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2014 Belgian film

Before the Last Curtain Falls

French	Alphée des étoiles
Directed by	Thomas Wallner
Written by	Thomas Wallner Eva Küpper
Produced by	Kerstin Meyer-Beetz
Cinematography	Axel Schneppat
Edited by	Manfred Becker
Production company	Gebrueder Beetz Filmproduktion
Distributed by	Real Fiction
Release date	April28,2014(2014年04月28日)(Hot Docs)
Running time	92 minutes
Countries	Belgium Canada Germany
Languages	Flemish French English Mandarin

Before the Last Curtain Falls (German : Bevor der letzte Vorhang fällt) is a documentary film, directed by Thomas Wallner and released in 2014.^[1] The film centres on a group of drag and transgender cabaret entertainers who undertook the international Gardenia tour in the early 2010s as their final project before retiring, as they prepare for the tour's final show in Ghent.^[1]

Performers appearing in the film are Gerrit Becker, Richard Dierick, Vanessa Van Durme, Andrea De Laet, Danilo Povolo, Rudy Suwyns, Griet De Backer, Hendrik Lebon, Dirk Van Vaerenbergh, Yong Li and Ashref Mahmoud.

The film premiered at the 2014 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival,^[1] where it received a Special Jury Prize from the Best Canadian Feature Documentary jury.^[2]

References

1 2 3 Linda Barnard, "Before the Last Curtain Falls: ages and stages of drag cabaret stars". Toronto Star , April 27, 2014.
↑ Paula Bernstein, "Hot Docs 2014 Winners Announced: ‘Out of Mind, Out of Sight’ Wins Best Canadian Feature Documentary". IndieWire , May 3, 2014.

External links

Before the Last Curtain Falls at IMDb

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Hot Docs Award for Best Canadian Feature Documentary

Best Feature Documentary

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Hitman Hart: Wrestling with Shadows (1999)
The Holier It Gets (2000)
My Left Breast and Out of the Fire (2001)
The Fiancée of Life (2002)
Rage Against the Darkness (2003)
Army of One (2004)
Hogtown: The Politics of Policing (2005)
Martyr Street (2006)
The Bodybuilder and I (2007)
Flicker (2008)
Invisible City (2009)
In the Name of the Family (2010)
Family Portrait in Black and White (2011)
The World Before Her (2012)
When I Walk (2013)
Out of Mind, Out of Sight (2014)
Haida Gwaii: On the Edge of the World (2015)
Koneline: Our Land Beautiful (2016)
Unarmed Verses (2017)
A Little Wisdom (2018)
Nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up (2019)
Prayer for a Lost Mitten (2020)
Zo Reken (2021)
Geographies of Solitude (2022)
I Lost My Mom (2023)
The Soldier's Lagoon (2024)
Agatha's Almanac (2025)
Saigon Story: Two Shootings in the Forest Kingdom (2026)

Special Jury Prize

The Last Round: Chuvalo vs. Ali (2003)
Continuous Journey (2004)
Mystic Ball (2006)
Driven by Dreams (2007)
Junior (2008)
Waterlife (2009)
Leave Them Laughing (2010)
At Night, They Dance and The Guantanamo Trap (2011)
Peace Out (2012)
Alphée of the Stars (2013)
Before the Last Curtain Falls (2014)
The Amina Profile (2015)
The Prison in Twelve Landscapes (2016)
Resurrecting Hassan (2017)
What Walaa Wants (2018)
Prey (2019)
Stateless (2020)
One of Ours (2021)
Rojek (2022)
Caiti Blues (2023)
Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story (2024)
Paul (2025)
Ceremony (2026)

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