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'Free Oleg Sentsov' Protest at #Berlinale against Russian punishment Ukrainian director

Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov was sentenced to 20 years by a Russian military court in 2015 for allegedly having terrorist plans. Amnesty International speaks of an "unfair trial". This case, previously reported here, is the subject of the documentary The Trial: The State of Russia vs Oleg Sentsov shown at the Berlinale.

The European Film Academy is doing its best to keep the protest against Sentsov's conviction alive. As on the...

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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

Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov was sentenced to 20 years by a Russian military court in 2015 for allegedly having terrorist plans. Amnesty International speaks of an "unfair trial". This case, previously reported here, is the subject of the documentary The Trial: The State of Russia vs Oleg Sentsov shown at the Berlinale.

The European Film Academy is doing its best to keep the protest against Sentsov's conviction alive. As on the...

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