Ukrainian filmmakers protest Russian ‘genocide’ at Cannes premiere

Sirens wailed, people’s faces were censored — but it isn’t Ukraine. It’s the Cannes Film Festival.

Members of the production team for “Butterly Vision,” by Ukrainian director Maksym Nakonechni, protested the ongoing war in Ukraine while on the red carpet Wednesday.

In front of Salle Debussy, the second-largest theater in Cannes, the team — including producers Darya Bassel and Yelizaveta Smit, plus actress Rita Burkovska — held a banner that read, “Russians kill Ukrainians. Do you find it offensive or disturbing to talk about this genocide?”

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