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
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
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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