Cannes Report Day 3: ‘Tchaikovsky’s Wife’ Director Calls for Lifting of Sanctions on Russian Oligarch

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previously asked U.S. President Biden specifically not to sanction Abramovich and that the oligarch had worked to help Ukraine because of his ties to the film industry.Serebrennikov also more broadly advocated against the outright banning of Russian culture as a way to protest the war. “We should avoid boycotting theater, cinema, on the contrary this is what makes people feel alive,” he said. “Boycotting Russian culture strikes me as unbearable.

Russian culture has always promoted human values visa vie people’s souls. Russian culture has been anti-militaristic. People who trigger wars throw people in the trenches and they’re not interested in people’s pain.”Neon Takes Director’s Fortnight Horror Film ‘Enys Men’Neon acquired the North American rights to “Enys Men,” a horror film from director Mark Jenkin (“Bait”) that is premiering in the Director’s Fortnight section of Cannes.Mary Woodvine and Edward Rowe star in the film that was shot on 16mm color negative using a 1970s clockwork Bolex camera and post sync sound and was made to give the feel of discovering a mysterious old roll of celluloid.

Inspired by “Don’t Look Now,” “The Wickerman” and “Straw Dogs,” the film is set in 1973 off the British coast at an uninhabited island and follows a wildlife volunteer who descends into a journey on the island that challenges her grip on reality.“Enys Men” is produced by Denzil Monk for Bosena.

Johnny Fewings serves as executive producer. Film4 co-financed the film, with Ben Coren and Lauren Dark serving as executive producers, and Kingsley Marshall for Sound/Image Cinema Lab.Neon’s Sarah Colvin negotiated the North America deal with Protagonist Pictures’ George Hamilton who are also representing the worldwide sales rights.Crunchyr.