"INVISIBLE" AWARDED IN NEW ORLEANS
On October 18, New Orleans Film Festival annouced the jury award winners. The Jury Award: Documentary Short went to Zofia Pręgowska for her film "Invisible."
Over 3400 films from 100 countries in the world had been submitted to this year's edition of the festival. The selection panel chose 172 films, which were included in the programme.
From this year on, the New Orleans Film Festival has the right to qualify the winner in the Documentary Short competition for the Academy Award. "Invisible" by Zofia Pręgowska, as the winner of the Special Jury Award in this category, can apply for a nomination for the Academy Award.
The protagonist of the film "Invisible" is a blind poet Ms Krystyna. The film is set in a tiny flat in Warsaw, which Ms. Krystyna cannot leave on her own because of her health. Forced to rely on others, she incessantly comments the surrounding world by writing poetry.