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    Declaration of Protest

    group of people protesting with Ukrainian flags
    "Stand by Ukraine" protest (picture: A1Cafel)

    We, members of the European Film Academy, declare our strongest protest and unequivocal opposition to the Russian military aggression against the independent sovereign country of Ukraine. We express our solidarity with the people of Ukraine and say NO to war. We demand Russia to halt immediately all military activities in Ukraine.

    – scroll down for Russian translation –

    Signatories

    Lenny Abrahamson, director, Ireland
    Peter R. Adam, editor, Germany
    Marina Aebi, hair & make-up artist, Switzerland
    Josef Aichholzer, producer, Austria
    Greta Akcijonaitė, distributor/exhibitor, Lithuania
    Aleksandar Aleksiev, actor / producer, Bulgaria
    Eleni Alexandrakis, director, Greece
    Michael Algar, producer, Ireland
    Nariman Aliev, director, Ukraine
    Alessandro Amato, producer, Italy
    Anna Anosowicz, production designer, Poland
    Dag Asbjørnsen, Norwegian Film Institute, Norway
    Victor Asliuk, director, Belarus
    Emily Atef, director, Germany
    Markus Aust, composer, Germany
    Marion Bailey, actress, UK
    Julie Baines, producer, UK
    Árpád Barta, director, Hungary
    Isolde Barth, actress, Germany
    Piotr Bartuszek, casting director, Poland
    Meret Becker, actress, Germany
    Martin Behnke, screenwriter, Germany
    Jacob Berger, director, Switzerland
    Gunnar Bergdahl, critic / journalist, Sweden
    Fatos Berisha, festival, Kosovo
    Vjosa Berisha, director Prishtina IFF, Kosovo
    Alexander Berner, ediktor, Germany
    Frank Berry, director, Ireland
    Paolo Bertolin, festival, Italy
    Gints Berzins, cinematographer, Latvia
    Rok Biček, director, Slovenia
    Katharina Bildhauer, institutional, Germany
    Marta Billingsley, sound designer, Italy
    Nancy Bishop, casting director, UK
    Laura Bispuri, director, Italy
    Sabine Böbbis, costume designer, Germany
    Michael Boehme, producer, Germany
    Germen Boelens, producer, The Netherlands
    Bettina Böhler, editor, Germany
    Henrich Boráros, production designer, Czech Republic
    Marcin Borchardt, director, Poland
    Lilette Botassi, producer, Greece
    Eliane Esther Bots, director, The Netherlands
    Frank Braun, distributor/exhibitor, Switzerland
    Sonora Broka, artistic director Riga International Film Festival, Latvia
    Peter Brosens, director, Belgium
    Welket Bungué, actor, Portugal
    Manuela Buono, int’l sales agent, Italy
    Elisabeth Burghardt, screenwriter, Germany
    Gaia Bussolati, visual effects supervisor, Italy
    Miguel Cadilhe, producer, Portugal
    Inti Carboni, producer, Italy
    Sehad Čekić, producer, Montenegro
    Daniel Chabannes de Sars, distributor/exhibitor, France
    Luigi Chimienti, producer, Italy
    Stéphanie Chuat, screenwriter, Switzerland
    John Collee, screenwriter, Australia
    Federico Conforti, editor, Italy
    Tom Conroy, production designer, Ireland
    Tilde Corsi, producer, Italy
    Florian Cossen, director, Germany
    Gary Cranner, producer, Norway
    Stefano Cravero, editor, Italy
    Sergiu Cumatrenco Jr., producer, Moldova
    Roberto Cuzzillo, director, Italy
    Emilia Czartoryska, costume designer, Poland
    Piotr Czerkawski, critic / journalist, Poland

