Trade Press Review – Ukraine invasion by Russian Army
19 May 2022
A summary of trade press articles divided in Ukrainian Perspectives, Reactions, and Repercussions on the AV industry. Updated regularly (latest entries in bold).
UKRAINIAN PERSPECTIVE
25-02-2022
Ukrainian Director Stanislav Kapralov on Fleeing Russian Bombs: ‘It’s Like We’re in a Movie’
https://variety.com/2022/politics/news/ukraine-staislav-kapralov-1235190069/
25-02-2022
Ukrainian film professionals urge the world not to remain silent
https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/422365/
25-02-2022
Ukrainian filmmakers and execs put down cameras and pick up guns in fight for their country
27-02-2022
Ukrainian director of Oscar entry ‘Bad Roads’ details arduous journey to safety
28-02-2022
Ukraine Filmmakers Unite to Send Everything From Bulletproof Vests to Power Banks to Those Documenting War (EXCLUSIVE)
https://variety.com/2022/film/global/ukraine-documentary-filmmakers-russia-war-1235191758/
28-02-2022
Ukraine’s Sergei Loznitsa resigns from EFA, criticises Academy’s response to invasion
01-03-2022
Ukrainian Filmmaker Sergei Loznitsa Speaks Against Russian Boycott (EXCLUSIVE)
https://variety.com/2022/film/global/sergeui-loznitsa-against-russian-boycott-1235192878/
03-03-2022
Ukrainian producer Denis Ivanov sends an open letter about the boycott of Russian cinema and culture
https://cineuropa.org/newsdetail/422666/
03-03-2022
Oleh Sentsov sends a statement to the international film community
https://cineuropa.org/newsdetail/422667/
04-03-2022
Earnings From Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s ‘Gulliver Returns’ Will Support Country’s Defense (EXCLUSIVE)
https://variety.com/2022/film/global/volodymyr-zelenskyy-gulliver-returns-sales-1235196524/
07-03-2022
Ukrainian Filmmakers Call for Russian Cultural Boycott, Allege Artistic Complicity
07-03-2022
Roman Bondarchuk sends a message to the international community
https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/422803/
07-03-2022
Ukrainian director Valentyn Vasyanovych asks the international community to “stop all cultural collaboration” with Russia
https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/422802/
08-03-2022
Ukrainian filmmaker Nariman Aliev joins the request to boycott Russian cinema
https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/422863/
08-03-2022
Ukrainian filmmaker Alina Gorlova sends an open letter addressing the Russian attack on Ukraine
https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/422797/
09-03-2022
Ukrainian producer Darya Bassel asks the international community to listen to Ukrainian voices
https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/422892/
09-03-2022
Ukrainian director Maryna Er Gorbach joins her colleagues in requesting the end of the Russian invasion
https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/422891/
11-03-2022
‘I am a film critic under fire in Ukraine’: one writer’s diary of her experience
12-03-2022
Kyiv-Based Molodist International Film Festival Calls on Festivals to Boycott Russian Cinema
https://variety.com/2022/global/global/molodist-kyiv-film-festival-boycott-russia-1235203056/
14-03-2022
Ukraine’s film fund chief calls on Cannes and Venice to impose total ban on Russian cinema
16-03-2022
An older generation of Ukrainian filmmakers speaks from the front
https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/423252
17-03-2022
Series Mania Jury President Julia Sinkevych ‘Scared’ to Leave Ukraine
https://variety.com/2022/global/global/series-mania-jury-julia-sinkevych-ukraine-1235206872/
18-03-2022
Ukrainian-Russian producer Alexander Rodnyansky decries move to exclude him from Russian “cultural agenda”
21-03-2022
Ukrainian Film Academy explains decision to expel director Sergei Loznitsa
24-03-2022
‘Putin is just the frontman’: Sergei Loznitsa, the Ukrainian film-maker who refuses to be cancelled
30-03-2022
Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov talks swapping red carpet for fighting on the frontline (exclusive)
04-04-2022
Lithuanian Director Mantas Kvedaravicius Reportedly Killed in Mariupol While Filming Ukrainian War Doc
https://variety.com/2022/film/global/mantas-kvedaravicius-dead-dies-mariupol-killed-1235222704/
06-04-2022
Newly-formed Ukrainian Producers’ Association announces its first seven projects
https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/423955/
