Tuesday18 February 2025
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"2000 Meters to Andreevka" by Mstislav Chernov has won a directing award at the Sundance Festival.

The feature-length documentary "2000 Meters to Andreevka" by Mstislav Chernov has been awarded the directing prize at the Sundance Film Festival in the World Cinema Documentary category.
"2000 метров до Андреевки" Мстислава Чернова удостоился режиссерской награды на фестивале Sundance.

The feature-length documentary "2000 Meters to Andriivka" by Myroslav Chernov has received the directing award at the Sundance Film Festival in the World Cinema Documentary program.

"Directing Award: World Cinema Documentary - Myroslav Chernov for the film '2000 Meters to Andriivka'," the announcement reads on the social platform X.

As reported by "Suspilne," the film depicts the task of a Ukrainian platoon during the 2023 counteroffensive - to overcome a well-fortified kilometer of forest in order to liberate the village of Andriivka from Russian troops. The village is located 10 km from Bakhmut and had a population of 77 before the full-scale invasion. At that time, Ukraine managed to drive the Russian forces out of the village, but they later retook it.

This is Myroslav Chernov's second award at Sundance - in 2023, he received the "Audience Award" for "20 Days in Mariupol."

As reported, the documentary "20 Days in Mariupol" won BAFTA and Oscar awards in 2024.