AVANT-DRAG!
a film by Fil Ieropoulos
Greece, 2024, 92’
v.o. Italian subtitles
Avant-Drag! blends fiction and documentary, the literal and the metaphorical, to portray ten drag performers from Athens who, through art and performance, seek to transcend a hostile reality.
It stands as a testament to how the drag community and art can carve out safe spaces for all marginalized people, while continuing the fight against patriarchy, nationalism, racism, and sexism—with a sharp edge of radical irony.
Dates for this event:
Tickets
Full price: €7.50
Reduced price for Under 30s, Over 65s, Culture Card holders, Amici Di Cineteca: €5
Reduced price for Unibo, Ababo, Under 20s: €3
3-show pass: €12
5-show pass: €20
Tickets can be purchased:
1) Online: on TicketSms.it
2) In person: from October 30th to November 8th at the Festival Center (DAS – Dispositivo Arti Sperimentali, via del Porto 11/2).
Passes can be purchased:
1) In person: from October 30th to November 8 at the Festival Center (DAS – Dispositivo Arti Sperimentali, via del Porto 11/2)
2) By pre-ordering them by email at biglietteria@genderbender.it and then picking them up in person at the Festival Center.
The TICKET OFFICE at the Festival Center is every day from October 30th to November 8th from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.; on October 30th from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.; on November 2nd from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m.
*It is NOT possible to purchase tickets in person at the event venues.
For further information:
biglietteria@genderbender.it
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Fil Ieropoulos, director, was born in Athens in 1978. He studied film, cultural studies, and communication in the United Kingdom, and in 2010 completed his PhD in film poetics at the University of Kent.
Avant-Drag!, his second feature film, premiered at the 2024 Rotterdam Film Festival and received a Special Mention from the jury at the Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival.
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