08-04-2022
Ukraine’s Top Film Studio Became a Shelter for Those Fleeing War. Now, Its Staff Is Rallying for Industry Support
https://variety.com/2022/film/global/ukraine-film-ua-shelter-industry-support-1235228297/
08-04-2022
How Ukraine’s film festival teams are staying positive as they pull together Plan B through to Plan D
21-04-2022
How Ukrainian film crews are adapting to the reality of war
25-04-2022
“My task is telling stories to the world”: how Ukrainian creatives are finding purpose amid war
17-06-2022
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy Gives Emotional Cannes Opening Night Speech: ‘The Dictator Will Lose’
REACTIONS
24-02-2022
Creative Europe Ukraine statement
24-02-2022
European Film Academy Pledges Support to Ukraine Members, Explores Practical Help
https://variety.com/2022/film/global/european-film-academy-ukraine-support-1235189185/
25-02-2022
The International Coalition for Filmmakers at Risk working on an emergency fund to support Ukrainian filmmakers
https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/422372/
25-02-2022
Leading Russian producers and directors call for an “immediate end” to invasion of Ukraine
26-02-2022
Russian animation veterans sign open letter condemning invasion of Ukraine
27-02-2022
Russian filmmakers speak out in growing numbers against the war in Ukraine
28-02-2022
FERA and the Berlinale stand in solidarity with Ukrainian filmmakers
https://www.cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/422456/
28-02-2022
Leading Russian Cinematographers Speak Out Against War in Ukraine (EXCLUSIVE)
https://variety.com/2022/film/global/russian-cinematographers-open-letter-war-ukraine-1235191630/
28-02-2022
SAA Press release: Audiovisual authors’ organisations stand in solidarity with Ukraine
28-02-2022
EFAD expresses its solidarity with the Ukrainian people
28-02-2022
ECSA stands in solidarity with Ukraine
https://composeralliance.org/news/2022/2/news-from-ecsa-february-edition/
28-02-2022
Arthouse cinemas express solidarity with Ukrainian exhibitors and people of the country and take a stand against the war
28-02-2022
French Film Directors’ Guild: Filmmakers support Ukraine
https://www.la-srf.fr/article/les-cin%C3%A9astes-soutiennent-lukraine
01-03-2022
Russian Industry Responds to Boycotts Over Ukraine War: Bans Are ‘Silencing the Russian Protest Voice’
https://variety.com/2022/film/news/russia-ukraine-film-tv-boycott-industry-1235192734/
01-03-2022
Unequivocal Solidarity with Ukraine
https://www.europeanfilmacademy.org/unequivocal-solidarity-with-ukraine/
01-03-2022
UNIC stands in solidarity with ukrainian exhibitors and the ukrainian people following russian invasion
01-03-2022
EXCLUSIVE: Over 250 film professionals and institutions across the world reply to Ukrainian filmmakers’ call
https://www.cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/422482/
02-03-2022
Members of the European Film Academy Declaration of Protest
https://www.europeanfilmacademy.org/declaration-of-protest/
02-03-2022
AVACI condemns the reprehensible invasion of Ukraine and the war unleashed by Russia
02-03-2022
“Our message is getting stronger”: Russian filmmakers spread the anti-war message
02-03-2022
Belarusian film community condemns Russian invasion of Ukraine
02-03-2022
La Société des Réalisateurs de Films: Soyons justes
https://www.la-srf.fr/article/soyons-justes
02-02-2022
Polish Filmmakers Association Offers Aid to Ukrainian Refugee Filmmakers
03-03-2022
Estonian film industry calls for boycott of films from warring Russia and Belarus
03-03-2022
Ukrainians need our help and more
https://www.writersanddirectorsworldwide.org/Newsroom/council-news/ukrainians-need-our-help-and-more
03-03-2022
Cannes Critics’ Week, Directors’ Fortnight, ACID will not boycott Russian filmmakers
04-03-2022
Cinema and Film Initiatives to support Ukrainian population
04-03-2022
*Ukraine: the international industry’s latest support initiatives
04-03-2022
*The European film industry reacts to the Russian attack on Ukraine
https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/422483/
06-03-2022
*Russia’s War in Ukraine: ICFR Launches Emergency Fund for Filmmakers (Live Updates)
https://variety.com/2022/politics/global/russias-ukraine-war-media-industry-response-1235193925/
06-03-2022
KVIFF 2022: Karlovy Vary Film Festival Refuses Call to Ban All Russian Films
07-03-2022
