Sergey Loznitsa

Ukrainian director Sergei Loznitsa spoke at the Cannes Film Festival and opposed the “cancellation” of Russian culture and Russians. In an interview with AFP, he noted that it was “inhumane” to “revolt against all Russians” because of the Russian Federation’s military special operation in Ukraine.

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The director said that his position ruined relationships with many of his friends. In addition, he was expelled from the Ukrainian Film Academy for refusing to raise his voice against all Russian filmmakers and saying it would be better to “unite the freedom-loving and freethinking people of the world against Russian aggression.”

Andriy Khalpakhchi, head of the Ukrainian Film Academy and representative of the Ukrainian delegation at the Cannes Film Festival, previously said that there is no such thing as “good Russians” at the moment. In his opinion, the composer noted that it is not even appropriate to include the music of Pyotr Tchaikovsky at Cannes (a film called “Tchaikovsky’s Wife” was presented at the film festival by Russian director Kirill Serebrennikov).

said Loznica.

Adapted from the book of the director, Winfried Georg Sebald, at the Cannes Film Festival, and World War II.

Loznitsa commented.

He noted that the Ukrainian people did not expect hostilities on their land to be “so brutal and destructive”.