Global Entertainment Industry Mobilizes to Sanction Russia for the Invasion of Ukraine
02.03.2022 - 05:21
/ variety.com
Russia and Ukraine dating back to the collapse of the Soviet Union has become a full-out war with global — and commercial — reverberations. Russia’s booming film and TV industry, with its deep, government-backed coffers, lost its grip on the world stage virtually overnight amid growing fallout from Vladimir Putin’s Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine.Disney, Warner Bros., Sony and Paramount all paused distribution of new movies in Russia, and “SNL” opened last weekend’s show with a Ukrainian chorus in solidarity with the country under attack.
Cannes barred the Russian delegation from attending its May festival.For Ukraine’s creative community, the situation is a matter of life-or-death. Though the Russian attack has met with fierce Ukrainian resistance, millions have been forced into makeshift shelters to escape bombings. The United Nations has so far recorded more than 100 deaths.
On March 1, Russian bombs targeted a TV tower in Ukrainian capital Kyiv, killing at least five and blocking transmission of TV channels nationwide. Film festival organizer and producer Darya Bassel, whose documentary “A House Made of Splinters” won a director’s prize at last month’s Sundance Film Festival, fled Kyiv days ago with her family, and is based in an apartment in the western town of Chernivtsi.Bassel is among a group of filmmakers who have mobilized quickly to support those documenting Russia’s invasion of their country. The outfit has opened an office to organize the transport of means and materials to filmmakers on the front line.“For some, it’s simple stuff like food or chocolate.
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