The Cannes Film Festival He decided exclude Russian delegations and to “all instances related to the Russian Government” while the invasion of Ukraine lasts. The announcement, made this Tuesday, March 1 in a statement, adds a new veto to the several that Vladimir Putin’s country already accumulates in areas such as economics, sports and culture.
The organization of the festival did not expressly speak of a possible sanction for Russian films, although he did clarify that the prohibition against delegations and instances will remain in force until the war ends under “conditions that satisfy the Ukrainian population.”
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“However modest, we join our voice to that of all those who oppose this unacceptable situation and denounce the attitude of Russia and its leaders,” reported the contest, whose 75th edition will be held from May 17 to 28 of this year.
“We want to honor the courage of all those in Russia who have risked protesting against the aggression and invasion of Ukraine. Among them are artists and film professionals who have never stopped fighting the current regime and should not be associated with those intolerable acts and those who bomb Ukraine,” the message continues.
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Cannes recalls that its history began in 1939, “in resistance to the fascist and Nazi dictatorships”, and ensures that it will be “at the service of artists and film professionals, whose voices are raised to denounce violence, repression and injustices, and to defend peace and freedom.”
The film festival expressed concern for Ukrainian artists and film professionals, as well as their families. “We know some of them and we have welcomed them in Cannes through works that, all of them, say a lot about the history and the present of Ukraine,” they indicated.
With information from EFE and AFP