Two dissident directors competing for the coveted Palme d’Or at this year’s Cannes film festival will be unable to attend the event, due to restrictions imposed by Russia and Iran.
It is the director’s second film to screen at the festival, after 2016’s The Student.
Serebrennikov, whose film Leto (or Summer) appears in competition at the festival, has been under house arrest in Russia since August on charges of corruption.
The director has received support from many leading Russian actors and directors, who say the charges are aimed at discouraging dissent among Russia’s artistic community.