Instructions for Survival (2021)
- Directed by
- Yana Ugrekhelidze
- Genre
- documentary film, biographical film, LGBTQ-related film
- Country
- Germany
- Runtime
- 1h 12m
- Rating
- 6.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A trans man in Georgia lives with constant secrecy about his gender identity. He and his wife work to leave the country for a safer place.
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What happens
Instructions for Survival is a German documentary film, directed by Yana Ugrekhelidze and released in 2021. The film is a portrait of Alexander, a trans man living in Georgia who must carefully navigate secrecy about his gender identity while he and his wife undertake efforts to migrate to a safer country. The film premiered in the Perspektive Deutsches Kino program at the 71st Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Jury Award from the Teddy Award program for LGBTQ-related films. It was subsequently screened in the United States at the Ann Arbor Film Festival in April, where it won the award for Best Documentary Film, and in Canada at the Inside Out Film and Video Festival in May. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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