MUBI Acquires Oscar-Shortlisted Documentary ‘My Undesirable Friends’ And Upcoming Sequel

Russia-themed documentary 'My Undesirable Friends' and its upcoming sequel, both directed by Julia Loktev, have been acquired by MUBI.

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Hottest Documentary Going Into Oscar Shortlist Voting? Arguably, It’s Mammoth ‘My Undesirable Friends: Part I – Last Air In Moscow’
#Documentary #News #ArgotPictures #Awardsdoc #JuliaLoktev #MyUndesirableFriendsPart1TheLastAirInMoscow

https://deadline.com/2025/12/my-undesirable-friends-part-i-last-air-in-moscow-interview-julia-loktev-1236642874/

Hottest Documentary Going Into Oscar Shortlist Voting? Arguably, It’s Mammoth ‘My Undesirable Friends: Part I – Last Air In Moscow’

'My Undesirable Friends,' Julia Loktev's epic documentary, has won three big awards within days, boosting its shot at the Academy Awards.

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#LARB Radio Hour welcomes #JuliaLoktev to talk about her new #documentary #MyUndesirableFriends

'Filmed in 2021, just before #Russia’s invasion of #Ukraine, the five-hour epic follows independent journalists at #TVRain as they navigate escalating government repression and the “foreign agent” laws designed to silence dissent.'

https://lareviewofbooks.org/av/julia-loktev-my-undesirable-friends/
#media #RussianMedia #censorship #stateRepression #pressFreedom #cinema #film #cinéastes

‘My Undesirable Friends’ Wins Indie Film Site Network Advocate Award, Besting Other Top Oscar Contenders

Julia Loktev's 'My Undesirable Friends' has won the Indie Film Site Network Advocate Award, besting other top Oscar contenders.

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‘My Undesirable Friends: Part 1 — Last Air in Moscow’ Trailer: Female Russian Journalists Fight for the Truth Amid Invasion of Ukraine
#IndieWire #News #Trailers #Film #JuliaLoktev #MyUndesirableFriends

https://www.indiewire.com/news/trailers/my-undesirable-friends-trailer-julia-loktev-1235140922/

'My Undesirable Friends' Trailer: Russian Journalists Fight for Freedom

'My Undesirable Friends: Part 1 — Last Air in Moscow' is a critically acclaimed doc about Russian independent journalists amid the invasion of Ukraine.

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‘My Undesirable Friends: Part I’: An Intimate Documentary Epic

Julia Loktev’s gargantuan undertaking 'My Undesirable Friends' — the first of two films about Russian reporters — builds to the Ukraine invasion.

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Summary: новый фильм Хон Сансу о знакомстве молодого поэта с семьёй его гёрлфренд (привет Алексею Андрианову) • суперфеминистская «Нагота» Сабины Бакаевой • документальная «Лента времени» Катерины Горностай • байопики об американских геях Лоренце Харте и Питере Худжаре • правозащитная документалка про Москву 2020-х малоизвестной художницы Джулии Локтев #arthouse #filmfestivals #Berlinale #HongSangsoo #SabinaBakaeva #JuliaLoktev
Берлинале: свежий Тыквер, казахский хоррор и Камбербэтч

Новые фильмы Тома Тыквера и Пон Чжун Хо, документальные картины о войне в Украине, проект об "иноагентах", хоррор из Казахстана и многое другое. Такова программа международного кинофестиваля Берлинале.

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Journalists From Outlawed Russian TV Rain Gather As Documentary ‘My Undesirable Friends’ Screens Ahead Of NYFF World Premiere
#News #JuliaLoktev #MyUndesirableFriendsthelastairinMoscow #NewYorkFilmFestival

https://deadline.com/2024/09/my-undesirable-friends-the-last-air-in-moscow-documentary-new-york-film-festival-1236099932/

Journalists From Outlawed Russian TV Rain Gather As Documentary ‘My Undesirable Friends’ Screens Ahead Of NYFF World Premiere

Journalists from outlawed Russian news channel Rain TV recall Putin's brutal media crackdown as doc 'My Undesirable Friends - The Last Air In Moscow' screens ahead of its New York Film Festival world premiere.

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#OnThisDate, April 1 (1989), Moment of Impact (Julia Loktev, 1998) is the #FilmDuJour. #JuliaLoktev #LarisaLoktev #LeonidLoktev #USA #documentary #disability #CarCrash #1990s