This screening is part of Filmfest Aachen 2025

Avant-Drag

Greece, 2024, 92 min, Fil Ieropoulos, Greek, NRW Premiere
Original version with english subtitles

Avant-Drag follows ten drag artists in Athens who defy gender norms and challenge oppressive social structures. Through powerful performances, they reclaim public space, resist invisibility, and shape a uniquely Greek queer identity marked by history, politics, and state violence. "The ghosts of queer history do our makeup," says one, as the film weaves protest with poetry, rage with tenderness. In their world, drag infects gender, pushing it to its edges. Avant-Drag is resistance, beauty, and light after darkness.

Avant-Drag accompanies ten drag artists in Athens who challenge gender norms and oppressive social structures. With powerful performances, they are reclaiming public space, resisting oblivion and shaping a distinctly Greek queer identity - shaped by history, politics and state violence. "The ghosts of queer history make us up," says one of them. The film interweaves protest with poetry, anger with tenderness. In their world, drag infects gender and pushes it to its limits. Avant-Drag is resistance, beauty and light after the darkness.

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