Prazdnik

Vladimir Loginov — Estonia — 2019 — 68’

The town in Estonia organises an annual Ukrainian-themed festival, called ‘Sorochinsky Fair’ after the short story by Nikolai Gogol. The full variety of the fair and beauty contest is presented from different angles and viewpoints: that of the festival organisers, the actor playing Gogol, the instructor from the local beauty school, the visitors and the filmmaker. The film then culminates in the beauty contest itself.