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European Film Academy asks director Nikita Mikhalkov to advocate for jailed Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov

Just a reminder: today the appeal against the 20-year prison sentence of Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov is due to be heard in Moscow. He was arrested by the Russian Security Service last May after speaking out against Russia's annexation of Crimea and being actively involved in the pro-Western protest movement. Although the main witness withdrew his statement because it had been made under duress, the trial, in which Sentsov ...

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Leo Bankersen

Leo Bankersen has been writing about film since Chinatown and Night of the Living Dead. Reviewed as a freelance film journalist for the GPD for a long time. Is now, among other things, one of the regular contributors to De Filmkrant. Likes to break a lance for children's films, documentaries and films from non-Western countries. Other specialities: digital issues and film education.View Author posts

Just a reminder: today the appeal against the 20-year prison sentence of Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov is due to be heard in Moscow. He was arrested by the Russian Security Service last May after speaking out against Russia's annexation of Crimea and being actively involved in the pro-Western protest movement. Although the main witness withdrew his statement because it had been made under duress, the trial, in which Sentsov ...

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