Estonian premiere

Queendom

Local title
Kuninganna Gena
Director
Agniia Galdanova
Country
USA, France
Year
2023
Festival
27th Black Nights Film Festival
Programme
Doc@PÖFF
Subject
individual vs society, art, LGBTQ, human rights

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
Editor
Vlad Fishez
Composer
Damien Vandesande, Toke Bronson Odin
Production
Doc Society, Inmaat Productions, Sundance Institute, Vancouver Film School
World sales
Dogwoolf
Runtime
Language
Russian
Subtitles
English
Other festivals
South by Southwest
Director
Agniia Galdanova

Agniia Galdanova

Filmography:
Out of Place (2017, doc, co-dir), Queendom (2023, doc)

Estonian Institute of Human Rights

Screenings

Hall 1 Kino Artis
Screening052103 / Kuninganna Gena
SubtitlesEnglish
Screening duration
4th Hall Apollo Kino Solaris
Screening081401 / Kuninganna Gena
SubtitlesEnglish
Screening duration
Saal Kino Sõprus
Screening173102 / Kuninganna Gena
SubtitlesEnglish
Screening duration
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