The official Russian premiere of the drama “the Duelist” is scheduled for September 29, but in August this year the painting was to be presented at the International Toronto film festival (TIFF). Today, 26 August, the canadian Embassy refused the Director Alex Mizgireva a visa, thereby preventing his arrival at the film festival and the world premiere of the tape.
The Director of “Duelist” Alex Mizgireva denied entry to Canada for the premiere of your own movie
In the official letter received from the canadian Embassy Alexei Mizgireva the Embassy of Canada stated that, after careful examination of the documents submitted, employee of visa Department was not able to reliably establish “purpose of visit”, finding it unconvincing. “We have no confidence that at the end of your temporary visit, you will leave Canada”, – the document says. It is known that the Director provided to the Embassy official invitation from the festival, which was separately noted that the costs of his airfare and accommodation takes on TIFF.
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The film producer Alexander Rodnyansky commented on the incident:It’s an outrageous situation, the explanation of which I do not see. Top canadian film festival, with international fame and reputation, and invited the Director of a large international project, produced in collaboration with a Hollywood company, Sony Pictures, and the representative of the Embassy believes that the Director will suddenly accept the invitation and remain in Canada. As you know, culture in General and cinema in particular need to build bridges and promote understanding between peoples. The decision of the canadian Embassy, obviously, with that comes conflict. All members of the team “Duelist” who applied for a canadian visa, faced with outright rudeness and dismissive attitude of the staff of the visa center.”
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