Leading Ukrainian film-makers call for boycott of Russian cultural ‘propaganda’

Directors demand halt to collaborations with representatives of a terrorist country that threatens to destroy the whole world'

A group of prominent Ukrainian film-makers are demanding a cultural boycott of Russia, saying that it would be an attempt to cleanse the world of the propaganda of a terrorist state".

Seven film-makers, including Roman Bondarchuk (Volcano), Nariman Aliev (Homeward), Alina Gorlova (This Rain Will Never Stop) and Valentyn Vasyanovych (Atlantis), have each released statements outlining their support of a boycott as well as their criticism of Russian film-makers who are failing to oppose the attack on Ukraine.