‘Cannes of the East’ festival went ahead after crowdfunding campaign, despite intense violence and the aftermath of the MH17 crash Cannes prizewinner to direct film on Crimean unrest Maidan review an unblinking look at Ukraine’s history in actionOdessa is “the pearl of the Black Sea”, a Ukrainian city full of lovely 19th-century Italianate architecture and sandy beaches, with a reputation, even in Soviet times, for a certain bohemian sense of freedom. It has also, for the past five years, hosted the “Cannes of the East” the Odessa international film festival. This year’s festival almost didn’t happen, after the …read more
Source: The Guardian
