Venice Chief Alberto Barbera Defends Selection of Russian Director Ilya Khrzhanovsky’s ‘DAU’ After Backlash: It’s ‘Not Pro-Putin Propaganda’
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Venice Film Festival artistic director Alberto Barbera took to social media on Wednesday to fight back against criticism of the inclusion of Russian filmmaker Ilya Khrzhanovsky’s “DAU” in this year’s edition. Acknowledging the “bloody and cruel war” in Ukraine, Barbera wrote in an Instagram post tha
Por Variety | 19/08/2026
Venice Film Festival artistic director Alberto Barbera took to social media on Wednesday to fight back against criticism of the inclusion of Russian filmmaker Ilya Khrzhanovsky’s “DAU” in this year’s edition. Acknowledging the “bloody and cruel war” in Ukraine, Barbera wrote in an Instagram post that “to build a web of accusations based on false […]