My Friend From a Care Home

Arina and Nina used to only meet once a week – at activities organised for the care home where Nina lived. Now, Arina is applying to become Nina's guardian, giving the 27-year-old hope she might finally be able to leave the institution where she has lived her entire life.

Film is available on BBC iPlayer and YouTube.

PRODUCER/Director: Zlata Onufrieva

CAMERA: vLADIMIR komissarov, NIKITA ADISCHEV,

vladimir pirozhkov, zlata onufrieva

EDITOR: zLATA onufrieva, Yulia Umnyakova

Composer: Prokhor Kuznetsov

executive producer: Yulia Umnyakova

Produced by BBC, 2021

News & Reviews

“The young woman trying to adopt her friend”, BBC News, Long Reads
"Zlata Onufrieva on "My Friend From a Care Home", BBC The Fifth Floor program
"How Arina Took Nina From a Care Home to Live Together", BBC News Russian, Podcasts
On July 2021 the film was released on BBC News and BBC World TV as a two-episodes series.
The film was shortlisted at several international film festivals in Russia, USA, Brazil and other countries.