    Oliver Damian, producer, Germany
    Robert Dassanowsky, institutional, Austria
    Pierre De Clercq, screenwriter, Belgium
    Prof. Dr. Cathy de Haan, institutional, Germany
    Mieke de Jong, screenwriter, The Netherlands
    Natalia De Molina, actress, Spain
    Jason de Ridder, actor, The Netherlands
    Paolo Del Brocco, producer, Italy
    Ilya Demutsky, composer, Russia
    Dominique Deruddere, director, Belgium
    Mark Devine, producer, UK
    Evgenia Dodina, actress, Israel
    Christine Dollhofer, festival, Austria
    Agron Domi, festival, Albania
    Walter Donohue, screenwriter, UK
    Marion Döring, institutional, Germany
    Jan Drbohlav, scriptwriter, Czech Republic
    Ellis Driessen, int’l sales agent, The Netherlands
    Alen Drljevic, director, Bosnia and Herzegovina
    Riton Dupire-Clément, production designer, France
    Trine Dyrholm, actress, Denmark
    Marianna Economou, documentary filmmaker, Greece
    Satu Elo, institutional, Luxembourg
    Gustavo Ferrada Lavall, producer, Spain
    Milena Fessmann, producer, Germany
    Olmo Figueredo González-Quevedo, producer, Spain
    Urte Amelie Fink, producer, Germany
    Beatrice Fiorentino, critic / journalist, Italy
    Živilė Gallego, producer, Lithuania
    Giuseppe Gallo, producer, Italy
    Loreta Gandolfi, festival, Italy
    Dennis Gansel, director, Germany
    Julia Gebauer, producer, Sweden
    Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir, actress, Iceland
    Lina Geissmann, producer, Switzerland
    Cyril Gély, screenwriter, France
    Alise Ģelze, producer, Latvia
    Krzysztof Gierat, director Krakow Film Festival, Poland
    Prof. Zuzana Gindl-Tatárová, screenwriter, Slovakia
    Marcel Gisler, director, Switzerland
    Srdan Golubovic, director, Serbia
    Anna Gorońska, hair & make-up artist, Poland
    Detsky Graffam, director, Germany
    Erika Gregor, institutional, Germany
    Ulrich Gregor, institutional, Germany
    Rajko Grlić, director, Croatia
    Ágúst Gudmundsson, director, Iceland
    Producers Guild of Poland, organization, Poland
    Linda Hambäck, producer / director, Sweden
    Birgitte Hald, producer, Denmark
    Cassandra Han, casting director, Germany
    Henk Handloegten, director, Germany
    Paul Harather, director, Austria
    Anna Sofie Hartmann, director, Germany
    Lilia Hartmann Trapani, casting director, Italy
    Susanna Harutyunyan, institutional, Armenia
    Stefan Haupt, director, Switzerland
    Vanessa Henneman, talent agent, The Netherlands
    Hans Herbots, director, Belgium
    Astrid Heubrandtner, cinematographer, Austria
    Jan Erik Holst, film critic / historian, Norway
    Duane Hopkins, director, UK
    Ceri Hughes, institutional, United Kingdom
    Tamás Hutlassa, producer, Hungary
    Damir Ibrahimovic, producer, Bosnia and Herzegovina
    Maria Iliou, director, Greece
    Stefano Incerti, director, Italy
    Peter Indergand, cinematographer, Switzerland
    Luis Ivars, composer, Spain
    Andrzej Jakimowski, director, Poland
    Paula L. Jalfon, producer, UK
    Krzysztof A. Janczak, composer / producer, Poland
    Carl Javér, director, Sweden
    Grímar Jónsson, producer, Iceland
    Neil Jordan, director, Ireland
    Inuk Jørgensen, director, Greenland
    Beso Kacharava, sound designer, Georgia

