Five Ukrainian films included in 2024 Oscars eligibility lists – photo
The American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has released the official lists of films eligible for consideration for the 96th Academy Awards.
The lists for the categories of Best Animated Feature Film, Best Documentary Feature Film and Best International Feature Film are now out. A total of 288 films are listed.
Five Ukrainian films were among the movies that passed the technical selection stage for the 2024 Oscars.
20 Days in Mariupol by Mstyslav Chernov, which Ukraine nominated as its Oscars contender, is on two lists: Best Documentary and Best International Feature.
20 Days in Mariupol is a documentary based on footage shot by Ukrainian photo and video journalists during the early days of Russia’s attack on Mariupol. The film consists of footage that Chernov and his colleagues sent to international media outlets covering the events in the encircled city: children and adults dying, mass graves appearing, constant bombardment, a maternity hospital being destroyed by a Russian airstrike, and other Russian war crimes.
In addition to Chernov's film, four other Ukrainian and co-produced films have been shortlisted in the Best Documentary category:
- Photophobia by Ivan Ostrokhovskyi and Pavol Pekarčík. This film, produced by Slovakia, Czechia and Ukraine, tells the story of 12-year-old Mykyta, who is hiding from the war with his family, living in a Kharkiv metro station.
- In the Rearview by Maciek Hamela. This is a documentary road movie, through which the director tells the story of his passengers – civilians fleeing the war at the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
- A Rising Fury by Lesia Kalynska and Ruslan Batytskyi. This is the story of a relationship between two people over nine years: from the Revolution of Dignity to Russia’s full-scale invasion.
- Motherland by Hanna Badziaka and Alexander Mihalkovich. This is a co-production about the establishment of Alexander Lukashenko’s totalitarian regime.
About the 2024 Oscars
The 96th Academy Awards ceremony will be held on the night of 10-11 March. Following tradition, it will take place at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.
The ceremony will be hosted by American comedian Jimmy Kimmel. This will be his fourth time hosting the ceremony: the first time was in 2017, and Kimmel went on to host the world's most prestigious film awards in 2018 and 2023.
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