20 Days in Mariupol

20 Days in Mariupol
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Ukrainian20 днів у Маріуполі
Directed byMstyslav Chernov
Written byMstyslav Chernov
Produced byRaney Aronson-Rath
Mstyslav Chernov
Derl McCrudden
Michelle Mizner
CinematographyMstyslav Chernov
Evgeniy Maloletka
Edited byMichelle Mizner
Music byJordan Dykstra
Production
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Distributed byPBS Distribution
Release date
Running time
94 minutes
CountryUkraine
LanguagesUkrainian
English
Russian
"20 Days in Mariupol"
Frontline episode
Episode no.Season 2023
Episode 22
Original air date21 November 2023 (2023-11-21)
Running time97 minutes
"20 Days in Mariupol". PBS.
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20 Days in Mariupol (Ukrainian: 20 днів у Маріуполі, romanized20 dniv u Mariupoli) is a 2023 Ukrainian documentary film directed by Mstyslav Chernov.[2]

The film had its world premiere at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival,[1] where it won the Sundance World Cinema Documentary Competition.[3][4][5] It was selected as the Ukrainian submission for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film at the 96th Academy Awards,[6][7] but it was instead nominated in the Best Documentary Feature Film category and went on to win the award.[8] The film was also nominated for two BAFTAs and won one of them,[9][10] also won a Directors Guild of America Award.[11]

The film has received critical acclaim and was named one of the top five documentary films of 2023 by the National Board of Review.[12] The film was also screened at the start of the 78th session of the UN General Assembly.[13]

  1. ^ a b "Program Guide — 20 Days in Mariupol". Sundance Film Festival. Archived from the original on 20 January 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  2. ^ Bradshaw, Peter (4 October 2023). "20 Days in Mariupol review – searing film bears terrible witness to brutal siege". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 23 December 2023. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
  3. ^ Galuppo, Mia (27 January 2023). "Sundance: 'A Thousand and One,' Nikki Giovanni Doc Take Top Jury Prizes". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 1 February 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  4. ^ Goodman, Stephanie (27 January 2023). "'A Thousand and One' and Nikki Giovanni Documentary Win at Sundance Film Festival". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 10 May 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  5. ^ Husted, Anne (13 February 2023). "FRONTLINE, AP documentary '20 Days in Mariupol' wins Sundance Film Festival World Cinema Documentary Audience Award - FRONTLINE". FRONTLINE. Archived from the original on 10 May 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  6. ^ "Five Ukrainian films included in 2024 Oscars eligibility lists – photo". Archived from the original on 9 December 2023. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  7. ^ Horlach, Polina (18 September 2023). ""20 днів у Маріуполі": обрали претендента на "Оскар-2024" від України".
  8. ^ Bergeson, Samantha (21 December 2023). "2024 Oscar Shortlists Unveiled: 'Barbie,' 'Poor Things,' 'Maestro,' and 'The Zone of Interest' Make the Cut". IndieWire. Archived from the original on 22 December 2023. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  9. ^ "2024 EE BAFTA Film Awards: The Nominations". www.bafta.org. 18 January 2024. Archived from the original on 19 January 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
  10. ^ "Bafta Awards 2024: The complete list of winners and nominees". 18 February 2024. Archived from the original on 18 February 2024. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  11. ^ "76th Annual Awards Winners -". www.dga.org. Archived from the original on 12 February 2024. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
  12. ^ Lewis, Hilary (6 December 2023). "National Board of Review Names 'Killers of the Flower Moon' Best Film of 2023". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 7 December 2023. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  13. ^ "Award winning doc about Russia's siege of Mariupol screened at UN". euronews. 12 September 2023. Archived from the original on 28 January 2024. Retrieved 28 January 2024.

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