Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival has removed Russian director Boris Guts’ “Deaf Lovers” from its Standing with Ukraine program after “serious backlash,” according to festival director Tiina Lokk. In a release,

The Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF) has refused to remove the film Deaf Lovers by Russian director Boris Guts, about a romance between a Ukrainian immigrant and a Russian, from its programme despite calls from Ukraine's State Film Agency and the Foreign Ministry.

According to PÖFF’, Guts left Russia following the outbreak of full-scale war in February 2022, and has since been living as a refugee in several European countries, currently in Serbia. He is a critic of the Russian actions against Ukraine and of the regime of Russian president Vladimir Putin, said the festival.

( MENAFN - UkrinForm) The State film Agency of Ukraine has appealed to the organizers of the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF) to exclude the Russian film Deaf Lovers directed by Boris Guts from the festival's program. According to Ukrinform, the State Film Agency announced this on facebook .

The State Film Agency of Ukraine has called on the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF) to refuse to screen the film Deaf Lovers by Russian director Boris Guts. Source: State Film Agency of Ukraine Quote: "Given Russia's aggression against Ukraine and the numerous sufferings of the Ukrainian people,