Ukrainian documentary film 20 Days in Mariupol by Mstislav Chernov has been shortlisted for two for this year's Academy Awards. The film is nominated for Best Documentary and Best International Film. This is stated in the message of the organizing committee of the award, reports UNN.
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The American Film Academy has announced the shortlists for the "Oscar" in 10 categories. Ukrainian film "20 Days in Mariupol" is nominated for nominations in the Best Documentary and "Best International Film.
Україна представить на Оскарі документальний фільм “20 днів у Маріуполі”18.09.23, 15:31
For the first time, a Ukrainian film is shortlisted for the Best International Film" category in the shortlists. The shortlisted films are used to form the Oscar nominations. They will be will be announced on January 23, 2024. The actual the actual award ceremony will take place on March 10, 2024. year.
About the movie
"20 Days in Mariupol" is a documentary by Associated Press journalist and Pulitzer Prize-winning Mstislav Chernov, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist.
Together with the photographer Yevhen Malolhetka and and his colleagues from the AR, the director arrived in the city a few hours before the first Russian bombs began to fall on Mariupol. The film crew crew became the only representatives of the international media in the city. They recorded Russian crimes, shelling of civilian neighborhoods, a hospital, a fire station, a maternity hospital.
The world premiere of the film took place on January 20 at at Sundance, the world's premier independent film festival.
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