AVANT-DRAG! (2024)

Ten drag artists in Greece are featured in director Fil Ieropoulos’ 2024 documentary AVANT-DRAG! (@avant.drag.film on Instagram).

AVANT-DRAG!

2024. Greece.

World Premiere: IFFR Rotterdam 2024

 Director: Fil Ieropoulos

Producers: Fil Ieropoulos, Spyros Patsouras

Cast: Kangela Tromokratisch, Er Libido, Lala Kolopi, Aurora Paola Morado, Parakatyanova, SerGay Parakatyanov, McMorait, Cotsos, Lala Kolopi, Veronique Tromokratisch , Marisha Triantafyllidou (Narrator)

Scriptwriter:  Foivos Dousos

Director of photography:  Mihalis Gkatzogias

Production company:  FYTA Films

“AVANT-DRAG! offers an exhilarating look at ten Athenian drag performers who deconstruct gender, nationalism, belonging, identity, while facing police brutality, transphobia and racism. As entertaining as it is thought-provoking, Avant-Drag! challenges societal norms and reshapes perceptions about LGBTQ+ culture by capturing the intimate lives of a tightly-knit group of drag performers, proving that being othered never felt so familiar.”

The documentary film had its world premiere earlier this year at the International Film Festival of Rotterdam (IFFR) and has received over 40 festival invitations worldwide! Keep an eye out for AVANT-DRAG! during festival season in your city, this powerfully poetic film is not to be missed.