Mstyslav Chernov

Ukraine Oscar Winner Mstyslav Chernov Talks to VOA About His Film

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Ukraine Oscar Winner Mstyslav Chernov Talks to VOA About His Film

This month’s Academy Awards ceremony saw a big first for Ukraine as Mstyslav Chernov’s “20 Days in Mariupol” won the best documentary Oscar. The film is a first-person account of being in the eastern Ukrainian city during the first weeks of Russia’s invasion. Khrystyna Shevchenko talked with Chernov. Anna Rice has that story. Read original … Read more

Ukraine’s Oscar-Winning Director Says He Would Exchange Award for No War

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Ukraine’s Oscar-Winning Director Says He Would Exchange Award for No War

Ukrainian director Mstyslav Chernov, who on Sunday won the first Academy Award for his country for the “20 Days in Mariupol” documentary about theRussian siege of the port city, said he would rather have no Oscar and no war waged against his country. Chernov, a video journalist for The Associated Press, shot the film during … Read more