The Cannes Film Festival in France, one of the three major film festivals in the world, has begun.
This time, Russia's military invasion of Ukraine prevented the participation of Russian officials, while the work of the Russian director who criticized the Putin administration was nominated for the competition section competing for the highest award Palmdor. It is a film festival that puts out a message of anti-war.
The Cannes Film Festival kicked off on the 17th in Cannes, southeastern France.
Following Russia's military invasion of Ukraine, the film festival has taken an unusual policy of not allowing Russian officials and officials to participate, and at the opening ceremony, Ukrainian President Zelensky also sent a video message. I want movies to convey the value of freedom. "
Until the 28th of this month, many works dealing with Russia and Ukraine will be screened, and among them, in the competition section competing for Palmdor, Russia's Kirill, who has criticized the Putin administration for his works that satirize Russian society. "Tchaikovsky's wife" directed by Celebrennikov has been nominated.
A documentary film by a Lithuanian director who was killed by Russian troops during a film shoot last month in Mariupol, eastern Ukraine, will also be screened.
The work of a talented Japanese director is also attracting attention, and the "Baby Broker" produced in Korea by director Hirokazu Koreeda of the "Shoplifters" who won the Palme d'Or in 2018 raised the issue of dignified death to the competition category. Director Chie Hayakawa's "PLAN 75" has been nominated for the "A Certain Perspective" category, which is a collection of innovative works.