KYIV — The Ukrainian authorities condemned American filmmaker Woody Allen for showing at Moscow Worldwide Movie Week.
“This can be a disgrace and an insult to the victims of Ukrainian actors and filmmakers who had been killed or injured by Russian conflict criminals in the course of the Russian aggression in opposition to Ukraine,” the Ukrainian Ministry of International Affairs mentioned in an announcement on Monday.
“By collaborating in a pageant that unites Putin supporters and mouthpieces, Allen is intentionally turning a blind eye to the atrocities that Russia has been committing in Ukraine on daily basis for 11 years. Tradition ought to by no means be used to whitewash crimes or function a software of propaganda,” the ministry added.
On Sunday, Allen spoke throughout a web-based session alongside a few of Russia’s high film administrators, cinematographers and actors, lots of whom, together with director Fyodor Bondarchuk, who interviewed Allen, have publicly supported the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Allen — who has gained 4 Oscars — talked about AI and described a go to to the USSR as a grim expertise, but additionally praised Russian cinema and mentioned he might doubtlessly make a film in Russia, though he has not but acquired any affords to take action, Russian media reported.
“If there have been related proposals, I might sit down and take into consideration what the script might be about how properly you are feeling in Moscow and St. Petersburg,” Allen mentioned.