Since February 24th 2022, Ukraine has been attacked by Russian armed forces. For the film industry, it's business as usual.

In 2022, Russia launched a brutal invasion of Ukraine. Over 200,000 people have died or been injured to date in a war which has seen countless war crimes, acts of genocide, rape, mutilation, and torture inflicted against the Ukrainian people. The international community has launched a series of sanctions against Russia, with some members of the film community openly claiming to refuse to support Russian companies whose profits in turn serve this pariah state. Despite this, many continue to trade with or on behalf of film businesses in Russia, often evading banking restrictions imposed by sanctions, by handling payments through shell companies registered in the UK or Cyprus especially. Here, we highlight some of the offenders whose continued business is a dire insult to the filmmaking community, and especially to the victims whose lives are taken every day by this vicious war. We award their dedication to the cause with the drones these films’s exploitation helps to supply, instead of stars.