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has-text-color\">My Undesirable Friends: Part I \u2014 Last Air in Moscow<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:6px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nihrff.de\/en\/2025-forum\/\">International Forum 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div style=\"height:14px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-461897f4 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>COUNTRY:<\/strong> United States <strong>YEAR:<\/strong> 2025 <strong>RUNNING TIME:<\/strong> 324 min<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>DIRECTED BY:<\/strong> Julia Loktev<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>LANGUAGE(S):<\/strong> Russian<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p 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<strong>Chapter 4-5<\/strong> | Tickets<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">If you purchase a ticket for the first part, you can attend the second part and the panel discussion free of charge. The second part and the panel discussion can also be booked independently of attending the first part. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Panel Discussion: Freedom of the Press in Russia and Europe<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-4927ffd3 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--3\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nihrff.de\/en\/2025-panel-pressefreiheit\/\">18.10., 8:05 pm, Festsaal, directly after Chapter 4-5<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-primary-color has-text-color\"><strong>Synopsis<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What begins as an intimate portrait of Russian independent journalists facing persecution by Putin\u2019s regime takes a drastic turn when Russia starts a full-scale war in Ukraine and they are all forced into exile. The film offers a front row seat to how authoritarianism works and the lives of those who resist, which becomes all the more globally relevant every day. <br\/>Soviet-born American filmmaker Julia Loktev came to Moscow in 2021 to make a film about independent journalists being declared \u201cforeign agents\u201d by Putin\u2019s regime \u2014 as it turns out, just four months before Russia started a full-scale war in Ukraine. With her friend Anna Nemzer, a talk show host at TV Rain, Russia\u2019s last remaining independent news channel, Loktev brings us into a community of sharp, warm and funny young women speaking truth to power as they face increasing threats. Loktev filmed in Moscow during the first week of the full-scale invasion, as the journalists tried to counter Russian propaganda and report the truth on the war, until all independent media was shut down and they were forced to flee the country.      <br\/>Structured in five chapters, feeling like a cross between a Russian novel and a reality show about frighteningly real reality, Loktev\u2019s film is an extraordinary historic record of a country on the verge of fascism and an immersive and intimate inside view of the opposition in an authoritarian society, which becomes all the more globally relevant every day. <br\/><br\/>The film is shown in two parts, which can also be viewed independently of each other. If you attend the first part, you can watch the second part without paying another admission fee. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"MY UNDESIRABLE FRIENDS: PART I \u2014 LAST AIR IN MOSCOW Trailer\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rCyxXOSiRyY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Director<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-461897f4 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nihrff.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/MY-UNDESIRABLE-FRIENDS_REGIE_julia-loktev-pic-by-sandra-gomez_webseite-1024x1024.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29575\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nihrff.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/MY-UNDESIRABLE-FRIENDS_REGIE_julia-loktev-pic-by-sandra-gomez_webseite-1024x1024.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.nihrff.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/MY-UNDESIRABLE-FRIENDS_REGIE_julia-loktev-pic-by-sandra-gomez_webseite-400x400.webp 400w, https:\/\/www.nihrff.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/MY-UNDESIRABLE-FRIENDS_REGIE_julia-loktev-pic-by-sandra-gomez_webseite-100x100.webp 100w, https:\/\/www.nihrff.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/MY-UNDESIRABLE-FRIENDS_REGIE_julia-loktev-pic-by-sandra-gomez_webseite-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.nihrff.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/MY-UNDESIRABLE-FRIENDS_REGIE_julia-loktev-pic-by-sandra-gomez_webseite-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/www.nihrff.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/MY-UNDESIRABLE-FRIENDS_REGIE_julia-loktev-pic-by-sandra-gomez_webseite-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.nihrff.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/MY-UNDESIRABLE-FRIENDS_REGIE_julia-loktev-pic-by-sandra-gomez_webseite-50x50.webp 50w, https:\/\/www.nihrff.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/MY-UNDESIRABLE-FRIENDS_REGIE_julia-loktev-pic-by-sandra-gomez_webseite-1600x1600.webp 1600w, https:\/\/www.nihrff.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/MY-UNDESIRABLE-FRIENDS_REGIE_julia-loktev-pic-by-sandra-gomez_webseite-1536x1536.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.nihrff.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/MY-UNDESIRABLE-FRIENDS_REGIE_julia-loktev-pic-by-sandra-gomez_webseite-2048x2048.webp 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Julia Loktev<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Biography<\/summary>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Julia Loktev is a Russian-American film director, screenwriter, and video artist, who was born in St. Petersburg and emigrated to the USA when she was nine. She received a degree in Film and Communications from Montreal\u2019s McGill University and completed the New York University Graduate Film Program. Her first feature documentary, MOMENT OF IMPACT, won several prizes, including the Directing Award at the Sundance Film Festival and the Grand Prize at Cin\u00e9ma du Re\u00e9l. DAY NIGHT DAY NIGHT premiered in the Directors\u2019 Fortnight at Cannes. Her feature film THE LONELIEST PLANET screened at the New York Film Festival and won the Grand Jury Prize at the AFI Fest in Los Angeles. She is a recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and an Emerging Icons Award from the George Eastman Museum. She has also created several video installations, which have been shown in many galleries and museums in London, New York, Munich, Valencia, and Japan.      <\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Filmography<\/summary>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Moment of Impact (1998), Day Night Day Night (2006), The Loneliest Planet (2011), My Undesirable Friends: Part I \u2014 Last Air in Moscow (2024)<\/p>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>Links \/Contacts<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-461897f4 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>INSTAGRAM:<\/strong> @my_undesirable_friends<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>PRODUCTION: <\/strong>Marminchilla<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My Undesirable Friends: Part I \u2014 Last Air in Moscow, United States 2025, Language(s): Russian, Subtitles: English, 324 min, Directed by: Julia Loktev<x id=\"gid_0\"><\/x><x id=\"gid_1\"><\/x><br \/>International Forum<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":29568,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[407],"tags":[381,107,454,453],"class_list":["post-30486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-films-2025","tag-2025-en","tag-international-forum-en","tag-international-forum-en-2","tag-omeu-en"],"mb":[],"mfb_rest_fields":["title"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nihrff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nihrff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nihrff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nihrff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nihrff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30486"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.nihrff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30486\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32576,"href":"https:\/\/www.nihrff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30486\/revisions\/32576"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nihrff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nihrff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nihrff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nihrff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}