Ukraine is submitting a documentary about the Russian blockade of Mariupol for the Oscars. In 2024, it is the film “20 days in Mariupol” that will compete in the “Best International Feature Film” category.
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This decision was made by the Ukrainian Oscar Committee at a meeting on September 18, reports “Public”.
This is a film by Ukrainian journalist and photographer Mstislav Chernov based on materials from his colleagues from the Associated Press. They remained in the city surrounded by the invaders and besieged from the very beginning of the invasion.
Together with Chernov, photographer Evgeniy Maloletka and producer Vasilina Stepanenko worked on the film.
The film shows the beginning of the Russian invasion, the bombing of a maternity hospital and the rescue of the author and his colleagues from the Associated Press from a city surrounded by occupiers.
Also participating in the national selection were:
- “Iron Butterflies” (Novel Any);
- “Pamfir” (Dmitry Sukholitky-Sobchuk);
- “Terikons” (Taras Tomenko);
- “STTL” (Adrien Walter).
Source: Racurs
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