The 10th edition of Atlantidoc International Documentary Festival in Uruguay awards Best Medium-Length Documentary to Polar Star Films The Final Fair directed by Ricardo Iscar and Alessandra Paiva.
The Final Fair reflects on the business of death, awash with cleverness, black humour and seduction. Spanish and Portuguese companies from the funeral sector meet every year in Ourense to show off their latest products and services, mindful of the 7 billion future clients that will face this fateful moment sooner or later. There are diamond-studded and mink-lined coffins, hardwood urns, Swarovski crosses as gifts and luxury cars for a high-class public. No, in death we are not all equal, although obviously it comes to the rich as it does the poor in the end. In The Final Fair, morbid fascination, dread and curiosity are washed down with cava and Iberian ham.