Synopsis
Director: Mstyslav Chernov
Producers: Mstyslav Chernov, Michelle Mizner, Raney Aronson-Rath
Ukraine, 107 min
As enthralling and haunting as war cinema classics All Quiet on the Western Front and Apocalypse Now, the new film from the Oscar-winning director of 20 Days in Mariupol plunges the viewer into the trenches of Eastern Ukraine. It is 2023. Amid Ukraine’s brutalizing counteroffensive, the film follows Ukrainian platoons as they traverse a thin corridor of decimated forest, fighting for every inch of their land and creeping ever closer—2000 meters, 1000 meters, 500 meters—to retake the town of Andriivka. Mstyslav Chernov skillfully balances heart-stopping helmet-cam combat footage with profoundly intimate moments with the soldiers, revealing their vulnerability and humanity. Still as timely as ever, with stakes that couldn’t be higher for the Ukrainian people, or for Chernov himself. Winner of a Sundance Directing Award, 2000 Meters is “gut wrenching” (Toronto Star), “pensively devastating” (Variety), and “the most unbearably intense war documentary you’ll ever see” (The Daily Beast)
