Best Documentaries 2024 Ukraine. A scene from the documentary “veselka,” directed by. A harrowing film exposes the brutality of russia’s war in ukraine.

A new set of documentaries about russia’s attack on ukraine and its reverberations in europe have hit cinemas at a pivotal moment in u.s. Favourite to win the best documentary oscar, 20 days in mariupol shows russian troops advancing into the ukrainian city in march 2022, and might help to galvanise viewers.