{"id":453029,"date":"2022-05-25T22:27:23","date_gmt":"2022-05-25T19:27:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/ukrainian-filmmakers-protest-russian-genocide-at-cannes-premiere\/"},"modified":"2022-05-25T22:27:23","modified_gmt":"2022-05-25T19:27:23","slug":"ukrainian-filmmakers-protest-russian-genocide-at-cannes-premiere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ukrainian-filmmakers-protest-russian-genocide-at-cannes-premiere\/","title":{"rendered":"#Ukrainian filmmakers protest Russian &#8216;genocide&#8217; at Cannes premiere"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a4167ec41e01\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a4167ec41e01\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ukrainian-filmmakers-protest-russian-genocide-at-cannes-premiere\/#%E2%80%9CUkrainian_filmmakers_protest_Russian_%E2%80%98genocide_at_Cannes_premiere%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Ukrainian filmmakers protest Russian &#8216;genocide&#8217; at Cannes premiere&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CUkrainian_filmmakers_protest_Russian_%E2%80%98genocide_at_Cannes_premiere%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Ukrainian filmmakers protest Russian &#8216;genocide&#8217; at Cannes premiere&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Sirens wailed, people\u2019s faces were censored \u2014 but it isn\u2019t Ukraine. It\u2019s the Cannes Film Festival.<\/p>\n<p>Members of the production team for \u201cButterly Vision,\u201d by Ukrainian director Maksym Nakonechni, protested the ongoing war in Ukraine while on the red carpet Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>In front of Salle Debussy, the second-largest theater in Cannes, the team \u2014\u00a0including producers Darya Bassel and Yelizaveta Smit, plus actress Rita Burkovska \u2014\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/politics-news\/cannes-2022-ukraine-filmmakers-protest-russian-genocide-1235153989\/\">held a banner that read<\/a>, \u201cRussians kill Ukrainians. Do you find it offensive or disturbing to talk about this genocide?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The sirens heard on the red carpet stairs were meant to symbolize air raids in Ukraine, while the protestors held signs that read \u201csensitive content\u201d over their faces.<\/p>\n<p>Not only were they demonstrating the ongoing devastation in Ukraine, but they were also attempting to show the extent of Russian censorship.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/maksym-nakonechnyi-cast-butterfly-vision-cannes-protest-02.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Production team protests Ukraine and Russia war\" class=\"wp-image-22409358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/maksym-nakonechnyi-cast-butterfly-vision-cannes-protest-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/maksym-nakonechnyi-cast-butterfly-vision-cannes-protest-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/maksym-nakonechnyi-cast-butterfly-vision-cannes-protest-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The group donned censorship signs over their faces while holding the banner.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The film \u201cButterfly Vision\u201d 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. <\/p>\n<p>But this isn\u2019t the first political statement seen at the film festival. On May 20, an unnamed woman s<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a>ped naked on the red carpet to protest numerous allegations of assaults on Ukrainian women at the hands of Russian soldiers. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/maksym-nakonechnyi-cast-butterfly-vision-cannes-protest-07.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Lyubomyr Valivots, Ukrainian director Maksym Nakonechnyi and Rita Burkovska \" class=\"wp-image-22409369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/maksym-nakonechnyi-cast-butterfly-vision-cannes-protest-07.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/maksym-nakonechnyi-cast-butterfly-vision-cannes-protest-07.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/maksym-nakonechnyi-cast-butterfly-vision-cannes-protest-07.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Lyubomyr Valivots (from left), Ukrainian director Maksym Nakonechnyi and actress Rita Burkovska attend the Cannes Film Festival.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">EPA<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kylebuchanan\/status\/1527691363646590977?s=20&amp;t=mz3ddtDxCA5qFoTMBjRKyA\">Her body donned the colors<\/a> of the Ukrainian flag with the words \u201cstop raping us\u201d written in paint across her stomach, but she was quickly covered by a jacket as security carried her away ahead of the premiere for George Miller\u2019s\u00a0\u201cThree Thousand Years of Longing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Then, at the screening for <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-news\/cannes-protesters-disrupt-red-carpet-1235152180\/\">Ali Abbasi\u2019s \u201cHoly Spider\u201d<\/a> on May 22, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fgeffardAFP\/status\/1528389972599853056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1528389972599853056%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hollywoodreporter.com%2Fmovies%2Fmovie-news%2Fcannes-protesters-disrupt-red-carpet-1235152180%2F\">women from the feminist movement Les Colleuses<\/a> created their own political statement. They used smoke devices to cause a spectacle as they released a banner that listed the 129 names of women who were victims of domestic violence in France since the prior film festival.<\/p>\n<p>The high-profile demonstrations come after Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky opened the film festival last week, drawing similarities between fictional war films and the ongoing crisis in his country.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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