The State Film Agency of Ukraine, with the support of the Mayor’s Office of Cannes, held a charity “silent” auction within the framework of the Cannes Film Festival, in which funds were raised to support the Ukrainian film industry, which suffered as a result of Russia’s full-scale invasion of our country. According to Ukrinform, more than 50,000 euros were collected during the auction.

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Among the lots put up for auction were the storyboards of the legendary film " In addition, paintings by Ivan Marchuk and a book by David Lynch with his autograph were presented..

The headliner of the evening was the group KAZKA, which took the stage together with the Swiss musicians Kadebostany. The hosts of the evening were Ekaterina Osadchaya and Yuri Gorbunov.

Recall that President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky spoke at the opening of the Cannes Film Festival. He compared the events of Russia's full-scale invasion of our country with World War II.. Citing Charlie Chaplin's satire on fascism "