Last month, seemingly out of nowhere, Julia Loktev’s documentary “My Undesirable Friends: Part I — Last Air in Moscow” became a frontrunner in the Oscar race for best documentary feature. The film, which focuses on independent journalists working in Russia who have been declared “foreign agents” by president Vladimir Putin’s regime, debuted at the 2024 New York Film Festival. It’s one of 15 films that secured a spot on the Oscar documentary shortlist last month.
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It’s also one of several docs on the Oscar shortlist without U.S. distribution. Other front-runners include Brandon Kramer’s “Holding Liat,” Amber Fares’s “Coexistence My Ass!” and David
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