Idag arrangerar Stockholms filmfestival en manifestation med festivalens internationella regissörer, skådespelare och svenska filmpersonligheter, filmregissörerna Ali Abbasi, Tarik Saleh, Rodja Sekersöz, Lisa Farzaneh samt skådespelarna Gizem Erdogan, Bahar Pars samt poeten och manusförfattaren Arazo Arif med flera.
To raise awareness of the children’s situation in Ukraine, Stockholm International Film Festival made the 397-minute long film тиша (Silence), where each minute represents a child killed in the war. It has now been about eight months since the start of Russia's invasion of Ukraine and according to the UN report on October 10, 397 children have been killed and 647 children have been injured so far.
On November the 18th last year, it was clear that the Ukrainian director Oleg Sentsov's film »Rhino« (2021) was the big winner at the Stockholm Film Festival 2021. Since then, he has put down the camera and took up arms to defend his country. As previously announced, Ukraine is the focus country of the year at the Stockholm International Film Festival 2022