THU 10 APR / 21h00
Auditório do Cineteatro Louletano, Loulé
Documentary / M16 / 98'
Free Admittance
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.
Directed: Agniia Galdanova
Cast: Jenna Marvi
Producer: Agniia Galdanova, Igor Myakotin
Executive Producer: Arnaud Borges, James Costa, David France, Jess Search
Consulting Producer: Melody Gilbert, Alice Henty
Associate Producer: Arjun Joshi, Elena Joshi
Assistant Producer: Anna-Mariya Tesfaye
Music: Toke Brorson Odin, Damien Vandesande
Cinematography: Ruslan Fedotov
Additional Cinematography: Aliaksandr Tsymbaliuk
Development cinematographer: Anna Zalevskaya
Editing: Anna Zalevskaya
Production Management: Cory Knights
Sound Editor: Ruslan Khuseyn
Foley Artist: Ivan Savelyev
Editorial: Vlad Fishez
Editing Consultant: Charlotte Munch Bengtsen
Production Counsel: Patrick Kondas, David F. Schwartz
Publicist: Will Zang
Agniia Galdanova is an award-winning documentary film director and writer, known for her immersive storytelling and deep exploration of human relationships. Galdanova’s latest project, Queendom, which centres on young queer artist Jenna Marvin, premiered in the Documentary Competition at SXSW 2023 and received NEXT:WAVE Grad Jury award at CPH:DOX.
Her work continues to resonate through its poignant and observational approach
