{
  "id": 6417604,
  "title": "‘DAU’ Director Ilya Khrzhanovsky Responds to Ukraine Backlash at Venice: I Wish for the Ukrainian Government to ‘Save the Country and Win This War’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/dau-director-ilya-khrzhanovsky-responds-to-ukraine-backlash-at-venice",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-09T11:56:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/film/festivals/dau-director-ilya-khrzhanovsky-ukraine-venice-peace-success-1236855538/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Dissident Russian director Ilya Khrzhanovsky, who is at the Venice Film Festival with competition title “DAU” countered claims by Ukrainian officials that the film has Russian state links and took a clear position on the ongoing war. “Look, my position about Russia-Ukrainian war has been very clear from the beginning of the war,” he said. […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "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."
}