Stills from my latest cinematography work on hybrid documentary Avant Drag!

International Film Festival of Rotterdam 2024 “Critics Choice”
26th Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival “International Competition Film Forward” Jury Special Mention 

SYNOPSIS

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.

Cast & CREW

Directed & Edited by Fil ieropoulos

Produced by FYTA / Fil Ieropoulos

Co-produced by Frenel

Executive Producer Sebastian Strakowicz

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 Producer 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

Many thanks to Communitism, LALA, Alex Kat, April Sparks, Sophia Dimadi, Orestis Psomopoulos, Dimitris Kossyvas, Thanasis Alexandridis, Rinos Eggs&Legs, Eirini Tampasouli, Daglara, GNO, Eva Stefani, Rea Walldén, Antoinetta Angelidi, Elizabeth Petrou, Macklin Kowal, Neda Films, Christos Fanaritis, Johnakis, Nikos Kostaras, Vassilis Vlastaras, Quinn Malro, Ivi Kaiserli, Argyris and his truck, Katya Zamolodchikova for influence on Cruella’s mother section, Francesca Kezich, Dynno Dada, Nina Nai Xlats, Athena Kalkopoulou, Zoe Kandyla, Iliana Zakopoulou, Olaf Möller, Jürgen Brüning, Tellos Filis, Abdullah Pita Kebab, Simo Store, Alvavel Tours, Eleanina Tours, Despina Zefkili, the sellers of Koliatsou farmers market, Evangelismos Hospital, Inner Ear, the kids @ Panteleimonas square playing with the bubbles, Filio Kastranta, Marina Danezi, Alexis Anastasiadis

Dedicated To The Memory Of ZACKIE OH