‘20 Days in Mariupol’ Director Mstyslav Chernov’s Sundance-Bound ‘2000 Meters to Andriivka’ Boarded by Dogwoof (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comLeo Barraclough International Features Editor Dogwoof has acquired international sales rights for “2000 Meters in Andriivka” by Ukrainian filmmaker and Pulitzer Prize-winning AP journalist Mstyslav Chernov, director of the 2024 Academy Award winner for best documentary “20 Days in Mariupol.” “2000 Meters in Andriivka” is set to have its world premiere Jan.
23 at Sundance Film Festival as part of the World Cinema Documentary Competition. Dogwoof will launch international sales for the film at Sundance.
The documentary will be distributed by PBS Distribution in North America. It marks Dogwoof’s second collaboration with Chernov, PBS’s “Frontline” and the Associated Press following “20 Days in Mariupol.” “20 Days in Mariupol” offered audiences a visceral view of the first days of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and its civilian toll.
Now, in “2000 Meters to Andriivka,” Chernov turns his lens toward Ukrainian soldiers — who they are, where they came from, and the impossible decisions they face in the trenches as they fight for every inch of land.
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