The German film festival has presented its program for its 2023 edition, which will take place from February 16 to 26, in which we find many previews and in particular the documentary Superpower by Sean Penn on the Russian invasion in Ukraine. American actor was in Ukraine for a documentary when the invasion broke out in late February 2022. Billed as “the chronicle of a film project that reality has forced to turn into something less controllable, but more significant”, Superpower is part of the Berlin festival’s commitment to “solidarity with Ukraine and Iran”.A strong link with UkraineSee also on KonbiniÉmu by presenting Volodymyr Zelensky during the ceremony of the Golden Globes, Sean Penn has appeared many times very close to the Ukrainian president, to whom he offered one of his Oscars last November. The 62-year-old actor had notably been decorated with the Ukrainian Order of Merit and had declared, in an interview for Hollywood Authentic, to have thought of “taking up arms to fight Russia”.
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