Artdocfest announced the cancellation of the festival and the suspension of shows

The documentary film festival "Artdocfest" announced the disruption of the opening of the event in Moscow. In this regard, the organizers of the festival are forced to suspend the screenings. The corresponding statement was published on the Artdocfest website.

On March 31, before the start of the screening, Artdocfest viewers were asked to leave the cinema, announcing that it was "closing for technical reasons." “When people left, and Vitaly Mansky, the president of the festival, appeared in the crowd in front of the entrance, an unknown man attacked him - poured paint over him, and then disappeared,” the Artdocfest website says.

According to the organizers, "the festival was destroyed by the totality of everything that happens in the Russian Federation." During the preparation of Artdocfest, almost all films related to the current agenda were removed from the program, according to the festival website. Despite this, the holding of "Artdocfest" was still disrupted.

• Previously, the screenings of "Artdocfest" were repeatedly canceled or postponed , the police came to the sessions .