Mikhalkov refused to consider those who awarded the prize to Navalny as film critics
According to the director, the work of Alexei Navalny cannot be regarded as cinematography and evaluated at film festivals. The chairman of the Union of Cinematographers of Russia, director Nikita Mikhalkov said that the works of Alexei Navalny have nothing to do with cinema, and the experts who wished to award him the White Elephant […]
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According to the director, the work of Alexei Navalny cannot be regarded as cinematography and evaluated at film festivals.
The chairman of the Union of Cinematographers of Russia, director Nikita Mikhalkov said that the works of Alexei Navalny have nothing to do with cinema, and the experts who wished to award him the White Elephant film cannot be called film critics. He stated this in an interview with the Sobesednik newspaper.
“You see, a film critic, he has to evaluate cinema. I am somehow embarrassed to consider myself a director, if the director is Navalny. He has nothing to do with cinema. And if you give a prize for politics, well, my dears, you say so. And when you want to give Navalny’s program a prize as a cinematic work, then you are not a damn film critic, that’s all, ”he said.
The conflict between the expert council and the founders of the “White Elephant” film award over the proposal to give a special prize “Event of the Year” to opposition leader Alexei Navalny became known on March 15. The council said Navalny was worthy of the award for a series of “groundbreaking investigative documentaries.”
The most members of the Expert Council of the “White Elephant” were expressed for the award of Special Charcoard. The Council includes film critics and vintage officers, including those who are not in the organization, among them Viktor Matizen, Anton Dolin, Yuri Gladilovshchikov, Andrei Flovchov and other film critics.
The Guild of Cinema Experts and Film Critics, which founded the award, and is a member of the Union of Cinematographers of Russia, decided to withdraw from the founders. Guild President Kirill Razlogov said that “the guild leadership confirms the absolute independence of the White Elephant Prize and relieves the guild of the responsibilities of the founder and organizer of this Prize, which will avoid further fruitless discussions and conflicts.”
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