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Signage for the 75th Cannes international film festival is seen prior to the start of the festival in Cannes, southern France, Monday, May 16, 2022. The Cannes film festival runs from May 17 until May 28. (Photo by Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP)

Exiled Russian director returns to Cannes, decries war

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Russian film and theater director Kirill Serebrennikov wearing a protective face mask sits prior to his court hearing at the Meshchansky court in Moscow, Russia, Friday, June 26, 2020. A court in Moscow is expected to deliver a verdict on Friday to the acclaimed theater director accused of embezzling state funds, in a case widely seen as politically motivated. (AP Photo)

Acclaimed Russian director convicted but not sent to prison

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Russian theatre and film director Kirill Serebrennikov, centre, wearing a face mask with a portrait of Russian rock singer Viktor Tsoi, takes photos of the media prior to his hearing in a court in Moscow, Russia, Monday, June 22, 2020. Russian prosecutors on Monday demanded a six-year prison term for an acclaimed theater director accused of embezzling state funds, in case widely seen as politically motivated. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

Russian prosecutors seek prison term for theater director

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Russian court dismisses case against famed theater director

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Russian theatre and film director Kirill Serebrennikov speaks to the media after a court hearing in Moscow, Russia, Monday, April 8, 2019. The Moscow City Court on Monday overturned a district court's decision to extend house arrest for Kirill Serebrennikov, and ordered him freed on his own recognizance until his trial. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

Moscow court orders new study in theater director’s case

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Russian theatre and film director Kirill Serebrennikov speaks to the media after a court hearing in Moscow, Russia, Monday, April 8, 2019. Moscow City Court released Serebrennikov from the house arrest on his own recognizance. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

Court frees acclaimed Russian director from house arrest

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV - Associated Press

Russian theatre and film director Kirill Serebrennikov waits for a start of court hearing in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2018. Serebrennikov has been under house arrest since August 2017 on charges of embezzling 133 million rubles (1bout $2 million) of state funding for a theater project, accusations he denies. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

Trial for acclaimed theater director opens in Russia

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2 directors, barred at home, still speak loudly at Cannes

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FILE - In this file photo taken on Monday, Sept. 4, 2017, Russia's theater and film director Kirill Serebrennikov waits for the start of hearings in a court in Moscow, Russia. A Moscow court ruled Monday Dec. 4, 2017 to keep a prominent theater and film director who is being investigate for fraud under house arrest. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, File)

Russian court keeps theater director under house arrest

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Russia's theater and film director Kirill Serebrennikov is escorted into a court room for hearings in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017. Russia's Investigative Committee appealed for an extension of Serebrennikov's house arrest after he was accused of scheming to embezzle around $1.1 million in government funds allocated for one of his productions and the projects he championed between 2011 and 2014. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

Court extends house arrest for Russian theater director

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Moscow court keeps top theater director under house arrest

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Germans petition for release of Russian theater director

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Russian art community turns out to support detained director

By NATALIYA VASILYEVA - Associated Press

In this photo taken on Tuesday, June 27, 2017, Kirill Serebrennikov, one of Russia's most venerated theater and film directors leads a rehearsal in the Bolshoi Theater, in Moscow, Russia. In a statement Tuesday Aug. 22, 2017, Russia's top investigative body says it has detained Serebrennikov and is pressing charges against him of embezzling 68 million rubles (US dlrs 1.1 million) of government funds that were earmarked for a production at his theater. (AP Photo/Damir Yusupov)

Detention of famous director upsets Russia’s artistic world

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV and NATALIYA VASILYEVA - Associated Press