Avant-Drag!
Avant-Drag! offers an exhilarating look at ten Athenian drag performers who deconstruct gender, nationalism, belonging, identity, while facing police brutality, transphobia and racism. As entertaining as it is thought-provoking, Avant-Drag! challenges societal norms and reshapes perceptions about LGBTQ+ culture by capturing the intimate lives of a tightly-knit group of drag performers, proving that being othered never felt so familiar.
Awards
International Film Festival Rotterdam – Critics’ Choice
Thessaloniki Documentary Festival – Jury Special Mention
Wicked Queer Festival – Best Documentary – Jury Award
OutWest LGBT+ Film Festival – Best Feature Film Award
ENCUENTROS DEL OTRO CINE – EDOC – Jury Prize,
Berlin Porn Film Festival – Best Documentary Award
Seattle Queer film festival – Best Documentary Competition
Credits
Directed & Edited by
Fil ieropoulos
Produced by
FYTA / Fil Ieropoulos
Co-produced by
Frenel
Executive Producers
Sebastian Strakowicz, Spyros Patsouras (Sphoenix)
Texts by
Foivos Dousos
Featuring (in order of appearance)
Kangela Tromokratisch, Er Libido, Aurora Paola Morado, Parakatyanova, SerGay Parakatyanov, McMorait, Cotsos, Lala Kolopi, Veronique & Cruella Tromokratisch
Narrator
Marisha Triantafyllidou
Director of Photography
Mihalis Gkatzogias
Music
Lykourgos Porfyris
Assistant Directors
Christos Adrianopoulos, Spyros Patsouras (Sphoenix)
Assistant Camera
Angelos Charalambous, Nikos Manolis, Eleni Lazaridi, Nefeli Dakozoudi, Andreas Kleanthous, Christos Adrianopoulos
Sound Recordists
Giorgos Kravvaritis, Pantelis Pilavios, Christos Sakellariou
Props
Soni Papadopoulos
Nails
Tanda Lysa
Graphics
Petros Antoniou
Animations
Angelos Charalambous
Color
Dimitris Manoussiakis
Sound Mastering
GeorgieBoy
Artists Liaison
Erifyli Mikropoulou
Unit Stills
Alex Kat
Production Assistants
Gabriela Obiala, Soni Papadopoulos, Petros Antoniou, Katerina Koukoutsaki, Maritina Tselepi, Vasilis Papavarsamis, Nefeli Tsigkeli, Nikos Kostaras, Petros Touloudis, Alex Demetriou
Equipment by
Frenel Rental
Subtitles
Alex Demetriou