Dogwoof Takes International Sales Rights On Ukrainian War Doc ‘20 Days In Mariupol’
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: London-based documentary specialist Dogwoof has acquired international sales rights to Mstyslav Chernov’s documentary feature 20 Days in Mariupol following its award-winning bow at Sheffield DocFest.
The doc picked up the Tim Hetherington Award at Sheffield, the latest award it has clinched during its expansive festival run.
The film debuted at Sundance, where it won the Audience Award for World Cinema Documentary. A co-production between The Associated Press and FRONTLINE, the doc also won Best Film at DocuDays, Best Director at DocEdge, and filmmakers Chernov, Vasilisa Stepanenko, Evgeniy Maloletka, and Lori Hinnant won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service reporting for their work on the doc.
A native Ukrainian and Associated Press journalist, 20 Days In Mariupol marks Chernov’s documentary feature debut. The pic offers a first-person account of the 20 days he and his AP colleagues Maloletka and Stepanenko spent documenting Russia’s invasion of Mariupol, Ukraine.
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