The Pageant
Every year since 2011, a unique beauty contest takes place in Haifa. The contestants are female survivors of the Holocaust. In order to become “Miss Holocaust Survivor”, they train with an ex-beauty queen who teach them how to catwalk on the red carpet. At the climatic moment of the night, the survivors have to impress a jury with their life stories and their traumatic memories. This surreal event is sponsored by a right-wing Evangelical organization. Focusing on the story of Sophie Leibowitz who participates to honor her recently deceased sister, “The Pageant” explores how memory, politics and spectacle are interconnected.
2020
Visions du Réel, Nyon - Compétition Internationale Longs Métrages
Sarajevo Film Festival - Documentary Competition
Jerusalem International Film Festival
Odessa International Film Festival - European Documentary Competition
Istanbul Film Festival - National Documentary Competition
Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival - National Documentary Competition
Human Rights Film Festival Lugano
Muestra de Cine de Lanzarote
İstanbul Modern Sinema
- Director Eytan Ipeker
- Producer Yoel Meranda (yoelmeranda) (Kamara - Turkey), Carine Chichkowsky (Survivance - France), Eitan Mansuri (Spiro Films - Israel), Jonathan Doweck (Spiro Films - Israel), Kristina Konrad (weltfilm gmbh)
- Director of Photography Itay Marom
- Sound Design Emmanuel Soland
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