20 Days in Mariupol

Movie Details:

Cast & Characters:

• Mstyslav Chernov as Self – Narrator and Interviewer (voice)
• Evgeniy Maloletka as Self – Photojournalist
• Liudmyla Amelkina as Self – Mariupol Resident (credited as Lyudmyla Amelkina)
• Roman Golovanov as Self – Correspondent / TV Host (archive footage)
• Zhanna Homa as Self – Mariupol Resident
• Oleksandr Ivanov as Self – Mariupol Resident
• Irina Kalinina as Self – Pregnant Woman
• Igor Konashenkov as Self (archive footage)
• Sergey Lavrov as Self – Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia (archive footage)
• Ernest Matskyavichyus as Self – Journalist (archive footage)
• Vasiliy Nebenzya as Self – Russian Ambassador to the UN (archive footage)
• Volodymyr Nikulin as Self – Police Officer (credited as Volodymyr)
• Vladimir Putin as Self – President of Russia (archive footage)
• Anastasiya Yerashova as Self – Mother of Many Children
• Volodymyr Zelenskyy as Self – President of Ukraine (archive footage)

Storyline:

A team of Ukrainian journalists from The Associated Press (AP) trapped in the besieged city of Mariupol struggle to continue their work documenting atrocities of the Russian invasion. As the only international reporters who remain in the city, they capture what later become defining images of the war: dying children, mass graves, the bombing of a maternity hospital, and more. After nearly a decade covering international conflicts, including the Russia-Ukraine war for the AP, 20 DAYS IN MARIUPOL is Mstyslav Chernov’s first feature length film. Drawing on Chernov’s daily news dispatches and personal footage of his own country at war, 20 DAYS IN MARIUPOL is a vivid, harrowing account of civilians caught in the siege, as well as a window into what it’s like to report from a conflict zone, and the impact of such journalism around the globe.

About Movie:

20 Days in Mariupol (Ukrainian: 20 днів у Маріуполі) is a Ukrainian documentary film directed by Mstyslav Chernov.

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

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