Fedor Lyass ("Hardcore Henry") coordinated an open letter signed by famous Russian cinematographers against the war in Ukraine.
Roman Vasyanov ("Suicide Squad," "Fury"), Mikhail Krichman ("Loveless," "Leviathan"), Pavel Kapinos ("Hardcore Henry"), Vladislav Opelyants ("Leto," "Petrov's Flu," "Persian Lessons"), and Pavel Fomintsev ("Unclenching the Fists") are among those who have signed the petition.
Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine began on February 24, Russian animators and filmmakers have valiantly united and spoken out against their government's actions, pleading for worldwide assistance. The signatories have put themselves in jeopardy on both a personal and professional level by doing so.
The following is the complete translated text of the letter, as well as a list of the signatories:
We, the Russian cinematographers, demand an immediate halt to military aggression against Ukraine, an immediate ceasefire, and a withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukrainian territory.
Russia declared war on Ukraine on February 22, 2022. There is no geopolitical justification, no purpose of any type, that would justify killing human life - don't be fooled by propaganda. The publicly declared goals of this "operation" have little to do with reality: people are being killed or forced to evacuate their homes, and they are spending their nights in bomb shelters. What possible justification could there be for that? What could be more important than Kyiv residents learning to distinguish between a Grad and a Smerch rocket based on their sound? Such a goal does not exist.
For decades, the so-called "military operation" would isolate Russia from the rest of the world, remove it from the worldwide cultural scene, and lead to lead to devastating consequences for its economy, and stain us and our children with deserved disgrace. We have not done enough to prevent this war, but we do not want it — and will not let it be waged in our name.
We demand that the war with Ukraine be stopped.
Fedor Lyass
Roman Vasyanov
Michael Hasaya
Pavel Kapinos
Levan Kapanadze
Eduard Moshkovich
Alexey Berkovich
Alexander Ilhovsky
Boris Litovchenko
Ulugbek Khamraev
Denis Panov
Evgeniy Privin
Mikhail Mukasey
Dasha Grafova
Mikhail Dementyev,
Dmitry Gribanov
Mikhail Kvirikadze
Pavel Beklemishev
Sergey Astakhov
Gleb Filatov
Sergey Machilskiy
Yuriy Korobeynikov
Yuriy Nikogosov
Andrey Krauzov
Evgeny Kozlov
Mikhail Krichman
Denis Firstov
David Khayznikov
Vladislav Opelyants
Tim Lobov
Denis Alarkon
Vladimir Bashta
Maxim Trapo
Pyotr Dukhovskoy
Maxim Zhukov
Dmitry Maltsev
Evgeniy Korzhenkov
Vladimir Ushakov
Alexander Nosovskiy
Anton Drozdov-Schastlivtsev
Alexander Ponomarev
Mila Shamraeva
Dmitry Shabanov
Marlen Butros Yusef
Sergey Komarov
Andrey Ivanov
Ivan Kochubeyev
Timofey Fastovskiy
Alexey Yankov
Andrey Danelyan
Arkadiy Chistyakov
Mark Miller
Alexander Grinash
Victor Sapozhnikov
Artem Sadovnikov
Lyudmila Kuropyatkinova
Nikita Petsa
Stanislav Ambartsumov
Vladislav Politik
Karim Imamiev
Arsen Sarkisyan
Ksenia Selvian
Alexey Artamonov
Vladimir Borisov
Timur Gavrilenko
Artur Kreytor
Anna Rozhetskaya
Roman Sivozhelezov
Valentin Piskun
Egor Danilov
Gleb Neupokoev
Maxim Efros
Ivan Tyshko
Alexander Nikolskiy
Fedor Orlovskiy
Andrey Vorobyev
Denis Aleksanyan
Anton Verbin
Gleb Klimov
Anton Zhabin
Pavel Fomintsev
Igor Buryak
Vyacheslav Lazarev
Igor Kozhevnikov
Oleg Kolskiy
Vasiliy Ivanov
Gleb Kurochkin
Leonid Proshak
Andrey Ivanov
Alexander Panichkin
Mitya Smirnov
Evgeniy Antipov
Alexander Dmitriev
Alexandra Avdonina
Vasiliy Shirokiy
Vladimir Timchuk
Dima Yekimov
Matvey Stavitskiy
Mikhail Senin
Avel Dotsenko
Robert Sarukhanyan
Ilya Grizenko
Nikolay Smirnov
Dmitriy Tskhai
Ilya Lavrov
George Shanovich
Alexander Aleshkovskiy
Alexey Khaustov
Lotos Soony Park
Vyacheslav Lazarev
Sergey Politik
Ilya Averbakh
Dmitriy Dolinin
Dmitri Blueglass
Anna Shepilova
Konstantin Artseulov
Alexander Galkin
Andrey Nikolaev
