Digital Desk: The Berlin Film Festival has urged for peace in Ukraine, which is currently embroiled in a military crisis following a strike by Russian forces on Thursday morning.
"We — festival staff, artists, and filmmakers — think warmly of our Ukrainian friends and stand with them in their appeal for peace," the festival said in a statement released on Thursday.
"The Berlin International Film Festival celebrated a complex but successful edition a week ago. Filmmakers, artists, and journalists from around the world converged in Berlin for a shared and enjoyable experience.
"The experience of being together again, with no boundaries of nationality, religion, or culture," the statement continued, "transported us in a way that only film festivals can."
"While these memories are still fresh in our minds, new images have entered our lives, bringing with them a darker viewpoint." The world is on the verge of a major catastrophe. The Berlinale has always put the concept of freedom and the desire to unite East and West at its heart as a showcase of the free world."
According to the statement, the festival has shown films about Ukrainian history and culture throughout its history. This featured Maryna El Gorbach's "Klondike," a 2022 selection set in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine, where conflict erupted near the Russian-Ukrainian border in 2014.
In addition, the festival featured Taras Tomenko's "Terykony," Oleg Sentsov's "Numbers" in 2020, Kira Muratova's works, and Myroslav Slaboshpytsky's early short story films.
"While films cannot change society or the course of history, they can assist in changing people's thoughts." Films show that the world is already in too much danger to inflict even more agony and destruction," the statement ended.
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