Miss GULAG

Miss GULAG

Siberia. Prison. Beauty Pageants.

Videos

Miss GULAG trailer.

Overview

Synopsis

Through the prism of a beauty pageant staged by female inmates of a Siberian prison camp emerges a complex narrative of the lives of the first generation of women to come of age in Post-Soviet Russia.

Stage
finished
Running time
80 and 62 minutes

Credits

Production Details

Prod. Co.
Neihausen-Yatskova & Vodar Films, LLC
Country
United States
Years of Production
2005-2007
Locations
Novosibirsk, Russia

Distribution Details

Release year
2007
Festivals
Berlin, SilverDocs, Seattle, Rio de Janeiro, Warsaw, Sheffield, Dallas, Budapest, Camden, Nuremberg, Morelia, Zagreb, and others.
Awards
Best Debut Feature, Saratov International Film Festival
Distribution
Cinephil, Women Make Movies
Broadcast (Acq.)
BBC, Documentary Channel, YLE Israel, SVT Sweden and others
Language
Russian
Subtitles
English

Photos

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