foundation and the Sparkasse Leipzig. The “Talent Dove”, which is awarded in the framework of the “Generation DOK” competition, is salaried with 10.000 Euros.The prize money is used as a start up financing for the next film project.
Laura Bari was honoured for her moving film “Antoine” which reports of the great mission of a six-year-old blind boy in a sensitive way: he tries to clarify the disappearance of the mysterious Mrs Rouski who leaves desperate messages on his voicemail. The small blind protagonist has recorded the sound and partly worked with the camera. So, he and the director create the magical universe of a six-year-old.
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