Today from 17:00-20.00 hrs, the UvA Film Club will host their weekly screening in the Co-Working Space of BuzzHouse / Humanities Venture Lab! This week's film is How to Save a Dead Friend (Marusya Syroechkovskaya, 2022), with an introduction by Michał Bilski.

How to Save a Dead Friend (2022) is an intimate and haunting documentary that captures the fragility of youth, love, and survival in the face of despair. Filmmaker Marusya Syroechkovskaya takes us through her own life as a suicidal teenager, holding onto the belief that 2015 might be her last year alive. She illustrates a deep connection with her boyfriend, Kimi Morev - a troubled kindred spirit whose presence becomes both a source of comfort and heartbreak. “He had scars on his wrists and knew every Joy Division song by heart,” she recalls. While their love offers her glimmers of hope, Kimi battles drug abuse and depression. In the end, it is a narrative about Russian youth and an unflinching look at love, loss, and the possibility of survival.