Major concerns over fate of Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov - eight weeks on hunger strike in Russian captivity

by Leo Bankersen
10 July 201829 March 2022
3 min read
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Het wereldkampioenschap voetbal is natuurlijk geweldige pr voor Rusland en Poetin. De Russische autoriteiten zouden dat nog kunnen versterken door nog eens goed te kijken naar de zaak van Oleg Sentsov. Deze Oekraïense filmmaker werd veroordeeld tot twintig jaar gevangenschap. Aldus Mike Downey, vice-voorzitter van de European Film Academy tegenover The Hollywood Reporter. Sentsovs hongerstaking gaat nu de negende week in. Ik ben niet de enige die zich grote zorgen maakt over de goede afloop. Eer...

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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

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