    Vilnis Kalnaellis, producer, Latvia
    Henning Kamm, producer, Germany
    Dušan Kasalica, director, Montenegro
    Hanka Kastelicova, producer, Czech Republic
    Mika Kaurismäki, director, Finland
    László Kántor, producer, Hungary
    Tolga Karaçelik, director, Turkey
    Maciej Karpinski, screenwriter, Poland
    Andy Kemp, BFE, United Kingdom
    Ademir Kenovic, director, Bosnia and Herzegovina
    Andriy Khalpakhchi, festival, Ukraine
    Ilya Khrzhanovsky, director, Russian Federation
    Izabela Kiszka-Hoflik, producer, Poland
    Stefan Kitanov, producer, Bulgaria
    Rainer Klausmann, cinematographer, Switzerland
    Frauke Kolbmüller, producer, Germany
    Kristina Kolytė, casting director, Lithuania
    Stephan Komandarev, director, Bulgaria
    Victor Kossakovsky, director, Russia
    Thomas Krag, editor, Denmark
    Marek Kráľovský, editor, Slovakia
    Jurģis Krāsons, director, Latvia
    Christoph Krauss, cinematographer, Germany
    Zuzana Kronerová, actress, Slovakia
    Denis Krupnov, producer, Russia
    Anna Krupnova, int’l sales agent, Russia
    Riina Kullas, CEO Moskito Television Oy, Finland
    Domenico La Porta, critic / journalist, Belgium
    Timo T. Lahtinen, producer, Denmark
    Aet Laigu, producer, Estonia
    Alain Layrac, screenwriter, France
    Sarika Hemi Lakhani, producer, Germany
    Janez Lapajne, director, Slovenia
    Piotr Lenar, cinematographer, Poland
    Rebecca Lenkiewicz, screenwriter, UK
    Marcel Lenz, producer, Germany
    Michal Leszczylowski, editor, Sweden
    Vigdis Lian, institutional, Norway
    Samir Ljuma, cinematographer, North Macedonia
    Marco Lopez, sound designer, Cyprus
    Tudor Lucaciu, cinematographer, Romania
    Nicole Mackey, int’l sales agent, UK
    Konstantin Malkin-Fam, producer, Russia
    Alexandre Mallet-Guy, producer, France
    Fabrizio Maltese, producer, Luxembourg
    Annabelle Mandeng, actress, Germany
    Marko Mandić, actor, Slovenia
    Christopher P. Marcich, institutional, Croatia
    Iván Marín Idiáquez, technician, Spain
    Ivan Marinović, director, Montenegro
    Petros Markaris, screenwriter, Greece
    Ivan Marković, director, Germany
    Gary Marlowe, composer, Germany
    Elsa Martinez Portero, institutional, Spain
    Fernando Martínez Sosa, editor, Spain
    Diego Mas Trelles, director, Spain
    Ulrich Matthes, actor, Germany
    Michael Mayer, director, Israel
    Fergal McGrath, editor, Ireland
    Ilya Medovyy, producer, Estonia
    Marco Mehlitz, producer, Germany
    Stephen Melchiori, festival, France
    Zviad Mgebry, composer, Georgia
    Bernard Michaux, producer, Luxembourg
    Ninos Feneck Mikelides, festival, Greece
    Axel Milberg, actor, Germany
    Barbara Miller, director / President Swiss Filmmakers Association, Switzerland
    Jelena Mišeljić, producer, Montenegro
    Labina Mitevska, actress, North Macedonia
    Pandelis Mitropoulos, managing director Piece of Cake S.A., Greece
    Jelena Mitrovic, producer, Serbia
    Levente Molnár, actor, Hungary
    Colin Monie, editor, UK
    Cyril Morin, composer, France
    Niki Mossböck, editor, Austria
    Philipp Mosser, sound designer, Austria
    Bogdan Mureşanu, director, Romania
    Lynda Myles, producer, UK

