Mstislav Chernov’s “20 Days in Mariupol” won in the Best Feature Documentary category of the Academy Awards, according to the Associated Press.
At the awards ceremony, Mstislav Chernov took the stage to collect his award.
“Movies shape memories, and memories shape history,” Chernov said.
The Associated Press and PBS “Frontline” team that produced the documentary received a standing ovation from the audience. This is the first Oscar for both Ukraine and the Associated Press.
“20 Days in Mariupol” chronicles the first weeks of fighting in Mariupol in the Donetsk region during Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Director and photographer Mstislav Chernov, photographer Eugene Maloletka and producer and journalist Vasilisa Stepanenko worked on the movie. They were the last journalists to cover the beginning of Russia’s destruction of Mariupol, for which all three won the Pulitzer Prize.
The movie became the highest-grossing documentary in Ukraine last year, collecting 500 thousand UAH only for the first weekend of distribution.
As reported, the documentary “20 Days in Mariupol” won the BAFTA award of the British Academy.
The movie “Oppenheimer” directed by Christopher Nolan won the Oscar in the category “Best Film”.
The awards ceremony of the 96th American Academy Awards was held in Los Angeles at the Dolby Theater on Monday night, Kiev time.
Among the contenders for the award in this category were “American Fiction”, “Anatomy of a Fall”, “Barbie”, “Unfortunate Creatures”, “Zone of Interest”, “Maestro”, “The Departed”, “Past Lives”, “Killers of the Flower Moon”.
The movie “Oppenheimer” tells the story of the creator of the American atomic bomb, Robert Oppenheimer, focusing on the transformation of his relationship to the weapon created under his leadership.
The film also won awards for Best Director (Christopher Nolan), Best Actor (Cillian Murphy) and Best Supporting Actor (Robert Downey Jr.). In total, the picture was awarded seven Oscar statuettes.
The best actresses according to “Oscar” became Emma Stone for the movie “Unfortunate Creatures”, the best supporting actress played D’Vine Joy Randolph in the movie “The Departed”.
The Oscar winner in the category “Foreign feature film” was the film “Zone of Interest”.
“Oscar” for best original screenplay went to the movie “Anatomy of a Fall”. The award for best adapted screenplay went to “American Fiction”.
The best documentary was “20 Days in Mariupol” by Mstislav Chernov. “The Boy and the Heron” by Hayao Miyazaki won the “Oscar” as the best animated film.
The American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences award, known as the Oscars since the 1940s, was established in 1929 and honors figures who have made contributions to the motion picture industry.
