Seven famous figures of Ukrainian cinema advocated a boycott of Russia after it started a war in our country. Their stories were published by Variety, and the key messages were published by Goskino of Ukraine.

In particular, Russia was condemned by actress Ada Rogovtseva, directors Roman Balayan, Sergei Bukovsky, Mikhail Ilyenko, film critics Vladimir Voitenko and Lubomir Goseiko..

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Ada Rogovtseva said that she acts as a volunteer. " When you sit in the basement at night, it's unpleasant. And when you are busy with something all day, it's not scary. I am proud that people on the front line are just like that. The people who are suffering right now are. They are brave, wonderful people,” she said..

“I was born an optimist. But in recent years, some other qualities have emerged.. I started to hate. And I really hate killers. I hate people who raise their hand against a children's hospital, raise a machine gun against a child, a helpless woman and my hero. On the 18th of this month I was supposed to play at the Kharkov Theater. While there is no place to play. And the boy I was supposed to play with was killed. He is a bright, clean, young man. He was. It's like burying a son. I know what pain is,"

Rogovtseva noted that she believes that broadcasting Russian films on festival screens is now unacceptable. " And not reasonable, kind, eternal,” she added..

“I don’t care how Putin leaves this world, whether by a shot in the head, or by strangulation with a scarf. One way or another, the end is near. But I'm worried - in fact, I'm scared - that my relatives from Moscow sent a cheerful computer card with congratulations on March 8 to my mother and wife with wishes for a peaceful sky above our heads. They, like millions of other citizens of the Russian Federation, have been brainwashed - or perhaps I would say that they have been completely brainwashed.. Billions of Putin's dollars were purposefully spent on this. And this work was occupied by the Russian cultural sphere, including cinema - "

He added that he knows for sure that since 2014 Russia has been producing films about its own army, presenting military heroes who came to “liberate” the inhabitants of Crimea and Donbass from “Ukrainian nationalists”. And the actor Porechenkov personally came to support the Russian army in the so-called "

“Russian films, for all their artistic merit, are one way or another the imperial weapon of the Russian world and should be removed from screenings on all world platforms – cinemas, streaming services, festivals and others.. This will be a real disarmament of the bloody, agonizing Russian Empire,"

“I fully support a complete boycott of Russian cinema, regardless of the civil position of some directors. Recently, a prominent Russian critic wrote a very good article about the collective responsibility of the Russian intelligentsia, including directors.. And collective responsibility entails collective retribution,” Andrey Khalapachi.

He added that he respects directors such as Alexander Sokurov and Andrey Zvyagintsev, as well as others whose lonely voices opposed Russian propaganda.. But this was not enough and today the whole world is watching the tragedy that unfolded in Ukraine.

“At last year’s Cannes Film Festival, I didn’t shake hands with my longtime friend Kirill Razlogov, director of the Moscow Film Festival, at the directors’ dinner. I felt remorse after his death, but today I am convinced that his participation in the organization of the film festival in Crimea and his tacit support for Putin's policies contributed to what is happening now.. And the blood of the murdered children in Ukraine is also on his conscience,” Khalapachi added..

“It is Russian culture and the Russian language that have always been the leading detachment of a gentle invasion into the soul, into everyday life, into communication through the masterpieces of Russian literature, poetry, cinema. Russia has always been good at hugging geniuses. Let's remember the Ukrainian Nikolai Gogol. Geniuses wanted to write, draw, sing - create. Earn. And Russia has always needed aphorisms about itself - ingenious formulas of national uniqueness, mystery, inflexibility, (. ) Russian myths about national originality, mystery, invincibility... And then it sounds: \! And the war begins,” Mikhail Ilyenko.

“It would be at least strange after the inhuman, fascist actions of Russia in Ukraine, which began on February 24, 2022, if international film festivals allow Russian films to participate in their programs this year,” Roman Balayan.

“Ukrainian directors called for a boycott of Russian cinema, and this did not go unnoticed by the French press..

However, while the Cannes Film Festival has so far been satisfied with the announcement of the refusal of official Russian delegations, not all festivals in France dedicated to Russian cinema agree to boycott screenings of Russian films.. ) Together with Ukrainian directors, I call for a boycott of Russian cinema at all film events in France and Europe,” - Lubomyr Goseiko.

To learn how Russian culture has built the foundation on which Russia's current invasion of Ukraine is based, read the article by Ekaterina Shchetkina " U.A..