Cinema for Peace film '20 Days in Mariupol' screened for the first time in Ukraine

The award-winning film “20 Days in Mariupol” made its premiere in Ukraine on Saturday, when it was seen for the first time by some of the Ukrainian medics and first responders who were chronicled in the documentary about how Russian forces bombed and blasted their way into the port city last year.

Repeated standing ovations in a packed Kyiv cinema, mixed with tears and hugs, greeted the civil servants who toiled nearly non-stop in and around a Mariupol hospital that was a centerpiece of the film that documented the early days of the fight for the city, which eventually fell to Russian hands.

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FILE - A Ukrainian serviceman guards his position in Mariupol, Ukraine, March 12, 2022 (AP Photo/Mstyslav Chernov, File).