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Arguably the most timely film in Cannes this year, Butterfly Vision will also likely remain one of the least seen, in that it exists overwhelmingly as a marker of a very specific time and place rather than as anything many people might actually choose to watch. Presented in the Un Certain Regard sidebar, this somber…

The Cannes Film Festival has had its third red carpet protest in the space of a week. On Wednesday, a group of Ukrainian filmmakers from the film Butterfly Vision took part in a demonstration by holding a banner that read: “Russians kill Ukrainians. Do you find it offensive or disturbing to talk about this…

"It's totally fiction but it's heavily influenced and inspired by our current reality," says the director Maksym Nakonechnyi of his debut film Butterfly Vision, which is playing in Un Certain Regard tomorrow in Cannes. The story follows a young Ukrainian female soldier (Rita Burkovska) who returns home after being…

Ukrainian filmmakers are here in Cannes and, in the words of poet Dylan Thomas, they will not go gentle. While some are here to promote films screening here in Cannes, many are here to drum up support for their country and ensure that their voices are not forgotten as media headlines about the Russian invasion begin…