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‘Xoftex’ Director Noaz Deshe Works on Ukraine Documentary With Pussy Riot’s Pyotr Verzilov, ‘House of Cards’ Creator Beau Willimon
Noaz Deshe, whose 'Xoftex' world premiered at Karlovy Vary, is working on a Ukraine documentary made with Beau Willimon, Pussy Riot's Pyotr Verzilov.
Deshe tells Variety the new film is a documentary set in Ukraine, which is a collaboration with Russian dissident Pyotr Verzilov – an artist and member of the anti-Kremlin performance art group Pussy Riot – and “House of Cards” creator Beau Willimon. Inspired by a vast Greek refugee camp named Softex just north of Thessaloniki, that houses mostly Arab asylum seekers fleeing war in the Middle East, “Xoftex” is a liminal space where time loses its meaning as people who have lost all control over their own lives await bureaucratic decisions that will decide their destiny. The film emerged from a documentary project Deshe began after visiting Softex, having been told that the rows of converted cargo container that housed the refugees was the “worst” camp in Greece.
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