Soutien des cineastes de l’ARP au peuple ukrainien
https://larp.fr/communiques/soutien-des-cineastes-de-larp-au-peuple-ukrainien/
07-03-2022
Declaration of the European ministers responsible for culture and media on the situation in Ukraine
08-03-2022
European Festivals Respond to Russian Invasion by Promoting Ukrainian Films
https://variety.com/2022/film/news/ukraine-films-europe-film-festivals-1235197705/
08-03-2022
Sundance Prize Winner Simon Lereng Wilmont on War’s Toll on Ukrainian Children
08-03-2022
FESTIVALS: Krakow Film Festival Hosts Docudays UA
10-03-2022
The 26th Sofia International Film Festival kicks off with a strong anti-war statement
https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/422957/
11-03-2022
U.K. Cinemas Support Ukraine With Cannes-Winning ‘Olga’ Charity Screenings
https://variety.com/2022/film/global/uk-ukraine-olga-charity-screenings-1235201783/#
11-03-2022
San Sebastián will consider titles from “dissident” Russian filmmakers
11-03-2022
The Sarajevo Film Festival adds Ukraine to its regional programmes
https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/423047/
13-03-2022
‘An Cailín Ciúin,’ ‘Kin’ Win Big at Irish Film and Television Academy Awards; Michael Moore Pays Ukraine Tribute
15-03-2022
Slovakia’s Febiofest returns and is set to pay tribute to Ukraine
https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/423189/
16-03-2022
The Russian Federation is excluded from the Council of Europe
https://www.coe.int/en/web/portal/-/the-russian-federation-is-excluded-from-the-council-of-europe
16-03-2022
Film and TV sector scrambles to react to Ukraine war
16-03-2022
Berlin Film Festival Condemns Russia’s ‘War of Aggression,’ Refuses to Boycott Filmmakers Based on Origin
https://variety.com/2022/film/global/berlin-film-festival-ukraine-russia-1235206384/
17-03-2022
Russia retaliates against sanctions by curtailing foreign owners’ IP rights
https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=4ebd16ed-9b44-48e7-a1f9-b88ab69c0ae4&l=9PPX26V
21-03-2022
FIAPF pauses accreditation for Russian film festivals “until further notice”
21-03-2022
Nu Boyana facility setting up job fairs, daycare assistance for Ukrainian arrivals (exclusive)
25-03-2022
Festivals and filmmakers grapple with moral complexities of call to boycott Russian films
30-03-2022
‘Petrov’s Flu’ director Kirill Serebrennikov leaves Russia after travel ban lifted
07-04-2022
In Vilnius, industry representatives discuss how the war in Ukraine is affecting Europe’s audiovisual industry
https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/423984/
14-04-2022
Comment: Cannes takes a stand by selecting Russian and Ukrainian filmmakers
16-06-2022
Russian Directors Confront Fleeing Putin’s War and Defy Calls for Russia Film Boycott
https://variety.com/2022/film/global/russian-directors-putin-war-film-boycott-1235267819
16-06-2022
12 European film funds join forces for Ukrainian Films Now
https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/425327/
18-06-2022
Kirill Serebrennikov Talks Russian Boycotts, Putin’s War and Oligarch Roman Abramovich
https://variety.com/2022/film/global/kirill-serebrennikov-cannes-russia-ban-1235268979/
19-06-2022
Kirill Serebrennikov calls for end of “unbearable” Russian culture boycott
AV INDUSTRY REPERCUSSIONS
24-02-2022
Eurovision Song Contest Will Still Host Both Russia, Ukraine This Spring
https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/eurovision-song-contest-russia-ukraine-1235189397/
25-02-2022
US’s Netflix to be forced to broadcast Putin propaganda
https://www.politico.eu/article/us-streaming-giant-netflix-set-to-broadcast-putin-propaganda/
26-02-2022
Ukrainian Film and TV Groups Urge Boycott of Russian Media and Business Ties
https://variety.com/2022/film/global/russian-media-boycott-ukraine-1235190945
26-02-2022
Ukrainian Film Academy calls for Russia to be expelled from Eurimages, all co-productions
28-02-2022
Roskino barred from France’s Series Mania, Russian drama showcase dropped (exclusive)
28-02-2022
London Screenings: Russian, Ukrainian Buyers Pull Out, But Week of Events Kicks Off in Stride (EXCLUSIVE)
https://variety.com/2022/tv/global/london-screenings-2022-russia-ukraine-1235191704/
28-02-2022
Ukraine to Be Stockholm Festival’s Focus Nation in 2022; ‘Rhino’ Director Oleg Sentsov Plans on Attending
https://variety.com/2022/film/global/ukraine-stockholm-festival-2022-1235191677/
