Instructions for Survival

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
Directed byYana Ugrekhelidze
Written byYana Ugrekhelidze
Produced byYana Ugrekhelidze
CinematographyJule Katinka Cramer
Edited byAgata Wozniak
Music byLennart Saathoff
Production
company
FEM Management for Film
Release date
  • 13 June 2021 (2021-06-13) (Berlin)
Running time
72 minutes
CountryGermany
LanguagesGeorgian
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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