The Shadow of “Dau” in Venice: How Russian Money and Kharkiv Sets Stirred World Cinema Once Again
Life | 18 August, 2026 at 16:36 | 247 | Author: Olena Zeleninа

Collage by Olena Zelenina.
The international film community is shaking once again from a high-profile scandal surrounding the 83rd Venice Film Festival. The official demarche by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine was triggered by the inclusion of the latest offspring of the controversial project "Dau" by Russian director Ilya Khrzhanovsky in the festival program.
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