Mstyslav Chernov, a filmmaker who spans the red carpet and the trenches of Ukraine: ‘The world has never been as dangerous as it is today’

Mstyslav Chernov, a filmmaker who spans the red carpet and the trenches of Ukraine: ‘The world has never been as dangerous as it is today’

“It was like living in two worlds, and having to go from one to another in a dramatic way. From attending film festivals and walking down red carpets to crossing the Poland border and getting into the trenches,” recalls Ukrainian filmmaker Mstyslav Chernov (Kharkiv, 40 years old) of September 2023, when he was headed from screening to screening, kicking off the race to the Oscars that he would ultimately win with his documentary 20 Days in Mariu…