Filmmaker Agnieszska Holland, president of the European Film Academy, criticized the festival for including Kirill Serebrennikov’s “Tchaikovsky’s Wife,” calling for a boycott of all Russian cultural imports in response to the war in Ukraine.
“If it were up to me, I would not include Russian films in the official program of the festival — even if Kirill Serebrennikov is such a talented artist,” said Holland. The 73-year-old filmmaker, whose 1990 Holocaust drama “Europa Europa” was nominated for an Oscar, was speaking at a roundtable event in support of Ukrainian filmmakers, as reported byIn a phone interview with The Washington Post from Cannes, Holland elaborated on her position.
“It doesn’t mean that I want to cancel Russian culture altogether,” she said. “I think it’s just not the right time to go on the red carpets and celebrate films that are made in Russia with Russian money.”While some defend Serebrennikov, calling him a dissident artist, Holland said it isn’t that simple, at least not for an artist partially funded by an oligarch.
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