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Cannes Film Festival opens with Zelenskiy appeal to world cinema

Reuters . Cannes
19 May 2022 00:00:00 | Update: 19 May 2022 04:21:25
Cannes Film Festival opens with Zelenskiy appeal to world cinema

The Cannes Film Festival opened up Tuesday with crowded red carpet arrivals, a star-studded ceremony and a call from Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy for the world of cinema to speak out against the war.

“We need a new (Charlie) Chaplin to prove that today cinema is not silent,” said Zelenskiy, referring to Charlie Chaplin’s satire of Adolf Hitler at the outset of World War Two in 1939.

“We must be victorious. We need cinema to guarantee this ending, that each time it will be on the side of freedom,” said the Ukraine leader through a live video link from Kyiv during the opening ceremony, marking a somber note in the otherwise festive proceedings.

The festival kicked off with the screening of zombie film “Final Cut,” by Michel Hazanavicius The world’s biggest film festival runs from May 17-28 and will include screenings of Hollywood titles including Tom Cruise’s “Top Gun: Maverick” and Baz Luhrmann’s musical drama “Elvis.”

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