2024-09-06 20:47:36
“Vomit”, “shame”, “propaganda”… Ukrainian political and cultural figures expressed their anger on Friday after the competition presentation at the Venice film festival of a documentary by a Russian-Canadian director giving the The Russian army has voice, condemned as “Russian threat”.
The Russian-Canadian director Anastasia Trofimova presented “Russians at War” in Venice after spending several months on the Ukrainian front in a Russian battalion, gathering the testimonies of the soldiers who made a documentary.
“Ignore war crimes in silence”
In a message published on social networks, the head of the presidential administration Andriï Iermak described as “shameful” the fact that what he described as a “propaganda film” was shown in Venice. He believed that “people of Russian culture” had no right to “work in the civilized world.”
Daria Zarivna, a Ukrainian adviser and adviser to Yermak, is convinced that the film is intended to “justify” the actions of the Russian army, and accuses Anastasia Trofimova of “ignoring war crimes” attributed to the Moscow forces.
Ukrainian producer Darya Bassel, who said she saw the film during the festival in Venice, is convinced that it is a “perfect example of pure Russian propaganda” in which the army repeats the Kremlin’s arguments to justify the invasion of Ukraine.
“Family”
According to her website, Anastasia Trofimova has already produced several documentaries in Syria, Iraq and Congo, mainly for the Russian state channel RT, authorized in the European Union and the United States.
Ukrainian filmmaker Iryna Tsilyk compared Anastasia Trofimova’s desire to promote a message of peace through her documentary to “vomit”.
He also criticized the organizers of the Venice festival for choosing to present “something that stinks.”
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