Ukrainian director denounces Russian presence at Cannes

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PARIS : Ukrainian director Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk criticised the Cannes Film Festival for including a Russian director in its line-up, as the debut filmmaker's 'Pamfir' was shown at Cannes' Directors Fortnight on Saturday.The festival has banned official Russian delegations from attending, but Russian

PARIS : Ukrainian director Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk criticised the Cannes Film Festival for including a Russian director in its line-up, as the debut filmmaker's"Pamfir" was shown at Cannes' Directors Fortnight on Saturday.

"When he's here, he is part of the Russian propaganda, and they can use him," Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk told Reuters on Saturday. The Ukrainian director Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk described the sensation of being in Cannes while his country fights against a Russian invasion as"alien". Set in the forests of western Ukraine's Chernivtsi region,"Pamfir" begins with the return of a father, Leonid, to his family after months of working in Poland.

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