“Queendom” — the feature-length documentary produced by Russian filmmaker Igor Myakotin about a queer 21-year-old artist from a small town in Russia who risks her life performing in surreal costumes throughout Moscow in defiance of Russia’s anti-LGTBQ laws — has been shortlisted for an Oscar. 

Artist Jay Critchley interviewed Myakotin for the 2024–25 issue of Provincetown Arts. The two got to know each other when Myakotin spent time working in Provincetown on a J-1 visa.

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