Estonian premiere
Queendom
Local title
Kuninganna Gena
Title in Russian
Королева по имени Гена
Director
Agniia Galdanova
Country
USA, France
Year
2023
Gena, a queer artist from a small town in Russia, dresses in otherworldly costumes made from junk and tape, and protests the government on the streets of Moscow.
Born and raised on the harsh streets of Magadan, a frigid outpost of the Soviet gulag, Gena is only 21. She stages radical performances in public that become a new form of art and activism. By doing that, she wants to change people’s perception of beauty and queerness and bring attention to the harassment of the LGBTQ+ community.
The performances - often dark, strange, evocative, and queer at their core - are a manifestation of Gena’s subconscious. But they come at a price.
Director
Agniia Galdanova
Cast
Gena Marvin
Producer
Igor Myakotin, Agniia Galdanova
DoP
Ruslan Fedotov
Composer
Damien Vandesande, Toke Bronson Odin
World sales
Dogwoolf
Runtime
Language
Russian
Subtitles
English
Other festivals
South by Southwest
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