The Ukrainian film won as Best Documentary Film. It also competed for the award in the Best Foreign Language Film category.
In his speech, director Mstislav Chernov, who received a BAFTA award for the film “20 Days in Mariupol,” mentioned Avdiivka, where bloody battles were fought.
“This is not about us. We are talking about Ukraine, about the residents of Mariupol. I want to remember this. Yesterday another Ukrainian city fell. Russia occupied Avdiivka and many cities before that. The the history of Mariupol is a symbol of everything that is happening, a symbol of struggle, a symbol of faith and thank you for strengthening our voice and let’s continue to fight,” he said from the stage.
It should be remembered that the documentary tells the story of the siege of Mariupol in 2022. When the full Russian invasion begins, a group of journalists, trapped in the besieged Mariupol, tries to continue their work documenting the tragedies of war, including the deaths of children, mass graves, a bombed maternity hospital and other Russian horrors. crimes.
Earlier it was reported that Mstislav Chernov received the Directors Guild of America Award for “outstanding directorial achievements in documentary film.”
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