My Undesirable Friends: Part I - Last Air in Moscow
2025
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Synopsis
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.
Key facts
Cast
Anna Nemzer, Ksenia Mironova, Sofya Groysman, Olga Churakova, Irina Dolinina, Alesya Marokhovskaya, Elena Kostyuchenko
Original language
English
First release
August 15, 2025 (United States)
Crew
Screenplay
Julia Loktev
Producer
Julia Loktev
Cinematography
Julia Loktev
Editing
Julia Loktev, Michael Taylor
Music
Sami Buccella
Trailer
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Festival History
- Independent Spirit Awards 2026 generic - Best Documentary
- Telluride Film Festival 2026 generic - Main Program
- Berlin International Film Festival 2025 generic
- Indiewire Critics' Poll 2025 generic
- Los Angeles Film Awards 2025
- Melbourne International Film Festival 2025 generic - Episodic
- Red Dirt Film Festival 2025
- New York Film Festival 2024 generic - Main Slate
Releases & classifications
| Theatrical | United States | August 15, 2025 |
| Streaming | Brazil | April 3, 2026 |
| Streaming | Canada | April 3, 2026 |
| Streaming | Germany | April 3, 2026 |
| Theatrical | France | April 3, 2026 |
| Streaming | United Kingdom | April 3, 2026 |
| Streaming | Italy | April 3, 2026 |
| Streaming | Japan | April 3, 2026 |
| Streaming | Mexico | April 3, 2026 |
| Streaming | Turkey | April 3, 2026 |
| Streaming | United States | April 3, 2026 |
Full credits
| Director | Julia Loktev |
| Cast | Anna Nemzer, Ksenia Mironova, Sofya Groysman, Olga Churakova, Irina Dolinina, Alesya Marokhovskaya, Elena Kostyuchenko |
| Screenplay | Julia Loktev |
| Producer | Julia Loktev |
| Cinematography | Julia Loktev |
| Editing | Julia Loktev, Michael Taylor |
| Music | Sami Buccella |
| Sound | Leslie Shatz |
Identifiers & sources
| Wikidata | Q131927586 |
| IMDb | tt33075192 |
| TMDB | 1326015 |
Additional data: TMDB.
