Ukraine
Kristen Stewart Warns the World Is “Dangerously Close” to Nuclear Catastrophe
Kristen Stewart is sounding the alarm over the threat of a global nuclear war by getting behind Paul Jay’s feature doc about Pentagon Papers leaker Daniel Ellsberg, How to Stop a Nuclear War, which is now in production. “We’ve grown so accustomed to the looming threat of nuclear annihilation, that it barely registers in our […]
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‘Vikings’ Star Katheryn Winnick Warns Against Ukraine War Fatigue: “We Can’t Forget”
Vikings star Katheryn Winnick made her character Lagertha — a shield maiden, or female warrior — as tough and determined as any of the male warriors fighting in bloody battles on the popular history drama. And she’s a a kick-ass woman in real life, having earned her first black belt at 13 and opened three […]
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Mark Strong on Working With Ukraine to Help Schoolchildren and Joking With President Zelensky About ‘Dune’ Series Emperor Role
Mark Strong is lending his voice and celebrity to help raise money to renovate a bomb shelter for 327 school kids in Ukraine. The actor recently joined the Ukrainian government’s fundraising platform United24 as an ambassador and has signed on to help create a safe and protected space for children at a school in Uman […]
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Bernard-Henri Levy’s Ukraine Doc ‘Glory to the Heroes’ Gets Release Date (Exclusive)
Cohen Media Group has set a December theatrical release for Bernard-Henri Levy’s Glory to the Heroes, the French philosopher and filmmaker’s third documentary in a series from the frontlines of Russia’s war against Ukraine. The film, co-directed by Marc Roussel, will open Dec. 8 in New York City, followed two days later with a Los Angeles […]
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AFM Creative Space: Ukraine’s Green Light Films Targets Market Leadership Despite Launch in Wartime
Few industry executives would have the moxie to launch a new film company in the middle of a full-scale war. But ahead of AFM, distribution veterans Veronika Yasinska and Nadiia Zaionchkovska unveiled the start of Green Light Films, an all-rights distribution and co-production outfit for Ukraine. Backed by the holding company that owns Ukraine’s Multiplex […]
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President Biden Says Support for Israel, Ukraine Is “Vital” for U.S. Security, Will Ask Congress for Billions
President Joe Biden declared it is “vital for America’s national security” for Israel and Ukraine to succeed in their wars, making the case Thursday night for deepening U.S. involvement in two unpredictable foreign conflicts as he prepared to ask for billions of dollars in military assistance for both countries. If international aggression is allowed to […]
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Clintons Producing Doc on Clooney Foundation Probe Into Russian War Crimes in Ukraine (Exclusive)
HiddenLight Productions, the production outfit co-founded by Hillary Clinton, Sam Branson and Chelsea Clinton, is backing a new documentary on efforts by George and Amal Clooney’s Clooney Foundation for Justice to investigate Russian war crimes in Ukraine. The feature doc, The Swallows Will Return (working title), will follow the investigative work of Anya Neistat, a […]
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Oscars: Ukraine Picks ’20 Days in Mariupol’ Doc for International Feature Category
Ukraine has picked Mstyslav Chernov’s documentary 20 Days in Mariupol as its submission for the best international feature category at the 2024 Oscars. Associated Press journalist and native Ukrainian Chernov and his colleague, photographer Evgeniy Maloletka, document the destruction of the port city under Russian bombardment in early 2022. 20 Days in Mariupol is a […]
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Sean Penn Reveals How Plan for “Lighthearted” Documentary About Ukraine President Turned Into a War Film
Sean Penn has spoken about how he originally intended for his Ukraine documentary Superpower, which he co-directed with Aaron Kaufman, to be a “lighthearted” portrait of the country’s actor-turned-president Volodymyr Zelensky before the Russian invasion of its European neighbor in early 2022 caused him to pivot to making a war movie. In an appearance on […]
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‘In the Rearview’ Director Maciek Hamela Brings Human Face to Brutal Ukraine War
Maciek Hamela’s documentary In the Rearview, about Ukrainian refugees traversing their war-torn country in his dusty van as they seek safety during the first days of the Russian invasion, bowed in Cannes. But the Polish director is relishing the upcoming North American premiere at the Toronto Film Festival. Canada has kept its door wide open […]
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Supporting Ukraine’s Traumatized Children — With Help From Joan Baez — Amid Cruise Missile Attacks
The children of Ukraine, the ones who have survived, are traumatized. As the war — which began in February 2022 with the invasion by Russia — rages on, U.S. officials have estimated that the number of people killed or injured in the 18-month conflict is nearing 500,000. And among the estimated 70,000 Ukrainians killed and more […]
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Sean Penn Reveals Trailer for His Ukraine-Russia War Documentary ‘Superpower’
The first trailer has been released for Sean Penn’s upcoming war documentary Superpower, which chronicles Ukraine’s battle for independence against an invading Russia. The Oscar-winning actor and longtime political activist made seven trips to Ukraine during the past two years for the project, which was co-directed by Penn and Aaron Kaufman. Filming started months before […]
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