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Russia celebrates feminist and LGBTQ films made by Israeli women


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Apr. 22, 2021 4:33 PM
Russia’s film industry is experiencing contradictory news reports. On one hand, the authorities’ political persecution of the directors of the Artdocfest documentary film festival reached a new peak this month; the organizers were forced to cancel their film screenings in St. Petersburg and Moscow due to homophobia. But on the other hand, the Moscow International Film Festival will open today (Thursday) with plans to screen movies with explosive potential in the conservative country, including a major tribute to female Israeli directors.
The festival website praises the Israeli filmmakers, with an emphasis on the diversity of ages, backgrounds and worldviews present in their work. They write that Israeli women’s cinema is “always talented, striking and controversial,” adding that the tribute is “an attempt to present the female face of Israeli cinema.” ....

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