Ukrainian director and journalist Mstyslav Chernov’s documentary 2,000 Meters to Andriivka obtained the F:ACT Award at Denmark’s CPH:DOX documentary movie pageant, organizers introduced on March 29.
The jury praised the movie as a robust portrayal of warfare and a powerful reflection on loss and resilience.
The documentary follows Ukraine’s 2023 counteroffensive, as Chernov embeds with a platoon from the third Separate Assault Brigade. Their mission was to liberate Andriivka, a strategically vital village in Donetsk Oblast. Surrounded by mines, the village is accessible solely by means of a slim stretch of forest, making the battle significantly grueling.
"Finally we give the F:ACT award to 2,000 Meters to Andriivka not simply because it’s a battle on our doorstep, however as a result of it’s a masterpiece in filmmaking: a haunting, multi-layered portrayal of warfare similar to All Quiet on the Western Entrance,” the jury acknowledged.
“However this isn’t the First World Struggle, it’s right now. An artist amid bloodshed brings the truth house, and makes an anti-war movie that forces us to replicate on the dignity of every human life misplaced."
Chernov, an acclaimed warfare correspondent and documentary filmmaker, labored on the undertaking with Related Press photographer Oleksandr Babienko. The movie was produced by Michelle Misner and Rainey Aronson-Rath, each of whom received an Oscar for "20 Days in Mariupol."
His earlier movie, 20 Days in Mariupol, received the Oscar for Finest Documentary on the 96th Academy Awards final March.
The movie captures the Russian siege of Mariupol within the early weeks of the full-scale invasion, providing a firsthand account from Chernov and his group. It’s the first Ukrainian-directed movie to ever obtain an Oscar.
The Kyiv IndependentTim Zadorozhnyy