Avant-Drag! gets its UK premiere at Raindance Film Festival
Avant-Drag!, an exhilarating film centred on the lives of ten Athenian drag artists by Dr Fil Ieropoulos, will get its UK premiere at Raindance Film Festival next week.
The film by BNU’s Senior Media and Creative Industries Lecturer gets its timely UK debut during Pride month, showing on Thursday 27 June at Curzon Cinema, Soho, London following a string of international viewings in Netherlands, US, Greece, Poland, Austria, Germany.
Currently rated an impressive 8.2 by audiences on IMDB, Avant-Drag! deconstructs gender, nationalism, belonging, identity, transphobia and racism.
Reviewer Daniel MacCannell said, “As entertaining as it is thought-provoking, the film challenges societal norms and reshapes perceptions about LGBTQ+ culture, proving that being othered never felt so familiar.”
Dr Fil Ieropoulos said, “Having taught experimental film for over 20 years at BNU and holding a PhD on the Relationship between film and poetry, this is in many ways a culmination of my research so far.
“I’m extremely proud of Avant-Drag! and look forward to speaking at the UK premier next week.”