Marusya Syroechkovskaya is a Moscow-born award-winning filmmaker and visual artist who had to flee Russia in March 2022 as the crackdown on opposition voices increased. Her student short film, “Exploration of Confinement,” received a Jury Award at the 2013 New Orleans Film Festival and qualified for the 2013 Academy Awards. Syroechkovskaya also is a 2015 Nipkow Programm Fellow.
“How to Save a Dead Friend” is screening at the 2022 DOC NYC film festival, which is running from November 9-27.
W&H: Describe the film for us in your own words.
MS: A boy saves his girlfriend from killing herself but neither of them can save him. “How to Save a Dead