DOCUMENTED SCREENING PROGRAM: 2000 Meters to Andriivka

From Oscar®-winning director Mstyslav Chernov (20 Days in Mariupol), 2000 Meters to Andriivka documents the toll of the Russia-Ukraine war from a personal and devastating vantage point. Winner of the Sundance Film Festival 2025 World Cinema Documentary Directing Award, and shortlisted for Best Documentary Feature Film at the 2026 Academy Awards®.

Following his historic account of the civilian toll in Mariupol, Mstyslav Chernov turns his lens towards Ukrainian soldiers—who they are, where they came from, and the impossible decisions they face in the trenches as they fight for every inch of their land.

Amid a failing counteroffensive in 2023, Chernov and his AP colleague Alex Babenko follow a Ukrainian brigade battling through approximately one mile of a heavily fortified forest on their mission to liberate the Russian-occupied village of Andriivka.

Weaving together original footage, intensive Ukrainian Army bodycam video and powerful moments of reflection, 2000 Meters to Andriivka reveals with haunting intimacy, the farther the soldiers advance through their destroyed homeland, the more they realize that, for them, this war may never end. Victorian theatrical premiere.

Ticketing information: Tickets are $14 for AIDC delegates and are available to purchase via the ACMI website or in-person at the ACMI ticket desk.

Image credit: 2000 Meters to Andriivka (Photo Credit: Mstyslav Chernov, Associated Press). Image courtesy of Madman Entertainment.

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