NEW YORK, Dec. 9 — On Dec. 3, the National Board of Review (NBR) announced its 2025 honorees. The Ukrainian documentary 2,000 Meters to Andriivka, made by Mstyslav Chernov, was included in the Top 5 Documentaries list.

This year, 265 films were watched by a select group of film enthusiasts, filmmakers, academics, and young professionals, many of which were followed by in-depth discussions with directors, actors, producers, screenwriters, and cinematographers.

The NBR Awardees will be awarded at a gala event on Jan. 13, 2026, in New York.

2,000 Meters to Andriivka, Chernov’s new film, was released on August 28. The documentary has already received high critical reviews: The Times called it “the most important film of the year,” Metacritic and Letterboxd ranked it the highest among this year’s documentary premieres.

Chernov is a war correspondent, videographer, and writer from Kharkiv. After the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion, along with a team of journalists from Associated Press, he created a documentary, 20 Days in Mariupol, that covered Moscow troops’ war crimes in the city. In 2024, this movie won an Oscar.

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