When:
Thursday, February 13, 2025 | 18:30 – 20:30

Where:
7th Level Auditorium, ACG Campus (6 Gravias Str., Aghia Paraskevi, 153 42)

Organized by:
Cinema Studies Program in collaboration with the Visual Arts Program,
Deree – The American College of Greece

Supported by:
Department of Arts and Creative Industries, Deree – ACG

About the event:

A film screening of one of the best Greek documentaries of the past year Avant-Drag!, by film director Dr. Fil Ieropoulos. An exhilarating look at ten Athenian drag performers who deconstruct gender, nationalism, belonging and identity.

Entertaining and 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. Avant-Drag! premiered at Rotterdam international film festival and has been screened in over 40 festivals around the world.

Watch one of the best Greek documentaries of the year and engage in a discussion with the film director on his directorial choices and his creative practice.

About the director:

Fil Ieropoulos was born in Athens in 1978. He studied film and cultural studies in the UK and in 2010 he completed his PhD with a specialization in film poetry at the University of Kent. Since 2003 he has been a Senior Lecturer at Buckinghamshire New University. He has participated in festivals, exhibitions and conferences in Greece, the UK, Germany, Austria, the US, working with the Greek National Opera, Athens & Epidaurus Festival, Neuköllner Oper, Athens Biennale, the Onassis Institute, Freud Museum, the Athens School of Fine Arts etc. His debut feature ORFEAS2021 (2021), a queer adaptation of Claudio Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo, was nominated at the Iris Awards of the Greek Film Academy. His second feature, Avant-Drag! (2024) premiered at the International Film Festival Rotterdam and was selected in over 40 international festivals.