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    Instructions for Survival

    Yana UGREKHELIDZE 2021 Germany Documentary color 72min Georgian, Russian, E DCP
    The film is about love story of one couple Alexandre and Marie. Alexandre is a transgender and lives with his girlfriend Marie. Because of his trans identity and mark “female” in passport, Alexander has to lead a secret life. Such people like him are threatened with persecution and death in his homeland. In order to escape this hopeless situation, Marie decides to make a surrogacy. With this money, the couple wants to flee to Europe and finally live in freedom. With the time their pragmatical plan wrecks, because Alexandre and Marie fell in love with the child in Mari’s belly.

    Director

    Yana UGREKHELIDZE

    After graduating with a degree in translation and linguistics in Georgia, Yana took a diploma in film and animation at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne. Her graduation film Armed Lullaby was premiered on 69th Berlinale in Generation Section. Instructions for survival is Yana's debut film.

    Yana UGREKHELIDZE

    Director: Yana UGREKHELIDZE 

    Cinematographer: Jule Katinka CRAMER 

    Editor: Agata WOZNIAK 

    Sound: Yana UGREKHELIDZE, Malin SCHMIDT 

    Music: Lennart SAATHOFF, Mikhail KHIMAKOV 

    Sound Designer: Gerald SCHAUDER 

    Producer: Yana UGREKHELIDZE, Revaz MELIQISHVILI 

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