National Council of Film Critics USA (National Board of Review) recognized Mstislav Chernov's film "20 days in Mariupol" as one of the five best documentaries this year!
“I personally could not watch it right away, watched parts for three days!
Impossible, no words, to comment on it! The film is pain, the movie is early, horror..” – commented Yaroslav Bystrushkin.
This award recognizes the importance and strength of a film project, which tells about the events, that happened during the defense of the Ukrainian city of Mariupol during the war in eastern Ukraine.
“20 days in Mariupol” impresses with its power, truthfulness and accuracy of presentation of the material. The film brings to the viewer not only the facts of military battles and conflict, but also illuminates deep emotional and human pain. Director Mstislav Chernov managed to give voice to those, who experienced history from the inside, allowing the audience to experience and understand the complexity and anxiety of modern warfare.
The film shows not only destruction and despair, what happens during war, but also emphasizes the strength of the human spirit and the will to live in difficult circumstances. It puts the real world in the foreground, evoking a great emotional response in the audience and prompting deep thought.
The award from the National Board of Review shows not only the high level of the film industry, but also about the necessity and relevance of the topic, which the film raises. This is a confirmation of importance and influence, which cinema has in shaping the worldview and perception of social problems.
Deserving of the prize, “20 days in Mariupol” reveals the realities and importance of events to a global audience, that happened in Ukraine. This film is capable of stirring the audience to action, raise the issue of peace and war, as well as intensify the discussion of national and international problems.
It does everything “20 days in Mariupol” not only an important creative achievement, but also a document, which should be considered as a way to draw attention to pressing problems, which humanity faces in the modern world. The National Board of Review award was a recognition of the film's great contribution to the development of cinema and the audience's awareness of complex realities, which occur in different parts of the world.
