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European Producers Club Calls On Film Community To Unite Against “Disgraceful” Russian Jail Sentence For Alexander Rodnyansky
European Producers Club voices support for Ukrainian producer Alexander Rodnyansky after Russian court sentenced him to 8.5 years in prison.
The sentence was related to charges of spreading fake news about Russia ’s war in Ukraine, after the producer posted on social media against Russian missile attacks on a maternity hospital in Mariupol and andother civilian targets in Kyiv, Dnieper and Zaporozhye in the early days of the 2022 invasion. Prior to the war in Ukraine, hia productions regularly represented Russia in the Best International Feature Film category at the Academy Awards, including Leviathan(2014) and Loveless(2017) and most recently Beanpole (2019) and Unclenching The Fists (2021). The producer’s current slate includes Laszlo Nemes’ long-awaited new picture Orphan, which is post-production, and Amy Adams- and Murray Bartlett-starrer At the Sea, from Kornel Mundruczó.
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