    Robert Naskov, producer, North Macedonia
    Tino Navarro, producer, Portugal
    Nazareno Manuel Nicoletti, director, Italy
    Egon Nieser, distributor/exhibitor, Germany
    Nikolaj Nikitin, curator, lecturer and media expert, Germany
    Stephen O’Connell, editor, Ireland
    Christina Olofson, director, Sweden
    Joachim Ortmanns, producer, Germany
    Rune Palving, technician, Denmark
    David Parfitt, producer, United Kingdom
    Heike Parplies, editor, Germany
    Uberto Pasolini, producer, UK
    Angelo Pasquini, screenwriter, Italy
    Alessandra Pastore, institutional, Italy
    Feliks Pastusiak, producer, Poland
    Markku Pätilä, production designer, Finland
    Ales Pavlin, producer, Slovenia
    Jure Pavlović, director / producer, Croatia
    Elena Pedrazzoli, producer, Switzerland
    Antonio Pérez Pérez, producer, Spain
    Leontine Petit, producer, The Netherlands
    Dr. Sotiris Petridis, screenwriter, Greece
    Magdalena Petrović, producer, Croatia
    Metod Pevec, director, Slovenia
    Antonio Piazza, director, Italy
    Marco Simon Puccioni, director, Italy
    Krzysztof Pieczyński, actor, Poland
    Marios Piperides, director, Cyprus
    Jana Plodková, actress, Czech Republic
    Anna Pomara, institutional, Italy
    Andrey Ponkratov, production designer, Russia
    Erik Poppe, director, Norway
    Edward Porembny, producer, Poland
    Corneliu Porumboiu, winter/ director, Romania
    Beki Probst, distributor/exhibitor, Switzerland
    Aiken Veronika Prosenc, producer, Slovenia
    Carme Puig, institutional, Spain
    María Luisa Pujol, director Fundación Aula de Cine Colección Josep M. Queraltó, Spain
    Edvinas Pukšta, festival programmer, BLACK NIGHTS Film Festival, Estonia
    Ulrika Rang, editor, Sweden
    Fred L. Rebadulla II, Underground Moving Images & Sound LTD.
    Øistein Refseth, distributor/exhibitor, Norway
    Sophie Reiter, editor, France
    Bettina Reitz, President HFF Munich, Germany
    Véronique Reymond, director, Switzerland
    Marina Richter, critic / journalist, Austria
    Wolfgang Richter, director, Germany
    Thomas Riedelsheimer, director, Germany
    Katja Riemann, actress, Germany
    Dita Rietuma, critic / journalist, Latvia
    Stefania Rocca, actress, Italy
    Annika Rogell, producer, Sweden
    Esther Rots, director, The Netherlands
    Christian Rouaud, director, France
    Dennis Ruh, Director European Film Market, Germany
    Rúnar Rúnarsson, director, Iceland

