The head of an international film festival in Lithuania has expressed support for the proposed boycott of Russian cinema, despite the majority of major fests declining to join the movement.
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04.03.2022 - 16:15 / deadline.com
Good afternoon Insider team. Max Goldbart back in the saddle for your weekly dose of news as the Russia/Ukraine invasion continues to have huge ramifications for the film and TV world and vice versa.
World moves against Russia: It’s been genuinely hard to keep track of goings on over the past seven days as we enter the second week of the conflict but the film and TV world (not to mention sport) has acted. Major distributors BBC Studios, ITV Studios, All3Media International, Fremantle and Banijay have all paused trade with Russia. Film and TV markets including Mip TV, NATPE, Cannes and Series Mania have effectively barred official Russian presence. The general response from film festivals such as Venice, Toronto and the Cannes sidebars have been to ban presences but not movies, although some including Glasgow and Stockholm have pulled Russian pics. The European Film Academy urged a boycott of Russian films and said they would be excluded from the European Film Awards. Netflix planted its flag in the sand Wednesday when it paused all productions and acquisitions in Russia and the biggest U.S. studios have all halted theatrical distribution. All these decisions came as Ukrainian media organizations called for “media sanctions” to be imposed on Vladimir Putin’s state, and the film and TV world clearly answered. Russian news channels RT and Sputnik have been banned across the EU on linear while Google Europe has removed them from YouTube, and the UK regulator is probing RT for 27 impartiality breaches. This is just a small summary of what’s been taking place.
Boycotts: Spare a thought for those in the Russian media world who are not exactly cheering Putin on. A group of 40 professionals, who Deadline has chosen not to name,
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deadline.com
21.03.2022 / 15:09
Rosamund Pike Joins Protest Outside Russia’s London Embassy
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nme.com
18.03.2022 / 19:09
Rammstein’s Till Lindemann helped stranded Ukrainian refugee find shelter in Berlin
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manchestereveningnews.co.uk
17.03.2022 / 21:31
Roman Abramovich 'owes the Queen £10,000 in rent' for London mansion
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manchestereveningnews.co.uk
16.03.2022 / 11:25
Ukraine latest as hopes raised for peace after NATO compromise despite Putin 'urged to launch missile at USA'
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hollywoodlife.com
14.03.2022 / 19:45
Elon Musk Challenges Putin To A Fight: Winner Takes Ukraine
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manchestereveningnews.co.uk
14.03.2022 / 02:51
Prime Minister says UK will pursue more options for 'bolstering Ukraine's self-defence'
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nme.com
13.03.2022 / 01:53
Henry Rollins on Ukraine conflict: “No one in Ukraine’s life is what it was”
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ok.co.uk
12.03.2022 / 21:23
Everything you need to know about ex-Miss Ukraine Anastasiia Lenna as she trains to fight Russian troops
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dailyrecord.co.uk
12.03.2022 / 19:45
BBC Strictly Come Dancing's Russian pros told to 'condemn war or never come back' by co-stars
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deadline.com
03.03.2022 / 20:19
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ok.co.uk
02.03.2022 / 15:55
Dan Walker forced to apologise as BBC guest swears at Vladimir Putin live on air
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