Venice Chief Alberto Barbera Defends Selection of Russian Director Ilya Khrzhanovsky’s ‘DAU’ After Backlash: It’s ‘Not Pro-Putin Propaganda’

Venice Film Festival creator manager Alberto Barbera took to societal media connected Wednesday to combat backmost against disapproval of the inclusion of Russian filmmaker Ilya Khrzhanovsky’s “DAU” successful this year’s edition. Acknowledging the “bloody and cruel war” successful Ukraine, Barbera wrote successful an Instagram station that “to physique a web of accusations based connected mendacious […]