On Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025, Frontline, the PBS documentary series produced at GBH in Boston, and The Associated Press will present the U.S. broadcast and streaming premiere of “2000 Meters to Andriivka”: a stunning and immersive portrayal of the men fighting on the frontlines of the war in Ukraine.
From the Oscar®-winning team behind “20 Days in Mariupol” — including Ukrainian filmmaker Mstyslav Chernov, producer and editor Michelle Mizner and producer Raney Aronson-Rath – “2000 Meters to Andriivka” documents the toll of the Russia-Ukraine war from a personal and devastating vantage point. Following his historic account of the civilian toll in Mariupol, Ukrainian filmmaker and AP journalist Mstyslav Chernov turns his lens towards Ukrainian soldiers — who they are, where they came from, and the impossible decisions they face in the trenches as they fight for every inch of their land.
Amid a failing counteroffensive in 2023, Chernov and his AP colleague Alex Babenko follow a Ukrainian brigade battling through approximately one mile of a heavily fortified forest on their mission to liberate the Russian-occupied village of Andriivka. Weaving together original footage, intensive Ukrainian Army bodycam video and powerful moments of reflection, “2000 Meters to Andriivka” reveals with haunting intimacy, the farther the soldiers advance through their destroyed homeland, the more they realize that, for them, this war may never end.
Produced in partnership with the AP, “2000 Meters to Andriivka” will premiere on PBS and begin streaming following a decorated run on the 2025 film festival circuit — including winning the Sundance Film Festival Director Award for World Cinema Documentary, CPH:DOX’s F:ACT Award, and Best International Documentary at DocAviv.
“2000 Meters to Andriivka” was also selected by Ukraine as its pick for the Best International Feature Film category at the 2026 Academy Awards.
“We’re honored to once again collaborate with The Associated Press and offer audiences both rigorous journalism and cinematic, feature-length storytelling,” says 2000 Meters to Andriivka producer and Frontline editor-in-chief and executive producer, Raney Aronson-Rath. “Following in the footsteps of ’20 Days in Mariupol’, we hope ‘2000 Meters to Andriivka’ will serve as a lasting record of history and a reminder of the human toll of this ongoing conflict.”
“‘2000 Meters to Andriivka’ is a visceral and unflinching account of what happens on the battlefield,” said AP Senior Vice President and Executive Editor Julie Pace. “Eyewitness journalism is critically important – especially in conflict – to show the world the facts on the ground, and that’s exactly what this film does. We are so pleased to be working with FRONTLINE to share this important documentary with the widest possible audience.”
“2000 Meters to Andriivka” was written, filmed and directed by filmmaker and AP journalist Mstyslav Chernov. It is produced by Chernov, Frontline’s senior editor and producer Michelle Mizner and Frontline’s editor-in-chief and executive producer Raney Aronson-Rath. It is edited by Michelle Mizner. The film is co-produced and includes additional cinematography by AP journalist Alex Babenko, and is composed by two-time Grammy Award®-winning composer and music-producer Sam Slater (‘Chernobyl,’ ‘Joker’).
“2000 Meters to Andriivka” premieres on PBS and will be available to stream on YouTube on Tuesday, November 25 at 10/9c (check local PBS listings). The film will also be available to stream on pbs.org/frontline, in the PBS App, and in PBS Documentaries on Prime Video at 7/6c. “2000 Meters to Andriivka” is distributed domestically by PBS Distribution and internationally by Dogwoof.
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