"2000 Meters to Andriyivka": When the Camera Captures What the World Doesn't Want to See

After the resounding international success of the Oscar-winning documentary "20 Days in Mariupol," Mstislav Chernov returns with a new perspective on war. This time, he changes the scale: from the broad panorama of a nationwide tragedy, he moves to the intimate story of one combat unit participating in an extremely dangerous operation in the first autumn days of 2023.

One might expect Chernov's new work to be reflective, mournful, and full of sorrow. But "2000 Meters to Andriyivka" throws the viewer right into the trenches before the credits roll and doesn't let them breathe throughout the entire film. This is not a memorial memoir, but a chronicle of a living struggle that continues here and now.

According to the plot, a group of Ukrainian soldiers are tasked with passing through a deadly two-kilometer stretch of forest to liberate a key village from the control of Russian troops.