aronson rad. michelle mizner and rennie aronson rad, who were invited to the award ceremony together with mystislav chernov, are the movie producers of the tape, in addition to them , photojournalist yevhen malalitka and producer vasylisa stepanenko. it was they who filmed the first weeks of battles and the blockade together. to the russian army of mariupol in 2022, in his speech during the presentation of the statuette, mstislav chernov said that he would easily exchange this award for the fact that there would be no war in ukraine. it is a great honor for me, but i will probably be the first director on this stage to say: i wish i had never made this film. i would like to be able to exchange it for russia never attacking ukraine, never occupying ours cities i would give everything for... that russia does not kill tens of thousands of my countrymen, i want them to release all the hostages, all the soldiers defending their land, all the civilians who are now in their prisons. and i would like to n