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Abkhazia

Georgian National Film Centre slams Abkhazia international film festival

by OC Media

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The state-owned Georgian National Film Centre (GNFC) has condemned the holding of the Sukhum International Film Festival in Abkhazia. They say the festival represents ‘soft power deployed by Russia’s occupation regime’. The festival is being held in Sukhumi (Sukhum) on 2–7 April. According to their website, the festival includes submissions from several countries, including Russia, the UK, and South Korea. In a 2 April statement, the GNFC appealed to filmmakers to ‘resist soft power’ a

Armenia

‘Censorship’ of queer films at Armenian festival sparks outrage

by OC Media

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Armenia’s Golden Apricot International Film Festival has been criticised amid reports that they ‘censored queer movies’ and other films featuring controversial topics. According to queer rights group PINK Armenia, the festival was set to include, among others, two movies which discuss queer rights, but these were removed from the screening list. Listen to me: untold stories beyond hatred, a documentary, and Apricot groves, a fiction film, were scheduled to be screened under the ‘Armenians