In a Hungarian prison, filmmakers task incarcerated fathers to write fairy tales about their children. Next, they will turn those fairytales into short films, with the prisoner’s loved ones in the leading roles. In an effort to help strained families bridge the unnatural divide that prisons cause, director Ábel Visky gets creative by spotlighting the transformative power of art. Unmissable is the weight of each father’s absence in the lives of their children, and the toll taken by each valuable moment lost. The battle with isolation, for some, becomes a war with paranoia, making the fairy tales more than just a way to give a gift to their families, but instead a vehicle to tell silenced truths. Tales from the Prison Cell seeks beauty where there often is none, providing fairy tales for families when their imaginations are the only place that they can truly be together. Nataleah Hunter-Young
This film includes a pre-recorded Q&A.
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