Kidscreen Summit, an important children’s entertainment conference on the yearly animation calendar, is temporarily banning Russian nationals from its conference.
The decision was was announced by the summit’s Toronto-based parent company Brunico Communications Ltd. The suspension encompasses not only Brunico’s live events, but also its publications Kidscreen, Realscreen, Playback, and Strategy.
The company says that it is “immediately suspending business relations with Russian-based companies, including advertising, sponsorship and attendance at our conferences and events, until its state-led campaign of aggression against Ukraine is halted.”