Volodymyr Zelenskyi spoke at the award ceremony.
Lithuanian National Film Award Sidabrinė gervė awarded the main prize < strong> documentary filmmaker Mantas Kvedaravičius, who died in Mariupol at the hands of the occupiers. The award ceremony was broadcast live on the Lithuanian national television, where the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky made a video call.
Kvedaravičius received the main award – the Golden Swan – for services.
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“Art itself, culture in all its forms and in all their senses shape people, educate them. Or vice versa – close in the dark, in a lie. And it can also be the responsibility of movies, books, songs and radio – everything we hear, see, read. That is why it is important to bear the truth. It is important to support art that is for life, not for those who want to destroy it.
Ukrainians will remember Mantas Kvedaravičius as a man who was just like that. He is truly worthy of the Golden Swan. He valued life and always spoke out against what was life-threatening, in his opinion. And it was a very attentive look, “Zelensky said in a video address. After the death of the director, who died trying to leave the besieged city, his family and team did their best to finish his work and show it to the world.
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