Plot synopsis

Through radical performance and presentation, artist and activist Gena challenges the status quo in Russia through lone acts of rebellion and quiet revolution.
Coming from conservative rural Russia, Gena’s road to fulfilling her artistic dreams is mired with discrimination, hate and misunderstanding. However, her endurance to staying true to her authentic self, despite consistent issues with family, the authorities and Russian society, frames a fascinating journey of self-discovery, whilst providing insight into Russia’s regressive social system, and the hostile environment in which LGBTQ+ people live. RG
Source : Cork International Film Festival

Commentaries

D’Est en Ouest [Critique du film Queendom], Hugo DERVISOGLOU, iletaitunefoislecinema, 2025

Queendom : l’odyssée d’une artiste queer dans la Russie de Poutine, Anya HARRISON, numero.com, 2024

Queendom : portrait fascinant d’une performeuse drag intrépide en Russie, Ségo RAFFAITIN, nova.fr/news, 2024

Queendom, le drag en lutte contre la Russie de Vladimir Poutine, tetu.com, 2024

Queendom. Un film de Agniia Galdanova. Donner du sens à la caméra, Jenna MARVIN, abusdecine.com, 2024

Agniia Galdanova: Queendom (US/France, 2023), Birgit BEUMERS, Kinokultura, 2024

La LDH soutient Queendom, un film de Agniia Galdanova, ldh-france.org, 2024

Résistances russes au Festival international du film sur l’art, Caroline MONTPETIT, ledevoir.com, 2024

Queendom : документальный портрет российской квир-художницы на фоне протестов и войны, Артем ЛАНГЕНБУРГ, bok-o-bok.com, 2023

Queendom Director Agniia Galdanova on Queer Art & Activism, Agnia GALDANOVA, Matt DAVIS, Interview, shallistreamit.com, 2023

Selected in the following festivals or events :

- Festival du film russe de Paris & Ile-de-France "Une autre Russie", Paris (France), 2026

- Univerciné à l'Est, Nantes (France), 2025

- Release in France of the film, Different cities (France), 2025-01-01

- International Festival of Films on Art, Montreal (Canada), 2024

- One World International Human Rights Film Festival (ex "Jeden Svët" ), Prague (Czech Republic), 2024

- International Film Festival "Un état du monde" au Forum des Images, Paris (France), 2024

- Amsterdam International Documentary Film Festival : IDFA, Amsterdam (Netherlands), 2024

- Tromso International Film Festival : TIFF, Tromso (Norway), 2024

- Göteborg International Film Festival, Göteborg (Sweden), 2024

- International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights, Geneva (Switzerland), 2024

- Artdocfest / International, Different cities (World), 2024

- Cork International Film Festival, Cork (Ireland), 2023

- The Times BFI London Film Festival, London (United Kingdom), 2023

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