My Undesirable Friends: Part I - Last Air in Moscow

My Undesirable Friends

Opens November 28, 2025

An extraordinary vérité document of a moment of immense change and anxiety from the Russian journalistic front lines of Putin's Ukraine invasion.

Structured in five chapters, feeling like a cross between a Russian novel and a reality show about frighteningly real reality, Julia Loktev’s 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. 

This documentary will be screened and ticketed in two parts:
Chapters 1-3 - 208 min., including 10-minute intermission
Chapters 4-5 - 125 min. (no intermission)

My Undesirable Friends: Part I - Last Air in Moscow (Chapters 1-3)

USA | 2024 | 208 min. | Julia Loktev

Opens November 28, 2025

SIFF Film Center

An extraordinary vérité document of a moment of immense change and anxiety from the Russian journalistic front lines of Putin's Ukraine invasion. Chapters 1-3 (of this five-chapter documentary) will be presented with a 10 minute intermission at this screening.

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My Undesirable Friends: Part I - Last Air in Moscow (Chapters 4-5)

USA | 2024 | 125 min. | Julia Loktev

Opens November 28, 2025

SIFF Film Center

An extraordinary vérité document of a moment of immense change and anxiety from the Russian journalistic front lines of Putin's Ukraine invasion. Chapters 4-5 (of this five-chapter documentary) will be presented at this screening.

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