






How to Save a Dead Friend
Synopsis
Marusya is 16 and, like many Russian teenagers, is determined to end her life. Then she meets her soulmate in another millennial, Kimi. They spend a decade filming the euphoria and anxiety, the happiness and misery of their youth, muzzled by a violent and autocratic regime in the midst of a “depressed Russia”. This film is a cry from the heart, a tribute to an entire silenced generation. [Visions du Réel]Cast & Crew
- Director
- Producer
- Director of photography
- Editor (Cut)
- Original Score
Festivals/awards
2022Special Mention – Visions du Reel
IndieLisboa International Film Festival
ACID Cannes
DOK.fest Munich
Wild Dreamer Award – Subversive Film Festival Croatia
DOCAVIV
Underhill Fest
Documentaire sur grand écran
Resistance Cinema
Golden Apricot IFF
Guanajuato IFF
:DOKUFEST , Prizren, Kosovo
Nordisk Panorama, Malmö, Schweden
IDFA – Best of Fests
Golden Key – 39 Kassel Documentary FF
Grand Prix long-métrageat– IFF d'Amiens
Festival Les Ecrans Documentaires
shortlisted European Film Award 'European Documentary'
Youth Jury Award (UPV/EHU) from ZINEBI64
Cork IFF
Grand Jury Prize – 13 DOC NYC
2023
CROSSING EUROPE Linz
World Sales
Cast & Crew
Marusya SyroechkovskayaKsenia Gapchenko (Docs Vostok), Mario Adamson (Sisyfos Film )
Marusya Syroechkovskaya, Kimi Morev
Qutaiba Barhamji
Felix Mikensky