Ministry of Culture prohibits Yakut comedy featuring man in woman's wig
The comedy "Candidate," directed by Dmitry Shadrin, has been denied a distribution certificate. The film was rejected as promoting LGBTQ+ themes because one of the characters dresses as a woman. According to SakhaDay, the film might be screened in Yakutia unofficially, along with "Barbie" and "Oppenheimer."
The film's director has neither confirmed nor denied this information. The movie is not currently listed in the registry of distribution certificates.
On September 19th, Roskomnadzor (the Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology, and Mass Media) demanded the removal of the highest-grossing Yakut film, "Ayta," from online cinemas, citing it as a display of nationalism. The newspaper "Yakutsk Vecherny" published a story on this under the headline "Roskompozor" (Roskom-Disgrace) on its front page.