According to Deadline, Mstyslav Chernov and Oleksandr Babenko’s ‘2000 Meters to Andriivka’ was honored at the News & Documentary Emmy Awards, presented by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, the organization behind all Emmy awards. The film won the award for Outstanding Direction – Documentary
In total, ‘2000 Meters to Andriivka’ competed in six categories: Outstanding Current Affairs Documentary, Outstanding Writing – Documentary, Outstanding Cinematography – Documentary, Outstanding Direction – Documentary, Outstanding Editing – Documentary, as well as the top prize, Best Documentary.
Other awards and nominations for ‘2000 Meters to Andriivka’
The film has received the Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary award from the Directors Guild of America, as well as awards from the Sundance Film Festival and the Stockholm International Film Festival, and a BAFTA nomination for Best Documentary.
At Docudays UA, the film was recognized as Best Film in three categories, while at the Academy Awards, ‘2000 Meters to Andriivka’ advanced to the shortlist stage.
About ‘2000 Meters to Andriivka’
The events of ‘2000 Meters to Andriivka’ take place during Ukraine’s 2023 counteroffensive. In the film, Chernov follows a platoon of Ukrainian soldiers from the Third Separate Assault Brigade to liberate the strategically important village of Andriivka in the Donetsk region, which is ‘surrounded by mines and accessible only through a tiny sliver of wooded land’.
Chernov worked on the film alongside his colleague, Associated Press photographer Oleksandr Babenko. The soundtrack was written by composer and producer Sam Slater, who won a Grammy for his music for the HBO series ‘Chernobyl’ and the film ‘Joker’.
Read our interview with Sam Slater: ‘How was the music for ‘2000 Meters to Andriivka’ created? Composer Sam Slater explains’