    Lasse Saarinen, CEO Finnish Film Foundation, Finland
    Giuseppe Saccà, producer, Italy
    Kirsi Saivosalmi, producer, The Netherlands
    Ivan Salatić, director, Montenegro
    Renata Santoro, festival, Italy
    Markéta Šantrochová, head of Czech Film Center, Czech Republic
    Antonio Saura, int’l sales agent, Spain
    Ralf Schenk, critic / journalist, Germany
    Noemi Schory, producer, Israel
    Prof. Dr. Andreas Schreitmüller, institutional, Germany
    Uli M. Schueppel, director, Germany
    Kenneth Scicluna, direcor, Malta
    Carole Scotta, producer, France
    Jürgen Seidler, writer, producer, Germany
    Melih Selçuk, actor / director, Turkey
    Eric Senat, producer, UK
    Roberto Sessa, producer, Italy
    Michael Sharfshtein, producer, Israel
    Christopher Sheppard, Adventure Pictures, United Kingdom
    Judy Shrewsbury, costume designer, France
    Julietta Sichel, producer, Czech Republic
    Oliver Simon, producer, Germany
    Joshua Sinclair, screenwriter, Italy
    Stellan Skarsgård, actor, Sweden
    Marko Škop, director, Slovakia
    Nebojša Slijepčević, director, Croatia
    Marleen Slot, producer, The Netherlands
    Ineke Smits, director, The Netherlands
    Marcin J. Sobczak, int’l sales agent, Poland
    Britt Sørensen, film critic, Norway
    Mimmi Spång, producer, Sweden
    Jan Speckenbach, director, Germany
    Pierre Spengler, producer, UK
    Prof. Heiner Stadler, director, Germany
    Andrea Štaka, director, Switzerland
    Mira Staleva, festival/producer, Bulgaria
    Sylvia Steinbrecht Aleix, production designer, Spain
    Ilya Stewart, producer, Russia
    Milan Stojanović, producer, Serbia
    Karsten Stöter, producer, Germany
    Pavel Strnad, producer, Czech Republic
    Gabriela Suciu, producer, Romania
    Jenna Suru, Paris IFF, France
    Virpi Suutari, director, Finland
    Károly Szalai, editor, Hungary
    Magdalena Szwarcbart, casting director, Poland
    Spiro N. Taraviras, director / producer / screenwriter, Germany
    Andrea Taschler, producer, Hungary
    Elma Tataragić, screenwriter / festival programmer, Bosnia and Herzegovina
    Stefano Tealdi, producer, Italy
    Anders Teigen, film editor, Norway
    TEMPO – Federation of Film Editors Associations
    Alex Teodorescu, producer, Romania
    Job ter Burg, editor, The Netherlands
    Jani Thiltges, producer, Luxembourg
    Marteinn Thorsson, director/producer/writer, Iceland
    Lauri Tilkanen, actor, Finland
    Barbara Toennieshen, editor, German
    Kari-Pekka Toivonen, actor, Finland
    Grażyna Torbicka, festival, Poland
    Liene Treimane, Director Riga International Film Festival, Latvia
    Giorgio Treves, director, Italy
    Fien Troch, director, Belgium
    Yorgos Tsemberopoulos, director, Greece
    Viacheslav Tsvietkov, cinematographer, Ukraine
    Ivan I. Tverdovskiy, director, Russia

    Rossitsa Valkanova, producer, Bulgaria
    Rudolf van den Berg, director, The Netherlands
    Frank van den Eeden, cinematographer, Belgium
    Raymond van der Kaaij, producer, The Netherlands
    Nicole van Kilsdonk, director, The Netherlands
    Martin Vandas, producer, Czech Republic
    Patrick Veigel, sound designer, Germany
    Francesco Virga, Producer, Italy
    Ivan Vladimirov, director, Bulgaria
    Rüdiger Vogler, actor, Germany
    Catrin Vogt, editor, Germany
    Prof. Claudia von Alemann, director / professor / producer, Germany
    Achim von Borries, director, Germany
    Gregory von Hausch, President & CEO Cinema Paradiso Releasing, USA
    Tihomir Vrbanec, sound designer, Croatia
    Peter Webber, director, UK
    Anja Wedell, producer, Germany
    Suvi West, director, Finland
    Catrin Wideryd, casting director, Sweden
    Prof. Martin W. Wiebel, producer, Germany
    Michael Wiedemann, institutional, Germany
    Noortje Wilschut, producer, The Netherlands
    Martijn Winkler, screenwriter/director/producer, The Netherlands
    Olle Wirenhed, producer, Sweden
    Arkadiusz Wojnarowski, producer, Poland
    Jasper Wolf, cinematographer, The Netherlands
    Edgar Wright, director, United Kingdom
    David Yates, director, UK
    Gary Yershon, composer, UK
    Lyubo Yonchev, director, Bulgaria
    Christopher Young, producer, UK
    Romas Zabarauskas, director, Lithuania
    Flaminio Zadra, producer, Italy
    Jasmila Žbanić, director, Bosnia and Herzegovina
    Wiktor Zborowski, actor, Poland

    RUSSIAN TRANSLATION:

    Мы, члены Европейской Киноакадемии, выражаем наш безусловный протест военной агрессии Российской Федерации по отношению к суверенному независимому государству Украина. Мы выражаем свою солидарность с жителями Украины и говорим решительное НЕТ войне. Мы требуем от российского руководства немедленной остановки всех военных действий.