EXCLUSIVE: London-based documentary sales and production outfit Dogwoof has secured a raft of deals for 2000 Meters To Andriivka, directed by Oscar-winning 20 Days In Mariupol filmmaker and journalist Mstyslav Chernov.
Dogwoof has sold to Ukraine (Arthouse Traffic), France (Originals Factory), Australia-New Zealand (Madman), Spain (Filmin), Benelux (Periscoop), Denmark (DR), Sweden (SVT), Norway (VGTV), Baltics (Kino Sõprus), former Yugoslavia (Discovery), Poland (Against Gravity and Canal+ Polska), Hong Kong (PCCW) and Israel (Channel 8).
The documentary will be distributed by PBS Distribution in North America, with Dogwoof set to release the film theatrically in the UK-Ireland this August.
The film had a special screening in Cannes yesterday (May 13) as part of the mayor’s office of Cannes day of film screenings dedicated to the war in Ukraine. It world premiered earlier this year at Sundance, where it won the directing award in world cinema documentary, and also screened at CPH:DOX, winning the F:ACT Award, dedicated to films between documentary filmmaking and investigative journalism.
20 Days In Mariupol offered an insight into the first days of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and its civilian toll. Now, in 2000 Meters To Andriivka, Chernov turns his lens towards Ukrainian soldiers — who they are, where they came from, and the impossible decisions they face in the trenches.
It is a co-production between Associated Press and Frontline PBS, produced by Michelle Mizner, Raney Aronson-Rath and Chernov.
No comments yet