Controversy arose at the Venice Film Festival on Sept. 5 following the screening of a documentary film that attempts to humanize Russian soldiers involved in the war against Ukraine. Russian-Canadian ...

The Toronto International Film Festival has responded to controversy around the screening of a documentary film called "Russians at War" after protestors accused the film of being Russian propaganda.

The documentary focuses on the lives of several figures, including a soldier returning home, a chaplain, and a mother ...

Documentary gives rare Russian view from Ukrainian frontline Director says it is vital to show the human face of soldiers Film shows ramshackle army, strong solidarity among troops VENICE, Sept 5 ...

Aug. 5, 2024, update: This story has been updated to include post-release interviews with Aleksandra “Sasha” Skochilenko and her girlfriend, Sonia Subbotina. Last week’s historic prisoner swap with ...

Rochester native Ben Tiede skipped his college graduation so he could travel to Ukraine to help create a documentary about the war in Ukraine. Tiede, 25, became part of a small film crew that traveled ...

Documentaries about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine are nothing new. PBS, Sean Penn and the BBC have all produced substantive films in the first 2½ years of the conflict. There aren’t, however, a lot of ...

The world-famous beluga whale thought to have been trained as a Russian spy and later found dead under fishy circumstances is now starring in his own documentary — which reveals his true identity.

Pro-Russian propagandists are ramping up their efforts to denigrate next month’s Paris Summer Olympics and undermine Western support for Ukraine through a series of brazen online and offline stunts, ...