Scene from the film The Blue Inmates
Scene from the film The Blue Inmates
Scene from the film The Blue Inmates

The Blue Inmates

Direction
Year 
2021
Country
  • Lebanon
Duration
75min 
Audio Tracks 
Subtitles 

From Lebanon’s notoriously tough Roumieh prison, Daccache’s third film sheds light on inmates living with mental health conditions. Lebanese penal code from 1943 stipulates that “Mad” or “Possessed” offenders shall be incarcerated until they can evidence “being cured”, yet psychological and medical care are absent from Lebanese prisons, meaning offenders with mental health conditions are in reality serving a life sentence. In the film, Daccache involves “regular” inmates to represent in a theatre production the stories of the inmates who have been dismissed as “insane”, most of them isolated within a building called The Blue Building, and convey their messages to the outside world and to decision makers with the hope of changing the status of those forgotten behind bars - and preventing a similar “life sentence” fate for future inmates.



In cooperation with

  • Reclaim the Frame
  • British Council
  • catharsis

Details

  • Original title
    The Blue Inmates
  • Direction
  • Cast
    Male Inmates from Roumieh Prison - Lebanon
  • DOP
    Karim Ghorayeb
  • Editing
    Miriam Geagea
  • Music
    Andrea Salvadori
  • Sound
    Raëd Younan
  • Duration
    75 min (46-90 min.)
  • Year
    2021
  • Country
    • Lebanon
  • Colour
    • Colour
  • Festivals
    • EL GOUNA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2021
    • FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DU CINEMA D AUTEUR DE RABAT 2022
    • BEIRUT ART FILM FESTIVAL NOV 2021
    • BEIRUT WOMEN FILM FESTIVAL
    • Malmo Arab Film Festival 2022
    • Jerusalem Arab Film Festival 2022
    • Lebanese Film Festival in Canada 2022
    • Amman International Film Festival
    • Women Make Waves International Film Festival, Taiwan
    • Middle East Now Festival - Florence, Italy
    • Casablanca Arab Film Festival, Morocco 2022
    • Singapore Mental Health Film Festival
    • Bertha Dochouse, UK 2022
  • Awards
    • El Gouna Film Festival award | Venice International Film Festival 2020
    • OIF Award | Venice International Film Festival 2020
    • LUCIOLES D’OR | BEIRUT ART FILM FESTIVAL
    • SPECIAL MENTION | BEIRUT WOMEN FILM FESTIVAL
    • SPECIAL MENTION | AMMAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

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