Eyewitness documentary shot by war reporter Mstyslav Chernov during the Russian siege of the Ukrainian city takes Academy Award – the country’s first
The Ukrainian film 20 Days in Mariupol, which was shot inside the besieged port city during the assault by Russian forces, has won the best documentary Oscar at the Academy Awards in Los Angeles.
Directed by Mstyslav Chernov, a Ukrainian journalist who documented the invasion in early 2022, 20 Days in Mariupol drew wide acclaim after its premiere at the Sundance film festival in 2023, with the Guardian’s Peter Bradshaw calling it “a searing film [that] bears a terrible witness to this great crime” in a five-star review. In an interview with the Guardian, Chernov described the film as “some kind of collective resistance to tragedy”.
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Continue reading…Eyewitness documentary shot by war reporter Mstyslav Chernov during the Russian siege of the Ukrainian city takes Academy Award – the country’s firstOscars 2024 live updatesThe Ukrainian film 20 Days in Mariupol, which was shot inside the besieged port city during the assault by Russian forces, has won the best documentary Oscar at the Academy Awards in Los Angeles.Directed by Mstyslav Chernov, a Ukrainian journalist who documented the invasion in early 2022, 20 Days in Mariupol drew wide acclaim after its premiere at the Sundance film festival in 2023, with the Guardian’s Peter Bradshaw calling it “a searing film [that] bears a terrible witness to this great crime” in a five-star review. In an interview with the Guardian, Chernov described the film as “some kind of collective resistance to tragedy”.Here’s how and where to watch the Oscars.The full list of nominations, the all-time biggest snubs and Oscarbait titles that missed the mark.Read our guide to the best picture movies – along with predictions from Peter Bradshaw.Read interviews and profiles of Cillian Murphy, Jeffrey Wright, Robert De Niro, Annette Bening, Lily Gladstone, Sandra Hüller, Carey Mulligan and Emma Stone.More Oscar questions: What’s Greta Gerwig’s best film? Or Ryan Gosling’s finest performance? Do those anonymous Oscar ballots tell us anything? Continue reading…