20 Days in Mariupol

On the eve of Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, a team of Ukrainian Associated Press journalists enter the port city of Mariupol. For three weeks, they document a city under attack. Residents are slaughtered, electricity is cut. Medicine, food, and water are scarce, and the shelling continues. Sheltering in a hospital, the team struggles to continue their work but want the world to bear witness.

A brutal and gut-wrenching documentary about Russia’s siege of Ukraine. The film pulls together Mstyslav Chernov’s daily news dispatches and personal footage to chart a harrowing account of the civilians and medics caught in a conflict zone.

This screening is free (registration required here)

The screening of the documentary film 20 DAYS IN MARIUPOL, will be followed up by a panel on human rights, press freedom and mis- and disinformation, with the participation of H.E. Ms. Anne Goedert (Ambassador-at-large for human rights at the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, Luxembourg), Guilherme Canela de Sousa (Chief of the section of Freedom of Expression and Safety of Journalists at UNESCO headquarters in Paris), Rosa Brignone (Founder and President of Time for Equality), and Misch Pautsch (Journalist & Photojournalist, Journal.lu).

Accessible from 18 and over

Moderation: Marian Blondeel (Head of Benelux & EU Desk, United Nations Regional Information Centre in Brussels)