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Polish director Wojciech Smarzowski’s film ‘Wolyn’ is the first to deal with the war-time Volyn Massacres. With today’s Ukrainian crisis playing itself out, this raw and powerful movie is a reminder of crises past.

Smarzowski has said he made the film in the hope of improving relations between the two countries, and that it is “aimed against extreme nationalism.”

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