Instructions for Survival | |
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Directed by | Yana Ugrekhelidze |
Written by | Yana Ugrekhelidze |
Produced by | Yana Ugrekhelidze |
Cinematography | Jule Katinka Cramer |
Edited by | Agata Wozniak |
Music by | Lennart Saathoff |
Production company | FEM Management for Film |
Release date |
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Running time | 72 minutes |
Country | Germany |
Languages | Georgian Russian English |
Instructions for Survival is a German documentary film, directed by Yana Ugrekhelidze and released in 2021. [1] 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. [2]
The film premiered in the Perspektive Deutsches Kino program at the 71st Berlin International Film Festival, [3] where it won the Jury Award from the Teddy Award program for LGBTQ-related films. [4] It was subsequently screened in the United States at the Ann Arbor Film Festival in April, [2] where it won the award for Best Documentary Film, and in Canada at the Inside Out Film and Video Festival in May. [5]
Instructions for Survival | |
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Directed by | Yana Ugrekhelidze |
Written by | Yana Ugrekhelidze |
Produced by | Yana Ugrekhelidze |
Cinematography | Jule Katinka Cramer |
Edited by | Agata Wozniak |
Music by | Lennart Saathoff |
Production company | FEM Management for Film |
Release date |
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Running time | 72 minutes |
Country | Germany |
Languages | Georgian Russian English |
Instructions for Survival is a German documentary film, directed by Yana Ugrekhelidze and released in 2021. [1] 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. [2]
The film premiered in the Perspektive Deutsches Kino program at the 71st Berlin International Film Festival, [3] where it won the Jury Award from the Teddy Award program for LGBTQ-related films. [4] It was subsequently screened in the United States at the Ann Arbor Film Festival in April, [2] where it won the award for Best Documentary Film, and in Canada at the Inside Out Film and Video Festival in May. [5]