Directed by Ivan Syniepalov Cinematography Aykhan Hajibayli Production
company Public TV of Azov Running time 13 minutes Production company Public TV of Azov | Screenplay by Ivan Syniepalov Edited by Aykhan Hajibayli Director Ivan Syniepalov Written by Ivan Syniepalov | |
Release date June 13, 2015 (2015-06-13) | ||
"Year of freedom. Mariupol after DNR" (Ukrainian: Рік визволення. Маріуполь після ДНР) is a short documentary produced by Public TV of Azov and released on 13 June 2015 - one year after Mariupol was liberated from rebels of the so-called Donetsk People's Republic. The film describes the events that took place in the port city of Mariupol in south-eastern Ukraine in the summer of 2014. The story of the liberation of Mariupol on 13 June 2014, is told by participants of the operation - from a regular soldier to the President of Ukraine.
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The documentary became one of the most popular videos of Public TV of Azov reaching near 200,000 views. It was awarded as a "Best documentary" at the 2016 film festival "KiTy" (Ukrainian: КіТи). The website "To Inform is to Influence" describes events shown in this documentary as a "proof of the fact that DNR rebels are untrained".