Athens International Film Festival
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QUEENDOM


USA, FRANCE | 2023 | COLOR | DCP | 103’ | RUSSIAN

It would never be easy being a young drag queen in a totalitarian country or a country with totalitarian tendencies. It would be even harder being a drag activist –downright impossible if your country was in war and call to arms was upon you. And it’s probably unheard of being the drag artist who turns through performance art into a human exhibit mirroring the troubles of the world. This is the story of 21 year-old Jenna. In Agniia Galdanova’s observational documentary shine both the artistic psyche and the obsolete humanity in oligarchic Russia’s exhausted soul. Drag always ‘needs attention’ but artists like Jenna elevate it into so much more. I.D.

DIRECTOR: Agniia Galdanova
DoP: Ruslan Fedotov
MUSIC: Damien Vandesande & Toke Brorson Odin
EDITOR: Vlad Fizhez

AGNIIA GALDANOVA
Russian filmmaker, supported by Sundance and IDFA. She has worked as a set designer and set decorator. This is her second film, on the works since 2019.

FILMOGRAPHY
2023 Queendom
2017 Out of Place



        : International Documentaries Competition

        20 DAYS IN MARIUPOL | 20 ДНІВ У МАРІУПОЛІ

        20 DAYS IN MARIUPOL | 20 ДНІВ У МАРІУПОЛІ

        28/09/2023, 17:15, ASTOR
        04/10/2023, 17:45, DANAOS 2

        ON THE ADAMANT | SUR L’ADAMANT

        ON THE ADAMANT | SUR L’ADAMANT

        28/09/2023, 19:15, DANAOS
        01/10/2023, 19:30, DANAOS 2

        THE ETERNAL MEMORY | LA MEMORIA INFINITA

        THE ETERNAL MEMORY | LA MEMORIA INFINITA

        29/09/2023, 18:00, ASTOR
        02/10/2023, 17:00, ASTOR

        THE SPECTRE OF BOKO HARAM | LE SPECTRE DE BOKO HARAM

        THE SPECTRE OF BOKO HARAM | LE SPECTRE DE BOKO HARAM

        29/09/2023, 19:30, DANAOS 2
        04/10/2023, 19:45, DANAOS 2

        ANGEL APPLICANT

        ANGEL APPLICANT

        29/09/2023, 21.00, DANAOS 2
        30/09/2023, 17.45, ASTOR

        THE MOTHER OF ALL LIES | KADIB ABYAD

        THE MOTHER OF ALL LIES | KADIB ABYAD

        30/09/2023, 19:30, ASTOR
        03/10/2023, 17:30, ASTOR

        SMOKE SAUNA SISTERHOOD | SAVVUSANNA SÕSARAD

        SMOKE SAUNA SISTERHOOD | SAVVUSANNA SÕSARAD

        02/10/2023, 19:15, DANAOS 2
        05/10/2023, 19:30, DANAOS 2

        RIDERS ON THE STORM

        RIDERS ON THE STORM

        02/10/2023, 21:45, DANAOS 2
        03/10/2023, 19:30, DANAOS 2

        THE LAST YEAR OF DARKNESS | WU YE CHU ZOU

        THE LAST YEAR OF DARKNESS | WU YE CHU ZOU

        03/10/2023, 22:00, ASTOR
        08/10/2023, 21:45, DANAOS 2

        THE ECHO | EL ECO

        THE ECHO | EL ECO

        05/10/2023, 20:00, DANAOS
        07/10/2023, 21:30, DANAOS 2