A screening of this year's Academy Award-winning film depicting the devastation of Mariupol, a city in eastern Ukraine occupied by Russia, was held in Ukraine, and the audience hoped it would be seen by the world, as the military invasion continues. We heard people asking us not to forget what we are doing.
Mariupol, a port city in eastern Ukraine, was occupied by Russia after fierce fighting at the beginning of Russia's military invasion, with the Ukrainian side claiming that over 20,000 civilians were killed.
A free screening was held in Ukraine's capital Kyiv on the 19th in response to the documentary film ``Twenty Days in Mariupol,'' which tells the story of the tragedy, which won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature this month.
After a moment of silence was first offered for the victims, a man who had spent about 200 days in occupied Mariupol took to the stage and said, ``The people of Mariupol have had their homes destroyed, people close to them killed, and all of them are deeply affected. "I am suffering from the same pain," he said, expressing the situation he had seen.
The movie clearly captures the reality of the hospital where seriously injured citizens are brought one after another, and the destruction of the city.
A 42-year-old man who saw the movie said, ``This is a work that conveys our feelings to the world, and I want everyone to see it.''
A 33-year-old woman said, ``As soon as the movie started, I started reliving the feelings of anxiety and other emotions. It's very painful to see children being killed. I can't forget that the war is still going on in Ukraine.'' I want it,” he said.