Mstyslav Chernov Biography

Awards

• 2023Special Mention-Best Documentary: winner
• 2023Golden Athena-Best Documentary: nominated
• 2023Checkpoints Award-Best Human Rights Documentary: nominated
• 2023F:ACT Award-: nominated
• 2023Cinema for Peace Award-Cinema for Peace Dove for The Most Valuable Documentary of the Year: winner
• 2023Greg Gund Memorial Standing Up Award-: winner
• 2023Critics' Choice Documentary Award-Best Narration: nominated
• 2023Critics' Choice Documentary Award-Best First Documentary Feature: winner
• 2023Best International Film-The International Competition: nominated
• 2023Best International Film - Honorable Mention-: winner
• 2023DOCU/UKRAINE-Best Film: winner
• 2023RIGHTS NOW! (documentaries about the currently relevant examples of the struggle for human rights)-Best Film: nominated
• 2023Audience Award-: winner
• 2023Human Rights Award-Human Rights Dox: nominated
• 2023Gotham Independent Film Award-Best Documentary: nominated
• 2023Special Mention-Best Cinematography: winner
• 2023Jury Prize-National Competition: Ukrainian Feature Films: nominated
• 2023Golden Space Needle Award-Best Documentary: nominated
• 2023Tim Hetherington Award-: winner
• 2023Bronze Horse-Best Documentary: nominated
• 2023Audience Award-World Cinema - Documentary: winner
• 2023Grand Jury Prize-World Cinema - Documentary: nominated
• 2023New Directors Competition-Best Documentary: nominated
• 2023Ukrainian Film Critics Award "Kinokolo"-Best Director: nominated
• 2023Ukrainian Film Critics Award "Kinokolo"-Best Documentary: winner
• 2023Ukrainian Film Critics Award "Kinokolo"-Discovery of the Year: winner
• 2024Oscar-Best Documentary Feature: winner
• 2024BAFTA Film Award-Best Documentary: winner
• 2024BAFTA Film Award-Best Film Not in the English Language: nominated
• 2024Windie-Best Documentary Film: nominated
• 2024Cinema Eye Honors Award-Outstanding Achievement in a Debut Feature Film: nominated
• 2024Cinema Eye Honors Award-Outstanding Achievement in Production: winner
• 2024Cinema Eye Audience Choice Prize-: nominated
• 2024Cinema Eye Honors Award-Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking: winner
• 2024DGA Award-Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary: winner
• 2024Gold Derby Film Award-Documentary Feature: winner
• 2024LEJA Award-Best Documentary Feature: nominated
• 2024NDFS Award-Best Documentary Feature: winner
• 2024PGA Award-Outstanding Producer of Documentary Motion Pictures: nominated
• 2024FIPRESCI Prize-Best Foreign Language Film: nominated
• 2024SFCS Award-Best Documentary Film: winner
• 2024Golden Dzyga-Best Directing (Yurii Illenko Award): nominated
• 2024Golden Dzyga-Best Documentary Film: winner
• 2024Golden Dzyga-Best Film: winner
• 2025Golden Athena-Best Documentary: nominated
• 2025Documentaire Extraordinaire-: nominated
• 2025Human Rights Award-: nominated
• 2025F:ACT Award-: winner
• 2025Critics' Choice Documentary Award-Best Narration: nominated
• 2025Critics' Choice Documentary Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2025Best International Film-The International Competition: winner
• 2025DOCU/WORLD-Best Film: winner
• 2025RIGHTS NOW! (documentaries about the currently relevant examples of the struggle for human rights)-Best Film: winner
• 2025Audience Award-Best Film: winner
• 2025Gotham Independent Film Award-Best Documentary Feature: nominated
• 2025It's All True Trophy-International Competition: Best Feature or Medium-Length Documentary: nominated
• 2025Audience Grand Prize-Bulgarian Edition: the Audience's Favorite Film in the Line-up: winner
• 2025Festival Team Special Prize-Feature Non-Fiction Film especially appreciated in the line-up: winner
• 2025Eagle-Best European Film (Najlepszy Film Europejski): nominated
• 2025Bronze Horse-Best Documentary: winner
• 2025Grand Jury Prize-World Cinema - Documentary: nominated
• 2025Directing Award-World Cinema, Documentary: winner
• 2025Ukrainian Film Critics Award "Kinokolo"-Best Director: winner
• 2025Ukrainian Film Critics Award "Kinokolo"-Best Documentary Feature Film: winner
• 2026ASC Award-Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Documentary: nominated
• 2026BAFTA Film Award-Best Documentary: nominated
• 2026DGA Award-Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary Film: nominated
• 2026WGA Award (Screen)-Documentary Screenplay: nominated