28-02-2022
Netflix refuses to comply with new Russian rules
https://www.politico.eu/article/netflix-refuses-to-comply-with-russian-rules/
28-02-2022
Disney to Pause Theatrical Releases in Russia, Including ‘Turning Red,’ Due to Ukraine Invasion
https://variety.com/2022/film/news/disney-pause-theatrical-releases-russia-turning-red-1235192517/
28-02-2022
Glasgow Film Festival pulls Russian features over Ukraine invasion
01-03-2022
European Film Academy Strongly Condemns Russian War, Excludes Russian Films From European Film Awards
01-03-2022
No Russian Companies Will Attend MipTV as Organizers Will Follow ‘Government Sanction’ Against Russia
https://variety.com/2022/tv/global/miptv-russia-government-sanction-1235192756/
01-03-2022
‘The Batman’, ‘Turning Red’, ’Morbius’ releases in Russia on hold as Hollywood responds to Ukraine crisis
01-03-2022
UK producers’ body Pact calls on members to suspend working with Russia
01-03-2022
Hollywood pauses theatrical distribution in Russia as Paramount, Universal join response to Ukraine crisis
01-03-2022
Cannes Film Festival Bars Russian Delegations, Anyone With Ties to Kremlin
https://variety.com/2022/film/global/cannes-film-festival-russian-boycott-1235192969/
02-03-2022
Ukrainian Producer Julia Sinkevych to be Series Mania Jury President
02-03-2022
Venice Biennale Issues Statement in Support of Ukraine, But Fest Will Not Ban Russian Filmmakers
https://variety.com/2022/film/festivals/venice-ukraine-russia-boycott-1235193956/
02-03-2022
Netflix Pauses All Projects, Acquisitions From Russia (EXCLUSIVE)
https://variety.com/2022/tv/global/netflix-pauses-russia-projects-acquisitions-1235194200/
03-03-2022
TIFF bans state-backed Russian delegations from festival, will programme independent Russian films
04-03-2022
Russia Passes Censorship Law Threatening Imprisonment, Forced Labor Over ‘Fake News’
https://variety.com/2022/politics/news/russia-censorship-law-fake-news-1235196208/
04-03-2022
What impact is the Russian boycott beginning to have on the industry?
06-03-2022
Netflix Suspends Service in Russia Amid Invasion of Ukraine
https://variety.com/2022/digital/news/netflix-suspends-service-russia-ukraine-invasion-1235197390/
07-03-2022
‘F@ck This Job’ Director Vera Krichevskaya: ‘There Is No Space’ for Free Speech Under Putin
https://variety.com/2022/film/news/vera-krichevskaya-russia-censorship-1235197646/
07-03-2022
Tallinn Black Nights to present five Ukrainian projects at Cannes market
08-03-2022
Ukraine’s Recent Oscar Entries ‘Bad Roads,’ ‘Donbass’ and Sundance Docu Nabbed By Film Movement (EXCLUSIVE)
https://variety.com/2022/film/global/film-movement-bad-roads-donbass-1235198891/#
09-03-2022
Discovery Suspends Operations in Russia Amid War on Ukraine, 15 Channels Will Go Off Air
https://variety.com/2022/tv/global/discovery-russia-channels-war-ukraine-1235199756/
09-03-2022
Chinese Streamer iQiyi Seeks Funding as it Blocks Ukraine Coverage, Courts Controversy Over Korean Drama
https://variety.com/2022/tv/asia/iqiyi-funding-ukraine-soccer-korea-1235199740/
09-03-2022
WarnerMedia ‘Pausing All New Business’ in Russia, Jason Kilar Reveals in Memo
https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/warnermedia-russia-pause-business-ukraine-1235199894/
10-03-2022
Disney ‘Taking Steps to Pause’ All Business in Russia
https://variety.com/2022/film/news/disney-halts-business-russia-1235201223/
15-03-2022
Ukraine and Russian firms push ahead with business at Hong Kong’s Filmart
15-03-2022
Productions eye a move away from eastern European locations due to Ukraine war (exclusive)
15-03-2022
Paramount Pauses Russian Operations, Makes $1 Million Donation for Humanitarian Relief
https://variety.com/2022/film/global/paramount-russia-operations-donation-1235205339/
15-03-2022
China Entertainment Shares Crash as Red Lights Flash on Ukraine, Regulation and the Return of COVID
https://variety.com/2022/biz/news/china-entertainment-shares-crash-1235205154/
17-03-2022
Will The Ukraine War Permanently Damage Russia’s Role as Eastern Europe’s Alpha Distribution Market?
https://variety.com/2022/film/global/russia-ukraine-distributors-film-1235203599/
17-03-2022
The ‘Russian Arm’ — Made in Ukraine — Gets a Name Change
https://variety.com/2022/film/news/russian-arm-filmotechnic-ukraine-1235206784/
18-04-2022
No blockbusters, no lamps: how Russian cinemas are being impacted by western sanctions