Hoo boy. 🧵 Hi, fiction novelist here. As of late, been working on a series of books that takes place in eastern Ukraine circa 2019. This argument of "humanizing everyone" sounds nice but is really a load of crap. Let me tell you why. (1)

Тетяна Denford 🇺🇦🔱 Hey Кобзар 🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇪 and Ukrainian Canadian Congress, can you help out? We need to contact TIFF to urge them to reconsider their decision on this film’s screening. Below is their contact info and a great thread from christopher atwood / крістофер етвуд x.com/tca1_/status/1…

New York, Donetsk region northern parts are back under Ukrainian control. 🩵🗽

'Songs of a Land Slowly Burning' is an audiovisual diary documenting Ukraine's descent into the abyss of total war, filmed during the first two years of Russia's full-scale invasion. The film comprises places, people, rare dialogues, expressive sounds, and silence, gradually

Okay in March 2022, TIFF you issued a statement saying you 'stand against the Russian invasion of Ukraine'. This year, you're screening a film called 'Russians at War', and the film's director has said publicly that she has seen 'no evidence of Russians committing

When you try and amplify narratives that say, "Russians don't commit atrocities; they are faultless," you erase the truth and enable the genocide of Ukrainians. Let's talk about Bucha. On a street called Yablunska Street, there was a building complex (number 144) that Russians

Lviv says goodbye to the victims of the September 4th bombing. The world owes Ukraine an apology. You have failed the country and its people.

Why are some in the West fixated on Russian views? In my article for the Heinrich Böll Foundation titled "The Pitfalls of Forced Unity: Unmasking the Complexity in Russia-Ukraine Dialogues," I explored this question, here are some quotes in the thread👇

The Russian film being showed at the TIFF received over $300K from Canadian taxpayers. Ukrainian Canadian Congress just confirmed it. THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS TO AMPLIFY UKRAINE'S ABUSERS. Sick.

My response to the screening of “Russians at War” at #TIFF2024, a blatant piece of propaganda coming at a time when Ukrainian Canadians wake up everyday and check if their relatives in Ukraine are still alive. TIFF vimeo.com/1006980368

“it is the worst thing to see in life, how a mother is buried with all her children.” No movie can humanize russians who killed this family which was just at home in Lviv.

Here’s a letter that I wrote for the attention of the TIFF — feel free to use it as a template, personalize it, send it in the post, email it, or share it on your social channels. It is absolutely disgraceful that Ukraine’s occupiers and abusers are being given a platform

Try to tell Yarko to "have sympathy for Russian soldiers". I dare you.

Тетяна Denford 🇺🇦🔱 TIFF In addition to sending a letter, I called TIFF customer relations to convey my horror. I was told this "issue has already been escalated", whatever that means. I urge others to call as well. TIFF numbers are 416-599-2033 for those in the Toronto area and toll-free 1-888-258-8433

It happened again: in a grave violation of the Geneva Conventions, russia murdered the prisoners of war. Why do you amplify the stories of our killers, La Biennale di Venezia, TIFF? Why are you normalizing this genocide? Amused by the mysterious russian soul? edition.cnn.com/2024/09/06/eur…

Тетяна Denford 🇺🇦🔱 For those looking for their email addresses: tiff.net/getting-here#C…

Тетяна Denford 🇺🇦🔱 TIFF Ukrainian Canadian Congress Ukrainian Canadian Congress’s letter from Aug 19, in case it’s useful for anyone to share.

It was confirmed to me that the director of this film used to be an RT staff filmmaker - part of the RT Doc team. Canada Media Fund gave $340,000 from Canadian taxpayers to an on staff russian propagandist.

Hey TIFF I hope you show this clip of 'ordinary Russians' killing unarmed Ukrainian soldier Oleksandr Matsievskyi.

I spoke to a friend who's a Ukrainian filmmaker and producer. Here's what he said about the film industry platforming false narratives: "I got an email a while ago from TIFF. It said 'hey, great to hear about your latest project, and thanks for sending your film in for review,