Queendom
A film by Agniia Galdanova
United States-France, 2023, 98′
o.v. with italian subtitles
What does it mean to be a queer artist in Putin’s Russia? For four years, director Agniia Galdanova followed the life of Gena, an eccentric and courageous queer artist whose looks and performances take over the streets of Moscow heedless of the crowds and possible repercussions from the authorities. Due to her strong protest actions against the war in Ukraine, the artist was forced to leave Russia. The atmospheres of this film, which is a combination of a documentary and a visionary story, capture Gena’s creative flair along with her moments of vulnerability, showing us how her art is a valuable and powerful tool for claiming freedom.
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Tickets
Full price: 8€
Under30, Over65, Card Cultura and Amici della cineteca: 5€
Reduced price: Unibo e Ababo: 3€
Tickets can be bought:
1) Online: on Boxerticket.it starting from october 15th 2023.
2) At Gender Bender’s Festival Center: from 31 October to 11 November from 3.00pm to 9.00pm only and exclusively at the Gender Bender’s Festival Centre, set up at DAS – Dispositivo arti sperimentali in via del Porto 11/b.
*There will NOT be a ticket office at the event locations.
For more info: biglietteria@genderbender.it
Accessibility Cinema Lumière
Agniia Galdanova born in 1987 in St. Petersburg, graduated from the journalism faculty of the Russian State Social University in 2011, simultaneously working for Afisha magazine and other Moscow magazines. In 2012 she moved to Berlin, where she earned a degree in practical filmmaking at the Met Film School Berlin, making music videos and short films. In 2016-2017 she received a scholarship and made the short documentary film Something In You, Something In Me as part of the German-Israeli program Out Of Place. In 2019, she graduated from the Marina Razbezhkina and Mikhail Ugarov School of Documentary Film and Theater.
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