20 days of Mariupol: Ukraine asks Disney to show Oscar awards ceremony unedited

The National Council of Television and Radio Broadcasting of Ukraine has written a letter to the management of The Walt Disney Company with a request to create an updated international version of the video of the Oscar ceremony, which would contain a fragment with the figurine being awarded to the shooting crew of Ukrainian film 20 Days in Mariupol. Source: appeal of the National Council of Television and Radio Broadcasting of Ukraine Details: The appeal was addressed to Bob Iger, the company's Chief Executive Officer.

It notes that Ukrainians cheerfully reacted to the news about the 20 Days in Mariupol winning in the Best Documentary Feature nomination, and almost all media in democratic countries quoted the film director, Mstyslav Chernov.

Quote: "Today, all democracies in the world are looking for any opportunity to resist military aggression that poses a threat to the peaceful world order At this point, your staff decides to remove the fragment of the Ceremony where journalists receive the Prize for a full-length documentary film that talks about the horrors of war! And this moment, which caused enormous emotion in the Dolby Theater and in numerous posts throughout the day on the Internet, will not be seen by viewers in many countries of the Eastern Hemisphere and those viewers around the globe who will watch the Ceremony in subsequent screenings. It is difficult for us to believe that such a decision by the studio staff would be a politically motivated decision agreed by the company's management.

We are also already familiar with the [Disney] Studio's explanations about pre-planning the short version and believe that it could well be only preliminary... Therefore, we ask you to create and distribute to broadcasters an updated international version, in which the fragment with the nomination "Best Documentary Feature" will be preserved." Background:

• The award ceremony for the film 20 Days in Mariupol was not included in the shortened international TV version of the Oscar ceremony.

  Disney Entertainment explained that this was due to time limits provided for the short version of the show.

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