Instructions for Survival

A profoundly honest window into one couple’s struggle to live openly, Instructions for Survival centers on Alexander, a transgender man forced to live clandestinely in the former Soviet republic of Georgia where many LGBTQ+ people still live at the margins. With no way to change the gender on his passport, Alexander is denied access to a proper job and medical care, but his secret life is not one of solitude. Surrounded by a warm, supportive family, Alexander and his doting partner Marie consider seeking asylum in another country, a way out that might only be financed if Marie takes the drastic step to become a surrogate mother.