The 44th Moscow International Film Festival opened on Friday as foreign representation dwindled amid the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.
Nikita Mikhalkov, head of estival, the director of the Oscar-winning Burnt by the Sun, dismissed it by saying:
“I’m interested in people coming because I’m interested in meeting us.”
Mikhalkov also praised Russia’s military operations in Ukraine.
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Russian actor Ivan Kudryavtsev (AP) attends the opening ceremony of the 44th Moscow International Film Festival in Moscow.
“Recently, the heroes are in Donbass,” he said, adding that after Russian-backed separatists began fighting the Ukrainian government in 2014, industrial growth in eastern Ukraine, two regions Russia recognized sovereignty this year. You mentioned the center.
“A new elite and a new hero are being born.
“There is actually a new world emerging, a new society. The problem is, unfortunately, not everyone understands that this is serious and will continue,” he said. I was.
The festival kicked off with the premiere of the highly anticipated Russian historical epic Land of Legends, directed by Anton Megerdichev.
