Eye Candy

by Katharina Kraft
  • 2018 Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
  • 2018 Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
  • 2018 Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
  • 2018 Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
  • 2018 Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
  • 2018 Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
  • 2018 Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
  • 2018 Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg

    Synopsis

    Since she was five years old, Yasmin Lander only had one dream: she wanted to become a professional wrestler. As her character Penelope - a posh upper-class girl from Cambridge - she struggles to get attention. After she reinvents herself as the fearless tomboy Charlie Morgan, she starts to win more and more matches. But then she gets injured during a show and has to rest for several months, just to come back stronger and more determined than ever before.
    EYE CANDY is a 60-minutes documentary about a strong woman in a once male-dominated sports, who fights to get respected as entertainer, athlete and homosexual woman.

    Festivals

    2018
    Calligari Supporting Award
    2019
    DOK.fest Munich
    Duisburger Filmwoche

    Cast and Crew

    Director

    Katharina Kraft

    Producer

    Mariana Schneider

    Score

    Maximilian Clouth, Agar Agar

    Sound

    Cecilia Marchat, Dane Burge

    Editor

    Manuel Sosnowski

    DoP

    Paul Nungesser