Queendom
Feature length film Completed 2023
Producer
Agniia Galdanova
Producer
Igor Myakotin
Executive Producer
Arnaud Borges
Doc Society helped with
Production
Gena, a queer artist from a small town in Russia, stages radical performances in public that become a new form of art and activism - and put her life in danger.
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Crew
A devastating, urgent reminder that art can be dangerous and important and political and powerful — especially in ten-inch heels.
Empire Magazine
Dec. 6, 2023
The intent is not just to shock or provoke (although there’s plenty of that) but to force open a crack of liberating oddity in a paranoid lockstep society.
Ty Burr's Watch List (Substack)
June 28, 2024
Galdanova and cinematographer Ruslan Fedotov give Jenna marvelous closeups, highlighting the nuances of her performance, the articulate lines of makeup, and intricate costume designs for a dazzling effect.
RogerEbert.com
June 14, 2024
I would have liked to hear more about Gena’s late mother and the family history generally, but this is an arresting portrait.
Guardian
Nov. 29, 2023
The scenes of performance art executed on the shore of a raging sea or in a muddy quarry pit are breathtaking in composition and framing, and made all the more alluring by Gena’s keen sense of presentation and otherworldly personas.
Cambridge Day
Aug. 1, 2024
The film, while somewhat meandering in its episodic structure, illustrates the risks that Gena takes daily while sharing her art
POV Magazine
Jan. 25, 2024
It is a critical reminder of the power of protest; with a genuinely inspiring figure unfazed in leading the charge. Regarding vital documentaries this year, Queendom may snatch the crown.
Movie Marker
Dec. 1, 2023
Unfolding in the heart of Russia, both geographically and ideologically, Agniia Galdanova’s debut documentary feature begins as a profile of an extraordinary individual and becomes a communal howl of protest.
Screen International
March 16, 2023
