The Ukrainian film community was outraged by the statements of the Russian director Kirill Serebrennikov, who presented his new film " In particular, he stated that he was against "

In addition, Serebrennikov stated the need to help the victims of the war, both in Ukraine and in Russia..

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“It is very important to help all the victims. There are many refugees in Ukraine, and a certain number of lives have been destroyed in Russia too... It is very important to help all the victims and help those who were sent to fight, and the families no longer have income. Cultural figures should help these people, and I do it myself,” director Irina Tsylyk, who was one of the jury members of this year’s Cannes Film Festival, is quoted as saying..

“Let’s take a closer look at what he told European journalists. Serebrennikov proposes to support not only Ukrainian families who suffered from the war, but also the families of Russian soldiers who kill Ukrainians, rape Ukrainian children, loot and so on (we have a lot of evidence that Putin did not personally do all this). Once again, Serebrennikov calls to support the families of Russians who came to commit genocide of Ukrainians right now. And he supports them himself,” added Tsylyk..

She also stated that the " ) is hardly given fairly. In addition, Tsilyk recalled that Serebrennikov rented the oligarch Roman Abramovich.

At a press conference, the director also stated that he believes that the sanctions imposed on the oligarch should be lifted..

The former head of the Goskino Filipp Ilyenko also expressed indignation at the words of Serebrennikov.. He also reproached the Ukrainian delegation at the Cannes Film Festival for the fact that the press conference of the Russian director took place at all..

Tatyana Vlasova, PR director of the Odessa Film Festival and the Ukrainian Film Academy, said that she considers Serebrennikov’s words “an excellent argument in the debate about “good Russians” and whether it is necessary to boycott all Russian culture as a phenomenon”.

Recall that the State Film Committee of Ukraine called on the Cannes Film Festival not to allow Russian films to participate.. Despite this, the film review still invited Serebryannikov with a new job..