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Three Russia-themed anti-war films shortlisted for Oscars
Three shortlisted films expose Kremlin repression and wartime realities, highlighting activists and journalists with one film's subject sentenced to seven years in 2023.
- Wednesday, three films about Russian anti-Kremlin journalists and activists were shortlisted by the Academy, a move critics said carried an anti-war message.
- David Borenstein's film draws on smuggled footage from Russia, while Julia Loktev's documentary traces independent Russian female journalists in winter 2021-2022.
- High-Profile producers and prior winners feature among the shortlisted projects, with Alexander Molochnikov's Extremist supported by Ben Stiller, and Mstyslav Chernov's Metres to Andriivka shortlisted after his 2024 Oscar win.
- Artists and activists in the films are gaining international attention, and Skochilenko said `I am glad that, thanks to the fact that the film has been praised by critics and prominent figures in the arts, the issue of repression and political imprisonment in Russia is becoming more visible to people abroad`.
- Vulture said Loktev's documentary felt like a '5.5-hour-long panic attack', and nominations will be announced on January 22, keeping these films in awards-season focus.
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Three Russia-themed anti-war films shortlisted for Oscars
Three films about Russian anti-Kremlin journalists and activists under President Vladimir Putin have been shortlisted for the Oscars, in what critics said Wednesday sent a clear anti-war, anti-authoritarian message.
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