Antoine

feature documentary

The real and imaginary life of Antoine, a boy detective who runs, drives, makes decisions, hosts radio shows and adores simultaneous telephone conversations. Over the course of two years he uses a mini-boom microphone to discover and capture the sounds surrounding him. In this manner he co-created the sound track of this film.

This child, who is of Vietnamese origin, was born one hundred days prematurely. He is integrated into the regular school system in Montreal, with unprecedented success.

Antoine is five years old and he is blind.

Awards

• Emotions Pictures, Athènes, June 2009 — Premier Prix Spécial du Jury
• Hot Docs Canadian international documentary festival 2009 — The Lindalee Tracey Award
• Rencontres Internationales du Documentaire de Montréal 2008 — special jury mention in the doctape award category

Festivals

2010

• Göteborg International Festival, Sweden, February

2009

• Mar del Plata International Film Festival, Argentina, November
• Reykjavik International Film Festival, Island, October
• Kos International Health Film festival, Greece, September
• Chungmuro International Film Festival, Seoul, August
• Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Greece
• International Women’s Film Festival, Créteil, France
• Tribeca Film Festival, New York, USA
• Hot Docs, Toronto, Canada

2008

• Rencontres Internationales du Documentaire de Montréal