The Ukrainian Ministry of Culture has banned the distribution of the film by Dhzanik Faiziyev "August 8" and recalled its distribution license, the Ukrainian media report.
"The ministry made the decision at the appeal of Liberty public organization and the Georgian community," the National Accent news portal reports quoting regional publications.
Liberty activists say that the film fans ethnic enmity. "The objective of the film that has already been banned in Moldova and Azerbaijan is to manipulate the public mind with the purpose of whitewashing Russian imperialism, in general, and the invasion in Georgia and the occupation of part of its territory, in particular," Liberty activist Andriy Mokhyk has said.
"August 8" is a story of a young woman who is trying to get to South Ossetia at the height of the armed conflict to find her seven-year-old son whom she had sent there on the eve of the conflict.
Liberty activists find the public demonstration of such a film in Ukraine impermissible. "The film provokes hatred for the brotherly Georgian people," they told korrespondent.net portal.
Previously the premiere of the film in Azerbaijan was foiled as a result of the energetic efforts of Azerbaijani and Georgian media and activist groups.
Two years ago there was a scandal in Ukraine with the Russian film "Back from Future – 2". The Ukrainian Ministry of Culture and Tourism banned the distribution of the film because it contained "scenes provoking ethnic enmity."
