2000 Meters to Andriivka

Every day we hear reports about the fighting in Ukraine, but because there are few journalists on the front line, we have little idea of what is really happening there. Ukrainian filmmaker and journalist Mstyslav Chernov, who previously showed what the war means for civilians in the Oscar-winning 20 Days in Mariupol, focuses in his new film on the battlefield, the soldiers and the combat operations. The result is this chilling documentary about the apocalyptic nature of war – a horrific world of minefields, burnt forests and the bodies of the fallen.

The Russian-occupied village of Andriivka in eastern Ukraine is of great strategic importance. That is why, in 2023, a Ukrainian platoon attempts to liberate the village. The road there, a narrow strip of wooded land, is only two kilometres long, but it will ultimately take the soldiers three months to cover those 2,000 metres, paid for with blood.