Prison architecture impact on detainees
_Synopsis
Over the course of a year, we will follow the commissioning of the new prison of Uerschterhaff in Luxemburg, from the handover to the prison staff to the arrival of the first prisoners.
If a prison is but the reflection of the society that creates it, can its architecture, as cutting-edge as it may be when it comes to standards and technology, solve the problems of detention conditions on its own?
Beyond Walls documents the relation to and impact of a penitentiary’s architecture on its inhabitants.
_Tech Sheet
Format: Documentary
Running time: 80’
Status: In development
Year: 2023
Versions: Luxembourgish, English
Author: Julie SCHROELL
Director: Julie SCHROELL
Producers: Marion GUTH, François LE GALL
Production Company: a_BAHN (LU)
With the support of: Film Fund Luxemburg (LU)
Julie SCHROELL
Film Director
Julie Schroell is a film director and artist born in Luxemburg. She holds a double master’s degree in Contemporary History, in Film Studies and in Screenwriting from the Université Libre de Bruxelles. She started her career by directing a series of commissioned films, such as The Farmer’s Blues (2011), a documentary in which she set out to portray the remaining farmers of her home country, selected at numerous festivals around the world. She has a passion for documentaries and has since produced and directed many films for RTL Luxembourg, France Télévisions, RTBF and Al Jazeera.
River Tales (2019) is her first independent feature-length documentary and Luxembourg’s submission to the Best International Feature Film category at the 2021 Academy Awards.
She has since written and directed a short documentary on Sandra Forgues for the series Ex Aequo! (France Télévisions, RTBF, RTL) with a_BAHN.
Julie Schroell is a film director and artist born in Luxemburg. She holds a double master’s degree in Contemporary History, in Film Studies and in Screenwriting from the Université Libre de Bruxelles. She started her career by directing a series of commissioned films, such as The Farmer’s Blues (2011), a documentary in which she set out to portray the remaining farmers of her home country, selected at numerous festivals around the world. She has a passion for documentaries and has since produced and directed many films for RTL Luxembourg, France Télévisions, RTBF and Al Jazeera.
River Tales (2019) is her first independent feature-length documentary and Luxembourg’s submission to the Best International Feature Film category at the 2021 Academy Awards.
She has since written and directed a short documentary on Sandra Forgues for the series Ex Aequo! (France Télévisions, RTBF, RTL) with a_BAHN.
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