20 Days in Mariupol (2023)

Directed by

Mstyslav Chernov

Genre

documentary film, war film

Country

Ukraine, United States

Runtime

1h 37m

Rated

NR

Rating

8.1 of 10 from 296 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary shows the first weeks of the Russian siege of Mariupol through the eyes of Ukrainian journalists trapped inside the city. It captures the escalating chaos, civilian suffering, and the journalists' struggle to document the war as it unfolds around them.

rawurgentharrowingunflinchingintimatefreneticdesperateeye-opening

What happens

20 Days in Mariupol (Ukrainian: «20 днів у Маріуполі», romanized: 20 dniv u Mariupoli) is a 2023 Ukrainian documentary film with footage from the first several weeks of the Russian invasion of Ukraine directed by Mstyslav Chernov. The film had its world premiere at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Sundance World Cinema Documentary Competition. The film has received critical acclaim and was named one of the top five documentary films of 2023 by the National Board of Review. It was selected as the Ukrainian submission for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film at the 96th Academy Awards, but it was instead nominated in the Best Documentary Feature Film category and went on to win the award. The film was also nominated for two BAFTAs and won one of them, also won a Directors Guild of America Award and Ukrainian National Film Academy Award. The film was screened at the start of the 78th session of the UN General Assembly. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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