Broadcast and cable networks carried Joe Biden’s press conference in Brussels, where he is meeting with NATO allies, and reporters keyed in on one possibility: That Russia would use chemical weapons in the Ukraine war.
Will The Ukraine War Permanently Damage Russia’s Role as Eastern Europe’s Alpha Distribution Market?
17.03.2022 - 12:17 / variety.com
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24 has reverberated across the film industry locally and globally.
The effects, insiders tell Variety, will be felt for decades. In terms of distribution, they may even be permanent.Russia’s designation as a pariah state has seen major film festivals such as Venice and Cannes bar the presence of Russian government agencies and state-backed content at their events, while global companies and studios including Disney and WarnerMedia have paused all activities in the country.Inevitably, these restrictions have also impacted Russian filmmakers who are critical of their country’s president, Vladimir Putin — and the sales agents and distributors handling their movies.
France-based Pulsar Content represents “The Execution,” Lado Kvataniva’s Russian thriller, which world premiered at Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas. Last month, it was pulled from the Glasgow Film Festival.“We’ve already sold it in many countries and distributors we’ve spoken to are behind it; they want to keep supporting talented auteurs,” Pulsar Content co-founder Marie Garrett tells Variety.
Yet despite the support, Garrett acknowledges that the film’s release will now likely be delayed.Before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Garrett had been working on selling another film, “Olga” by Elie Grappe, to a Russian distributor. A coming-of-age tale about a Ukrainian gymnast living in exile in Switzerland, “Olga” would have been a bold move for a Russian banner considering the film, which bowed at Cannes’ Critics Week, gives a Ukrainian perspective on the Euromaidan revolt, which erupted in Kyiv in 2013.But now, Russian distributors, many of whom are also against Putin’s oppressive regime, are seeing both their country and their
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