UK premiere
Followed by an in-person Q&A with the filmmaker

Wheelchair accessible* | In Croatian and English; with English subtitles
Pay-what-you-can tickets (£4 / £7 / £10)

If the ticket or other costs, such as childcare or transport, make this screening unaffordable, please see details of our Audience Access Fund.

Directed by award-winning documentarian Anja Koprivšek, Grand Prize is a joyous celebration of love and chosen family amongst the new generation of Croatian queer youth. The film follows Valentina, a 29-year-old dancer who lives at home with her mother, works at a vintage store to make ends meet and practises her voguing in the shop’s storeroom; and Teo, a young trans man whom Valentina has supported throughout his recent transition. For both of these young people, the drag ballroom scene is their passion, their community, and their lifeline within a society that is still largely inhospitable to LGBTQ+ identity and expression. We follow the pair throughout their various drag ballroom competitions – echoes of Jennie Livingston’s iconic Paris Is Burning (1990) abound here – but are also given access to their homes, their everyday joys and connections, and the vast capacity for love within the network around them. The film tenderly depicts Teo and Valentina’s blossoming romance, as they develop strong feelings for each other and begin to explore what their life together might look like.

Content notes: mentions of homophobia and transphobia, brief nudity

Access notes: loud noises, flashing lights

Curated by Hattie Idle

* Please note, The Lower Hall at the Pyramid at Anderston is wheelchair accessible through a ramp at a side entrance. There are 9 steps between the level where it is located and the rest of the venue, meaning that to make way to the accessible toilet or other parts of the building, wheelchair users will need to re-enter via the main entrance. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.