Yakut film director Stepan Burnashev, the author of the movie “Aita”, admitted that he was invited to foreign festivals with this movie. The director stated this in an interview. “Vedomosti”.
“By the way, in America the situation is not so harsh. But in Europe everything is very complicated. And in Asian countries, the selection for films from Russia has become stricter and more comprehensive,” the filmmaker noted.
The director touched on another problem with Asian film festivals. He stated that for them Russia is Europe.
“And we try to break down these prejudices at festivals and film markets like the one in Busan. “Explain that there are Asians in Russia and that Russia is also part of Asia,” emphasized the Yakut director.
The highest-grossing Yakut film in history, “Aita”, was removed from the libraries of Russian online cinemas at the request of Roskomnadzor, which revealed “subversive information in the film that contradicts the principles of the unity of the peoples of Russia.” After the Ministry of Culture revoked the film’s distribution certificate.
Later for the movie stood up head of the region and representatives of the Yakut parliament
Previously Pankratov-Cherny saidwho forced him to take a double surname.