My Undesirable Friends: Part I – Last Air in Moscow

My Undesirable Friends: Part I – Last Air in Moscow

2025
5h 24min

American filmmaker Julia Loktev, born in the Soviet Union, returned to Moscow in 2021 to make a documentary on the persistence of independent media journalism in Putin’s Russia—just months, as it turned out, before the country’s invasion of Ukraine. Structured in five chapters, Loktev’s film is an extraordinary vérité document of a moment of immense change and anxiety.

My Undesirable Friends: Part I – Last Air in Moscow

Storyline

American filmmaker Julia Loktev, born in the Soviet Union, returned to Moscow in 2021 to make a documentary on the persistence of independent media journalism in Putin’s Russia—just months, as it turned out, before the country’s invasion of Ukraine. Structured in five chapters, Loktev’s film is an extraordinary vérité document of a moment of immense change and anxiety.
    Released
    15 August 2025
    Runtime
    5h 24min
    Director
    Genre
    Status
    Released
    Language
    Russian
    Production
    Marminchilla, Jewish Story Partners, JustFilms / Ford Foundation, Catapult Film Fund
Cast