'Culture chooses a side when it decide to speak out against evil,' the Ukrainian President said, in a video message, 'and it takes a side when it remains silent and in fact helps the evil.'
Playing to his audience of film buffs, Zelensky chose a movie metaphor to make his point: citing German director Wim Wenders and his 1987 classic, which, Zelensky said, “broke the Berlin Wall two years before it fell…showing the divided city united by angels flying freely over the wall.” Russia, said Zelensky, today wanted to build a wall “between Ukraine and Europe, between freedom and slavery [between] civilization and terror.
Cinema, said Zelensky, “cannot change the world” but it can “inspire people who can change the world.” In a show of solidarity with the Ukrainian people, and a show of defiance against Russia, the 2023 Berlin Film Festival invited the Ukraine President to open this year’s Berlinale with the live video message. The audience rose to their feet when Zelensky was introduced and applauded his speech throughout.
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