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.”
Scott Roxborough is the Europe Bureau Chief at The Hollywood Reporter. He reports on the international film and television industries, with a particular passion for European arthouse cinema, and covers entertainment news, cultural movements, and pop culture from his base in Cologne. His work has been featured in notable outlets such as Billboard, The Guardian, and Deutsche Welle.

















