Instructions for Survival
2021 documentary film From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
| 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 |
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Running time | 72 minutes |
| Country | Germany |
| Languages | Georgian Russian English |
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]
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