Laura Bari
Laura Bari is an Argentinian born Montréal based Canadian film director and producer. She studied pedagogy at Université du Québec à Montréal, specializing in psychopathology of the expression.
Between 1999 and 2002, Laura Bari directed over 300 documentary vignettes for a popular Québec television series entitled Cornemuse[1]. In many of her works, she combines education and art particularly as it relates to children education. In 2006 she conceived another hit children television show entitled Toc-toc-toc.
Her 2008 debut feature film was Antoine, an-award winning 82-minutes documentary about a 5-year old blind kid named Antoine Houang living in Montreal. Antoine is a daring, poetic, and playful docufiction that intimately explores the life of this brilliant and unique blind boy who is fully integrated into the regular school system in Montreal. Film is an homage to human resilience, optimism, and creativity.
Antoine has played in many film festivals including Tribeca Film Festival, New York, USA (April 2009), Vancouver International Film Festival, Hot Docs at Toronto and Sheffield Doc/Fest, - Mar del Plata International Film Festival, Argentina, IDFA, Doc for sales, Amsterdam, Göteborg International Film Festival, Sweden, Istanbul Independent Film Festival, Turkey, Rendez Vous du Cinéma Québécois, Montréal, winning:
- Special Jury Mention, RIDM, Montreal, November 2008
- Lindalee Tracey Award, Hot Docs, Toronto, May 2009
- First Special Jury Prize, Emotions Pictures, Athens, June '09
- Honorific Prize, Best Experimental Documentary, Docupolis, Barcelona, Spain, Sept '09
- Special Jury Award, San Diego Asian Film Festival, California, EEUU, October '09
- Talent Competition Dove, Leipzig DOK, Germany, Nov 09
In 2013, she released Ariel, a 95-minutes documentary about a double amputee who sets out to rebuild his broken identity. Her latest film, Rocío, is scheduled for release in late 2017[2].
References
External links
- Laura Bari on IMDb