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QUEENS OF JOY / КОРОЛЕВИ РАДОСТІ

2025 / 90' / documentary / Ukraine, France, Czhech Republic

Diva Monroe, along with drag queens Marlene and Aura, are on a journey to discover their identities while embracing freedom and hedonism. In the face of the horrors of the war in Ukraine, they come together to organize a charity drag show to support their homeland.

Screenings schedule:


September 25, 2025 at 6:00 p.m. at the Zhovten Cinema, Anshlah Hall

DIRECTOR - OLGA GIBELINDA

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Biography

Ukrainian director and scriptwriter. She is a member of the Ukrainian and European film academies.  She has achieved great success in scriptwriting and film production for television projects, as well as developing and promoting commercial media projects. She is an alumna of Waida Film School and the Gdyna Documentary Film School.  During the first months of the war, she was an active member of the humanitarian filmmakers' centre.


Selected filmography

  • 2014: Tomorrow I'll Be Seventeen (short, doc)

  • 2011: Descho / something (short, doc)


Producer: Ivanna Khitsinska, Louis Beaudemont, Hana Blaha Silarova

Screenwriter: Olga Gibelinda, Ivanna Khitsinska

Cinematography: Kyrylo Nikrashevich

Composer: Artem Baburin

Main characters: Artur Ozerov akka Aura, Oleksandr Danilin akka Marlen Scandal, Monroe

Production: Malanka Studios, Les Steppes Productions, Films& Chips 

Rightsholder: Malanka Studios, malankastudios@gmail.com 



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