A still from the documentary Russians At War' is shown in a handout. Ukrainian officials are calling on the Toronto International Film Festival to pull the documentary about Russian soldiers from its schedule.
Russians at War tries to absolve Russian soldiers of responsibility for the invasion of Ukraine, Ukrainian Consul General Oleh Nikolenko writes in letter to film festival CEO.A still from the documentary Russians At War is shown in a handout. Ukrainian officials are calling on the Toronto International Film Festival to pull the documentary about Russian soldiers from its schedule.
The documentary from Russian Canadian director Anastasia Trofimova premiered at the Venice Film Festival last week and is set to make its North American debut at TIFF on Friday. "I want to be clear that this Canada-France co-production is an antiwar film made at great risk to all involved, myself especially," she said.
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