DOC WINTER: Prison Beauty Contest / 25.12.2024. / 20:00

20:00
DOC WINTER: Prison Beauty Contest
Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, 2024, 80’

Director: Srdjan Sarenac

Pirajui is a small city with only 25 000 people and three prisons with 1500 prisoners in each prison. Graziella Fernanda Costa (45), the director of Pirajui prison, decides to bring back self-esteem to female convicts with organizing a prison beauty contest. The Beauty Contest will give back the female inmates goals, pride and steps towards improving their self-esteem. The beauty contest could be seen as some sort of revolt against the prison uniform.

Festivals / Awards: 17th Beldocs International Documentary Film Festival, Belgrade, Serbia; 18th Vukovar film festival, Croatia; 7th AJB Doc, Bosnia and Herzegovina; 25th Mediterranean Film Festival, Bosnia and Herzegovina: Grand Prix, Audience Award

* Q&A with the film editor after the screening.