A group of Russian journalists at the Berlinale have published an open letter to festival leadership, questioning their selection of controversial Russian film “Dau. Natasha” in an “era marked by t…
, the open letter reads, “We are writing to you to register our deep concern about the ethics of including ‘Dau. Natasha’ in the main competition of the Berlinale. The circumstances of the film’s creation have been extensively covered in both domestic and foreign media, and made clearer still during a recent Berlinale Talents Q&A with the authors.
“And finally, does your admission of this film into the main competition mean that the Berlinale supports and encourages mistreatment of talent in the name of art? What artistic goals, in your opinion, were met by the authors’ methods that could not be met in a respectful and non-abusive environment?”
Its publication on the day of the Berlinale awards ceremony could be strategic, drawing attention to a film that has a very real shot of earning a prize at the festival. The “Dau” shoot involved hundreds of thousands of non-professional actors, including real-life prison guards, artists and scientists, who lived full-time on site, cut off from the outside world — even when cameras were not rolling.
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