Cannes film festival bans Russia delegations from 2022 event
India TV NewsA statement has been issued by the Cannes Film Festival, commenting on calls for a boycott of Russian cinema and said it will bar Russian delegations but not filmmakers. According to Variety, the statement read, "As the world has fallen into a grave crisis and sees a part of Europe in a state of war, the Cannes Film Festival would like to express all its support to the Ukrainian people and to all those who are currently in Ukraine." The festival said it will not welcome official Russian delegations and "will not accept even the smallest presence of any institutions linked to the Russian government." In recent years, the French festival has turned a spotlight on a new generation of politically-engaged Russian filmmakers like Kirill Serebrennikov, whose last two movies, 'Petrov's Flu' and 'Leto', have competed at the festival.
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