Ukrainian director Chernov has received a new prestigious award following his Oscar win.

The film "2000 Meters to Andreevka" by Ukrainian director Mstyslav Chernov, which won an Oscar in 2024 for "20 Days in Mariupol," received the directing award at the Sundance Film Festival. This was reported on the festival's website, as conveyed by UNN.

Details

According to the announcement, Mstyslav Chernov won the directing award in the "World Documentary" category at the Sundance Film Festival for his film "2000 Meters to Andreevka," which was filmed during the war in eastern Ukraine.

As stated in the film's description, "a journalist follows a Ukrainian platoon on their mission to cross a heavily fortified forest and liberate a strategic village from Russian occupation."

It is also noted that after "20 Days in Mariupol," the Ukrainian director "returns with a stunning depiction of life in the trenches and the battle for this small place."

Screenwriter Sudip Sharma points out that "in this film about total war—from the command centers directing soldiers to the funerals of the fallen and the brutal battles of people who were civilians just a few years ago—Chernov has created a remarkable film about the terrible beauty of liberating one's homeland, while steadfastly gazing at the senselessness and horror of war itself."

Reminder

The Ukrainian documentary "20 Days in Mariupol" by Mstyslav Chernov, filmed during the siege of Mariupol in March 2022, won the award for "Best Documentary Feature" at the Oscars.