Feb. 23 — The film about Russian propaganda, Mr. Nobody Against Putin, won the BAFTA award in the Documentary category, beating 2,000 Meters to Andriivka, made by Kharkiv journalist Mstyslav Chernov who got Ukraine’s first Oskar with 20 Days in Mariupol.

Mr. Nobody Against Putin is a Danish-Czech film about propaganda in Russian elementary schools from the perspective of one of the teachers, Pavel Talankin.

2000 Meters to Andriivka was also nominated in this category. It tells the story of the Third Assault Brigade’s path to liberating Andriivka, a village near Bakhmut, which was separated from Ukrainian positions by two kilometers of mined forest.

The BAFTA jury also selected One Battle After Another as the best film of the year.

BAFTA is the British Academy of Film and Television Arts film award, founded in 1947. It is considered the British equivalent of the Oscars. The awards are presented at an annual ceremony, usually held in February.

2,000 Meters to Andriivka 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. 

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