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Ukrainian filmmakers protest Russian ‘genocide’ at Cannes premiere

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Cannes Film Festival.Members of the production team for “Butterly Vision,” by Ukrainian director Maksym Nakonechni, protested the ongoing war in Ukraine while on the red carpet Wednesday.In front of Salle Debussy, the second-largest theater in Cannes, the team — including producers Darya Bassel and Yelizaveta Smit, plus actress Rita Burkovska — held a banner that read, “Russians kill Ukrainians.

Do you find it offensive or disturbing to talk about this genocide?”The sirens heard on the red carpet stairs were meant to symbolize air raids in Ukraine, while the protestors held signs that read “sensitive content” over their faces.Not only were they demonstrating the ongoing devastation in Ukraine, but they were also attempting to show the extent of Russian censorship.The film “Butterfly Vision” explores a similar idea, albeit in a fictional world.

While the film is set before the current war, it details the journey of a female soldier who flees Russia and returns to Ukraine after being held as a prisoner of war.

But this isn’t the first political statement seen at the film festival. On May 20, an unnamed woman stripped naked on the red carpet to protest numerous allegations of assaults on Ukrainian women at the hands of Russian soldiers.

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