{"id":30179,"date":"2018-09-13T22:00:16","date_gmt":"2018-09-13T21:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/en\/?p=30179"},"modified":"2019-02-23T17:31:49","modified_gmt":"2019-02-23T16:31:49","slug":"launch-of-invisible-essence-the-little-prince-documentary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/en\/launch-of-invisible-essence-the-little-prince-documentary\/","title":{"rendered":"Launch of &#8220;Invisible essence : The Little Prince&#8221; Documentary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-30168\" src=\"http:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/01-Mark-Osborne-Sahil-The-Little-Prince-and-Charles-Officer-1024x639.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"669\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/01-Mark-Osborne-Sahil-The-Little-Prince-and-Charles-Officer-1024x639.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/01-Mark-Osborne-Sahil-The-Little-Prince-and-Charles-Officer-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/01-Mark-Osborne-Sahil-The-Little-Prince-and-Charles-Officer-768x479.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 669px) 100vw, 669px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>13 September 2018 \u2013 The Antoine de Saint-Exup\u00e9ry Youth Foundation and its historical partner IWC Schaffhausen organised a private preview screening of \u201cInvisible Essence: The Little Prince\u201d, a feature documentary that delves into the philosophical questions raised in Antoine de Saint-Exup\u00e9ry\u2019s most famous novel, for journalists and VIP guests, as a highlight of the prestigious Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF)<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-30170\" src=\"http:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/02-Invisible_Essence_The_Little_Prince_Toronto_13-09-2018.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"599\" height=\"848\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/02-Invisible_Essence_The_Little_Prince_Toronto_13-09-2018.jpg 599w, https:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/02-Invisible_Essence_The_Little_Prince_Toronto_13-09-2018-212x300.jpg 212w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This feature documentary, directed by Jamaican-Canadian filmmaker-actor Charles Officer, presents a fascinating new look into the genius of \u201cThe Little Prince\u201d, as well as the life and experiences of French writer Antoine de Saint-Exup\u00e9ry, who first published his book in 1943 in New York, while focusing on seven-year-old blind Pakistani-Canadian boy, Sahil Aziz, as a modern-day little prince. The film also retraces the audacious journey of the famous aviator and author, articulating moments around his experiences and his inspiration for writing what would become his most famous literary work.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-30172\" src=\"http:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/03-IWC_TIFF_INVISIBLE-ESSENCE_LITTLE-PRINCE_-01101-1024x668.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"669\" height=\"436\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/03-IWC_TIFF_INVISIBLE-ESSENCE_LITTLE-PRINCE_-01101-1024x668.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/03-IWC_TIFF_INVISIBLE-ESSENCE_LITTLE-PRINCE_-01101-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/03-IWC_TIFF_INVISIBLE-ESSENCE_LITTLE-PRINCE_-01101-768x501.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 669px) 100vw, 669px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A major focus of the film is the first-ever tactile art book of \u201cThe Little Prince\u201d with drawings in relief for the visually impaired by Dr. Claude Garrandes, a blind French artist and Braille teacher, and his association Arrimage. The documentary and the book were created with the support of the Antoine de Saint-Exup\u00e9ry Youth Foundation, an international charitable organisation with which IWC has been partnering since 2005.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-30174\" src=\"http:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/04-IWC_TIFF_INVISIBLE-ESSENCE_LITTLE-PRINCE_-06501-1024x536.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"669\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/04-IWC_TIFF_INVISIBLE-ESSENCE_LITTLE-PRINCE_-06501-1024x536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/04-IWC_TIFF_INVISIBLE-ESSENCE_LITTLE-PRINCE_-06501-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/04-IWC_TIFF_INVISIBLE-ESSENCE_LITTLE-PRINCE_-06501-768x402.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 669px) 100vw, 669px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A Q&amp;A with the film\u2019s director, Charles Officer, and goodwill ambassador of the Antoine de Saint-Exup\u00e9ry Youth Foundation, Mark Osborne, who is also the award-winning American director of the 2015 \u201cThe Little Prince\u201d animated feature, followed this unique private screening.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-30176\" src=\"http:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/05-QA-with-Charles-Officer-and-Mark-Osborne-2-1024x591.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"669\" height=\"386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/05-QA-with-Charles-Officer-and-Mark-Osborne-2-1024x591.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/05-QA-with-Charles-Officer-and-Mark-Osborne-2-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/05-QA-with-Charles-Officer-and-Mark-Osborne-2-768x443.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 669px) 100vw, 669px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mark Osborne said: \u201cIt is inspiring to see yet another movie examine the mystery, mythology and deeper meaning of \u2018The Little Prince\u2019. Since its publication 75 years ago, Antoine de Saint-Exup\u00e9ry\u2019s novel has lost nothing of its appeal, and its transcendent messages are as important today as ever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><div class=\"lyte-wrapper fourthree\" style=\"width:420px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_9gRb9argxvM\"><div id=\"lyte_9gRb9argxvM\" data-src=\"\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/9gRb9argxvM\/hqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/9gRb9argxvM\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/9gRb9argxvM\/0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"295\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:420px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify; padding-left: 60px;\">Photos &amp; copyrights :<br \/>\n<strong>01- Mark Osborne, Sahil Aziz and Charles Officer (Photo IWC).<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>02- Poster of \u00ab Invisible Essence : Le Petit Prince \u00bb.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>03- Actor Sahil Aziz with his family (Photo IWC).<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>04- Distinguished guests of the private screening of the film (Photo IWC).<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>05- Q&amp;A with Charles Officer and Mark Osborne (Photo IWC).<\/strong><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>13 September 2018 \u2013 The Antoine de Saint-Exup\u00e9ry Youth Foundation and its historical partner IWC Schaffhausen organised a private preview screening of \u201cInvisible Essence: The Little Prince\u201d, a feature documentary that delves into the philosophical questions raised in Antoine de Saint-Exup\u00e9ry\u2019s most famous novel, for journalists and VIP guests, as a highlight of the prestigious [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30169,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30179"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30179"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30179\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30182,"href":"https:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30179\/revisions\/30182"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}