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Georgian Film ‘The Antique’ Will Play at Venice Film Festival Overcoming Alleged Russian Censorship Attempt That Had Blocked Screenings
Georgian film 'The Antique' will play at the Venice Film Festival overcoming an alleged Russian censorship attempt that had blocked screenings
A Venice court on Wed. has ruled that Georgian director Rusudan Glurjidze’s drama “ The Antique,” which depicts the mass deportation of Georgians from the country by Russian authorities, can play at the Venice Film Festival after a legal dispute alleged to be Russian campaign against the movie had blocked its planned screenings. A statement issued by the festival’s independently run Venice Days sidebar said the court ruled “in favor of our claim and explicitly authorized the screening, in recognition of the filmmaker’s moral rights.” Venice days fought against the injunction using a a team of lawyers made up of Fabio Moretti, Manuela Molinari, and Giulio Berrino, at the international law firm Castaldipartners, which acted in concert with attorney Guendalina Ponti, that is the sidebar’s advisor.
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