WED JAN 10, 2024 7:00 PM

20 DAYS IN MARIUPOL

Free

Los Feliz 3 | Q&A with filmmaker Mstyslav Chernov. Moderated by Zorianna Kit. 

Ukraine’s Official Oscar Submission for Best International Feature Film

Program will begin with a screening of the short film “Sunflower Field”

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ABOUT THE FILMS:

“Sunflower Field,” 2023, Dir. Polina Buchak, 4 Mins, Ukraine

Under the shadowy threat of war, a young Ukrainian girl awaits a call from her father. As she waits, the day turns into night and she sinks into various dreamscapes from which she must find her way home.

Format: DCP

20 DAYS IN MARIUPOL, 2023, Dir. Mstyslav Chernov, 94 Mins, PBS, Ukraine, Russia

In Ukrainian and Russian with English subtitles.

An AP team of Ukrainian journalists 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 Associated Press, 20 DAYS IN MARIUPOL is Mstyslav Chernov’s first feature film. The film draws on Chernov’s daily news dispatches and personal footage of his own country at war. It offers 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.

FORMAT: DCP