Russian Director Kirill Serebrennikov Found Guilty Of “Fraud” By Moscow Court
Tom Grater International Film ReporterKirill Serebrennikov, the prominent Russian filmmaker behind The Student and Leto, has been found guilty of criminal fraud by a Moscow court after a controversial trial.Supporters of Serebrennikov claim the decision is politically motivated. Yesterday, the European Film Awards published a statement backed by numerous film lobbying bodies that called for the immediate dropping of charges and said they were “a thinly veiled way to retaliate against Serebrennikov for his political criticism”.The director will be sentenced later today (June 26).