Instructions for Survival

The film “Instructions for Survival” will be part of the main program of the “One World” festival. It will be possible to watch it online from the comfort of your home. The stream will launch on November 6th at 12pm and will be available for the next 24 hours.

Instructions for Survival / Yana Ugrekhelidze / Germany 2021 / 72 min. – 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, Alexandre 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 Marieʼs belly.

Language: Georgian, Russian, English

Subtitles: Slovak, English

Topic: Gender Equality