Austrian filmmakerUlrich Seidlis set to debut a new combined version of his 2022 filmsRiminiandSpartaat theRotterdam Film Festivallater this month.
The new pic is titledWicked Games Rimini Spartaand runs 205 minutes long.
Filmfest Hamburg also scrapped plans to give its prestigious Douglas Sirk Prize to the director following the newspaper report.
SpartaCourtesy of TIFF
However, the film continued to screen at San Sebastian.
The production features Romanian child actors aged between 9-16.
Ulrich Seidl, Philippe Bober, and Michel Merkt are producers on the new combined film.
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