Ukrainian Oscar-winning film "20 Days in Mariupol" takes home prize at Septimius Awards
Photo: Picture: scene from the film "20 Days in Mariupol"
The Ukrainian Oscar-winning movie "20 Days in Mariupol," directed by Mstyslav Chernov, was honored with Best Full-Length Documentary at the Septimius Awards in the Netherlands.
The award website reports this.
The Septimius Awards 2024 ceremony took place in Amsterdam.
The movie's producer, Vasilisa Stepanenko, received the award for "20 Days in Mariupol" on stage. She brought Anastasiia, who had been pregnant in the Mariupol brothel during the Russian bombings, up with her to accept the award.
The Septimius Awards is a prestigious film award that focuses on discovering new independent talent, supporting visionary films, and combining all aspects of filmmaking and different genres, including fiction, animation, documentaries, TV series, and more.
On March 11, 2024, the documentary film "20 Days in Mariupol" by Ukrainian director Mstyslav Chernov became the first film from Ukraine to win an Oscar.
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Mstyslav Chernov's film "20 Days in Mariupol," which depicts the Russian army's siege of Mariupol in February and March 2022, won the Oscar for "Best Documentary." This marks Ukraine's first award in this category in the Oscars' history.
The video was made by director Mstyslav Chernov, photographer Yevhen Maloletka, and producer Vasilisa Stepanenko. They were the final journalists to stay in the Russian–occupied city of Mariupol when Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
It should be noted that Mstyslav Chernov's film "20 Days in Mariupol" became the highest-grossing documentary film at the Ukrainian box office.
The world premiere of "20 Days in Mariupol" took place at the Sundance 2023 independent film festival in the USA, where the film received the Audience Award.
The film was also released on Ukrainian streaming platforms: Takflix, Sweet.TV, Megogo, Kyivstar TV and Volia TV, Netflix.
