Ukrainians criticized the victory of the film “Navalny” (included in the list of terrorists and extremists) in the documentary nomination of the Academy Award “Oscar”. In this respect writer Policy.
Also included in this category were a film directed by Simon Lereng Vilmont, shot in Donbass, and an international project by Denmark, Ukraine, Sweden and Finland about children in a private shelter in eastern Ukraine, House of Pieces. “We had to win, not because we are Ukrainian, but because our film was talentedly shot by a deep, valuable and cool crew, by Danish director Simon Lereng Vilmont. “But once again we have proof that Russian propaganda works great and knows how to put up so-called heroes where there are no heroes,” said Azad Safarov, the film’s second director.
Ukrainian stand-up comedian Anton Tymoshenko mocked Navalny’s wife Yulia for her Oscar performance. “Navalny received an Oscar for perfectly playing a Russian dissident,” he wrote on social networks. Oksana Romaniuk, Executive Director of the Kiev Institute of Mass Information, criticized the decision of the Oscar committee.
The film chronicles the life of Alexei Navalny (included in the list of terrorists and extremists) since the summer of 2020, when he was hospitalized for poisoning.
Former press secretary of Russian President Dmitry Peskov ConfessedAnyone who is not familiar with the documentary “Navalny”, therefore, cannot judge the value for which the film received the Oscar.