Pageant (2020)
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Country:
France, Turkey, Israel, Germany
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Duration:
82 min
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Genre:
biography, social
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Director:
Eytan Ipeker
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Producer:
Carine Chichkowsky, Yoel Meranda
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Cast:
Sophie Leibowits, Galina Lifschitz, Salomea Hershko, Chaya Kaspi
About film
Every year since 2011, a unique beauty contest has been taking place in Haifa. The contestants are female survivors of the Holocaust. In the midst of this flashy spectacle, their personal traumas remain as deep as ever. There are many things about this contest that are controversial: it is organized by the right Zionist organization, the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem, and the dubious contest itself rises the public indignation of various speakers, including other survivors. The Pageant is a film that scares by not helping us figure out our attitude towards it - it doesn’t give any answers to its silent questions, and raises many new ones - whether elderly survivors should compete with one another and argue about whose life-long trauma is more significant.
Rewards and nominations
- Sarajevo Film Festival 2020 — nominee: Best Documentary
- Odessa International Film Festival 2020 — nominee: European Documentary Competition
- Visions du Reel 2020 (France) — International Feature Competition
Director
Eytan Ipeker is a Turkish director, screenwriter, and producer born in Istanbul. When he was two years old, his family moved to Israel, and when Eytan turned six, they decided to return to Turkey. Ipeker is a member of Istanbul’s Jewish community. He studied filmmaking in Boston and New York. The Pageant is his debut feature film. This is what Eytan says about his directorial work: “In a world where communication and honesty is so rare, filmmaking is my only way to breathe. I will continue making films no matter what it takes because I have to.”
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Speaker:
Eytan Ipeker
Along with
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Speaker:
Eytan Ipeker
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Director
Eytan Ipeker is a Turkish director, screenwriter, and producer born in Istanbul. When he was two years old, his family moved to Israel, and when Eytan turned six, they decided to return to Turkey. Ipeker is a member of Istanbul’s Jewish community. He studied filmmaking in Boston and New York. The Pageant is his debut feature film. This is what Eytan says about his directorial work: “In a world where communication and honesty is so rare, filmmaking is my only way to breathe. I will continue making films no matter what it takes because I have to.”
