A $10,000 award was granted to the Argentinian filmmaker Dario Doria for his project Vicenta

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

Vicenta, poor and illiterate, lives in a Buenos Aires suburb together with her intellectually disabled daughter Laura. When Laura is raped and finds herself pregnant, Vicenta applies to have the pregnancy terminated according to Argentine law. However, a judge, Catholic and of strict morality, blocks the procedure. The case gets national media coverage and a heated debate ensues. Several years later, acting on Vicenta’s complaint, the UN Human Rights Commission censures Argentina for violating Laura’s rights.