
It is my belief in a world full of people claiming to “represent” everyone but themselves, the small, the fragile, the unfinished voice – that which searches and refuses to be anything but that – is a kind of resistance.
—Laura Waddington, The Small, the Fragile, the Unfinished Voice
Short Bio
Laura Waddington makes films, books and other creative projects, with a particular focus on issues of migration and statelessness and experimentations with form. Her films and videos have been shown at numerous international film festivals including Locarno, Rotterdam, New York Video Festival, Film Society of Lincoln Center, Montreal and London, and in museums such as The Reina Sofia Museum, Madrid, The Jeu de Paume, Paris, The Walker Arts Center, Minneapolis and The Wilfredo Lam Contemporary Art Center, Havana. Focuses on her work have included at the Oberhausen International Short Film Festival, the Pesaro International Film Festival, the Pompidou Center, Paris and the Austrian Film Museum, Vienna. She is the recipient of several awards including the ARTE Prize for Best European Short Film. Waddington has spoken in venues such as the European Parliament, has published articles on film and art internationally and has lived around the world.
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