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The Blue Inmates

Synopsis: The film follows inmates in Roumieh Prison in Lebanon, who produced a theatrical play inside prison about their fellow inmates suffering from mental illness. The Lebanese Penal Code, enacted in 1943, stipulates that โ€œInsaneโ€, โ€œMadโ€ or โ€œPossessedโ€ offenders shall be incarcerated until evidence of โ€œbeing curedโ€. Therefore, mentally ill offenders receive sentences without psychological or medical care.


Directorsโ€™ Biography: Zeina Daccache is a Lebanese actress, theatre and film director, as well as a psychologist and a drama therapist. She is the founder and Executive Director of the first Arab Centre for Drama Therapy: Catharsis. In 2009, she produced 12 Angry Lebanese with the inmates of Roumieh Prison. In 2021, her third feature documentary sees the light: The Blue Inmates conveying the voice of mentally ill offenders, accompanied by a draft law presented to the Lebanese Parliament. She is recipient of many awards given for her distinguished contributions to the field and her activism. โ€ฏโ€ฏ

Editorโ€™s Biography: Myriam Geagea participated in cinema workshops from the age of 16 in Lebanon and Spain, which led her to acquire a BA in audio-visual arts at Holy Spirit University of Kaslik in 2013. She has been working as a freelance editor for the past seven years. The Blue Inmates is her dรฉbut film as a solo editor. Previously she was the associate editor on the Cannes jury prize winner, Capernaum (2018). โ€ฏโ€ฏ