{
  "id": 2171696,
  "title": "‘DAU’ Director Defends Film After Ukraine Backlash",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/dau-director-defends-film-after-ukraine-backlash",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-20T15:49:30.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hollywood Reporter",
    "slug": "the-hollywood-reporter",
    "url": "https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/dau-director-defends-film-ukraine-backlash-1236677667/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Ilya Khrzhanovsky says attacks on his film, including from the Ukraine Ministry of Culture, are factually wrong and misrepresent the movie. “DAU is not an instrument of Russian state cultural policy. It is an artistic statement about the nature of totalitarian evil.”",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}