Boylesque is a Polish-Czech documentary film, directed by Bogna Kowalczyk and released in 2022.[1] The film is a portrait of Andrzej Szwan, an 82-year-old Polish man who performs in drag as Lulla La Polaca, and remains committed and driven as both an entertainer and an activist despite the uncertain state of LGBT rights in Poland.[2]

Boylesque
Directed byBogna Kowalczyk [d]
Written byBogna Kowalczyk
Produced byTomasz Morawski
Katarzyna Kuczyńska
Vratislav Šlajer [d]
Hanka Kastelicová
StarringAndrzej Szwan
CinematographyMiłosz Kasiura
Edited byKrzysztof Komander
Kacper Plawgo
Aleksandra Gowin
Music byWojciech Frycz
Production
companies
Haka Films
Bionaut Films
Release date
Running time
70 minutes
CountriesPoland
Czech Republic
LanguagePolish

Kowalczyk has described the film as meant to be a portrait of Szwan's resilience and engagement, rather than just a depiction of the challenges of being LGBT in Poland.[3]

The film premiered at the 2022 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival,[4] where Kowalczyk won the award for Emerging International Filmmaker.[5]

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