France: No Russian delegation at next Cannes Film Festival due to Russian invasion

The Cannes Film Festival plans not to host Russian delegations, “nor to accept the presence of any body affiliated with the Russian government,” as long as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues, a press release said today.

“It has been decided, unless the aggression is stopped under conditions that will satisfy the Ukrainian people, not to receive official delegations from Russia or to accept the presence of any authority affiliated with the Russian government,” the world’s largest film festival said in a statement. , which will be held this year from 17 to 28 May.

“On the other hand, we want to salute the courage of all those who, in Russia, took the risk of protesting against the attack and the invasion of Ukraine,” the organizers continued, addressing “artists” and “film professionals (…) who can not be linked to these intolerable acts and those who are bombing Ukraine. ”

This is the first time that the Festival, which will be the 75th event in the spring, is dedicated to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

The first Cannes Film Festival was to take place in 1939 and open on September 1, the date of the German invasion of Poland: It was therefore canceled.

Two days later, France and Britain declared war on Germany, rejecting plans for a film festival in southern France for some time.

True to its history, which began in 1939 with the resistance to the fascist and Nazi dictatorship, the Cannes Film Festival will always be at the service of artists and film professionals, whose voices are raised to denounce violence, repression and injustices and to defend peace and freedom “, underlines the press release of the Festival.

SOURCE: ΑΠΕ-ΜΠΕ

Source: Capital

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