Ukrainian Filmmaker Sergeui Loznitsa Speaks Against Calls For Russian Boycott (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comElsa Keslassy International CorrespondentSergeui Loznitsa, the award-winning Ukrainian filmmaker of “Donbass” and “Babi Yar Context,” has spoken against the boycott of Russian films.
Loznitsa said today in a letter that “many friends and colleagues, Russian filmmakers, have take stand against this insane war.” “When I hear today these calls to ban Russian films, I think of these people, who are good people.
They are victims as we are of the agression,” added the filmmaker who previously expressed his dissatisfaction with the European Film Academy who made a comment which he considered too mild about the Russian invasion of Ukraine. “On February 2022, as the Russian soldiers had just started invading Ukraine, the very first message I received was from my friend Viktor Kossakovski, a Russian filmmaker who said, “Forgive me.
This is a catastrophe. I’m so ashamed.” Then later that day, Andreï Zviaguintsev, who is still weakened by a long illness, recorded his message in a video,” said Loznitsa. “What is happening before our eyes if horrible, but I’m asking you to not fall into craziness.
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