"Indie Film Site Network (IFSN) has announced Julia Loktev's My Undesirable Friends: Part I - Last Air in Moscow as the recipient of the 2025 IFSN Advocate Award. The award was established in 2022 to highlight independent films each year that illuminate a humanitarian issue with a singular artistic vision. The top prize is awarded one million (1M) media impressions across the Indie Film Site Network, which represents The Film Stage, Hammer to Nail, IONCINEMA.com, Next Best Picture, RogerEbert.com, and Slant Magazine."
"Soviet-born American filmmaker Julia Loktev ( The Loneliest Planet, Day Night Day Night) came to Moscow in 2021 to make a film about independent journalists being declared "foreign agents" by Putin's regime-as it turns out, just four months before Russia started a full-scale war in Ukraine. With her friend Anna Nemzer, a talk show host at TV Rain, Russia's last remaining independent news channel, Loktev brings us into a community of sharp, warm, and funny young women speaking truth to power."
Indie Film Site Network (IFSN) awarded Julia Loktev's My Undesirable Friends: Part I - Last Air in Moscow the 2025 IFSN Advocate Award, granting one million media impressions across a network of outlets. The Advocate Award, established in 2022, honors independent films that illuminate humanitarian issues with singular artistic vision. Five finalists each receive 100K impressions: Cutting Through Rocks; Familiar Touch; The Perfect Neighbor; Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk; and The Voice of Hind Rajab. Soviet-born filmmaker Julia Loktev filmed in Moscow beginning in 2021 to document independent journalists labeled "foreign agents," capturing moments during the first week of a full-scale invasion.
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