Instructions for Survival
w/ Everyman & Joychild
- At Home Only
Monday October 18th 2021, 12:00 am - Thursday, October 21st @ 11:59 am
Film Details
Runtime: 72 Minutes
Language: In Georgian and Russian w/ English subtitles
Director: Yana Ugrekhelidze
Country: Germany, 2021
Genre: Documentary, Political, Trans
STREAMING ONLY ON OUTSHINE AT HOME
OCTOBER 18 - 21
Alexander is a transgender person who has lived with his girlfriend Marie for more than seven years. Because of the designation “female” on his passport and his trans identity, Alexander cannot find a job and has to lead a secret life. Violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity brings the couple to make the decision to leave their homeland. To afford this exodus, Marie signs a contract to be a surrogate mother. Instructions for Survival narrates the love between two people whose lives are a constant battle but who stick together against all odds.
PRECEDED BY SHORT FILMS:
JOY CHILD
Director: Aurora Brachman, 6 minutes, USA, 2020
Soft-spoken yet resolute, a young child remembers the joys and fears that go hand-in-hand with coming out, shot in beautifully evocative black and white 16mm film.
EVERYMAN
Director: Jack Goessens, 12 minutes, Scotland, 2021
A personal, visual essay about gender transition – focusing on the social context and implications and exploring how the world is different living as female compared to being perceived as male. The director Jack Goessens tells his story by using and reframing gender focused tropes and imagery from popular culture, mythology, history and art.
OCTOBER 18 - 21
Alexander is a transgender person who has lived with his girlfriend Marie for more than seven years. Because of the designation “female” on his passport and his trans identity, Alexander cannot find a job and has to lead a secret life. Violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity brings the couple to make the decision to leave their homeland. To afford this exodus, Marie signs a contract to be a surrogate mother. Instructions for Survival narrates the love between two people whose lives are a constant battle but who stick together against all odds.
PRECEDED BY SHORT FILMS:
JOY CHILD
Director: Aurora Brachman, 6 minutes, USA, 2020
Soft-spoken yet resolute, a young child remembers the joys and fears that go hand-in-hand with coming out, shot in beautifully evocative black and white 16mm film.
EVERYMAN
Director: Jack Goessens, 12 minutes, Scotland, 2021
A personal, visual essay about gender transition – focusing on the social context and implications and exploring how the world is different living as female compared to being perceived as male. The director Jack Goessens tells his story by using and reframing gender focused tropes and imagery from popular culture, mythology, history and art.
