It is a disgrace that TIFF has rescheduled the airing of the Russian propaganda film Russians At War and that other film festivals in Canada (Windsor, ON and Lunenberg, NS) have agreed to show it as well.
The UCC asks that authorities investigate whether Sec. 318 of the Criminal Code (advocating genocide) has been violated with regard to the screening of the film Russians At War.
To date, neither the Governments of Canada, Ontario or Toronto have unequivocally condemned screenings of the Russian propaganda film – Russians At War. The UCC calls upon them to do so immediately.
The UCC calls on all governments to suspend financial or any other support to the TIFF or any other film festival in Canada that is airing this propaganda for providing a platform for whitewashing of the genocide being committed by Russia against the people of Ukraine.
