Russian director Andrei Konchalovsky pulls film from festival over Navalny nomination.

Acclaimed Russian director Andrei Konchalovsky has pulled his latest film from the country’s prestigious White Elephants Awards in protest at plans to honour opposition leader Alexei Navalny at the event.
In a message on Facebook, the 83-year-old said he had asked that Dear Comrades! — nominated for best film and also shortlisted for the 93rd Academy Awards — be withdrawn from consideration at the festival, as he did not want it to be judged alongside political work by the jailed Kremlin critic.