Three new documentaries from Ukrainian filmmakers highlighting the carnage wrought on their country by Russian aggression premiere at the Sundance Film Festival this week
The film"20 Days In Mariupol" offers a behind-the-scenes look at how Director Mstyslav Chernov risked his life to chronicle a Russian direct hit on a maternity hospital, which provoked outrage around the world.
"20 Days In Mariupol," which screened on Friday night, portrays in harrowing detail the arrival of war last year to a city that became one of the invasion's bloodiest battle sites, all captured by video journalists under siege. "It really gives an insight to not only fuller stories of people who are there, but also to how big scale the story is," he told AFP.
Moscow's weaponization of misinformation is also central to "Iron Butterflies," which takes its name from the shrapnel within the Russian-made BUK missile that struck passenger plane MH17 in 2014, killing 298 people. Director Roman Liubyi said he tried to remain "scientific" and avoid becoming angry while editing the film because Russian propaganda is "built around emotional impact, emotional engagement."
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