The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) has cancelled screenings of the documentary 'Russians At War', following threats that indicated a significant risk to public safety. The film, which offers an unflinching look at the horrors of war in Ukraine, was set to have its North American premiere at TIFF.
Protesters gather outside the Toronto International Film Festival screening of 'Russians at War', a documentary about Russian troops fighting in Ukraine , in Toronto on Sept. 10.
The cancellation follows TVO’s announcement earlier this week that it would no longer be supporting or airing the film, as well as criticism of the film voiced by some high-profile figures, including Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland. The producers of the film called it heartbreaking and “shockingly unCanadian” and are calling for an investigation.
Anastasia Trofimova’s film is a no-holds-barred reproach of war in general. It is a raw, unflinching documentation specifically of the war going on right now in Ukraine. You can feel the cold and the desperation as you watch. The bombed-out buildings in Ukraine, the Russian body bags. You can almost smell the death.this is not. This is eye-opening and gutting. The only “propaganda” this documentary serves up is an anti-war message that should be delivered as far and wide as possible.
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