He called the changes adopted in the fall of 2020 "moral fury" and said that the Soviet censorship compared to the American film academy is "just children."

"This is madness.

It's organized.

In my opinion, it is built on a kind of dehumanization, in general, in principle, justifying violence, destruction of the structure, state and power, and so on.

This is completely unacceptable for me, ”said Nikita Mikhalkov.

He added that he considers the new requirements for the films nominated for the "Oscar" discrimination.

“I think this is absolute insanity, just mirror discrimination.

Absolutely feels like discrimination.

Kissing a black man's boot ... all this taken together is devilry, in Russian speaking, ”concluded the director.

Earlier it became known that the Filipino director, chairman of the jury of the main competition of the MIFF, Briyante Mendoza, fell ill with coronavirus.