''Before the Last Curtain Falls'' (german: Bevor der letzte Vorhang fällt) is a documentary film, directed by

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and released in 2014.Linda Barnard
"Before the Last Curtain Falls: ages and stages of drag cabaret stars"
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'', April 27, 2014. 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, who are preparing for the tour's final show in

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. 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

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, where it received a Special Jury Prize from the Best Canadian Feature Documentary jury.Paula Bernstein
"Hot Docs 2014 Winners Announced: ‘Out of Mind, Out of Sight’ Wins Best Canadian Feature Documentary"
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'', May 3, 2014.

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* 2014 films 2014 documentary films 2014 LGBT-related films Belgian documentary films Belgian LGBT-related films Canadian LGBT-related documentary films German LGBT-related documentary films Drag (entertainment)-related documentary films Transgender-related documentary films 2010s Canadian films 2010s German films {{2010s-Germany-film-stub