My Undesirable Friends: Part I — Last Air in Moscow (2024)

Original title

My Undesirable Friends: Part I - Last Air in Moscow

Directed by

Julia Loktev

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

5h 24m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 10 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows independent Russian journalists as they try to keep reporting in the months before the full scale invasion of Ukraine. It shows the growing government repression of free speech and the journalists' persistence in doing their jobs.

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What happens

My Undesirable Friends: Part I — Last Air in Moscow is a 2024 Russian-language American documentary film produced, written and directed by Julia Loktev. It follows the persistence of several independent Russian journalists to keep doing their jobs in the months leading up to the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, as the Putin government's repression of free speech builds. The documentary premiered at the 2024 New York Film Festival in the Main Slate section on October 13, 2024. It had its international premiere at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival in Berlinale Special section on 20 February 2025. At the Gotham Independent Film Awards 2025, it won Best Documentary Feature. It was also shortlisted for Best Documentary Feature at the 98th Academy Awards, but was not nominated. It was released globally by Mubi on April 3, 2026. A sequel, My Undesirable Friends: Part II — Exile, is currently in post-production and is also expected to be released by Mubi globally. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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