Trapped in the besieged city of Mariupol, a team of Ukrainian journalists from The Associated Press is struggling to continue their work covering the atrocities of the Russian invasion. As the only international journalists left in the city, they are capturing what will later become the most important images of the war: the dying children, the mass graves, the bombing of maternity homes, etc. 20 Days in Mariupol is Mstislav Chernov's first feature film, after nearly a decade of The Associated Press coverage of international conflicts, including the war between Russia and Ukraine. The film is based on Chernov's daily news reports and personal footage from his country during the war. The film provides a vivid, harrowing account of civilians under siege, as well as an insight into what it is like to report from a conflict zone and the impact of such journalism around the world. In 2023, Chernov was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for his reporting from Mariupol, and in 2024, the documentary film based on his reporting, 20 Days in Mariupol, was awarded the Oscar for Best Documentary. This is the first Oscar for a Ukrainian filmmaker, for which, according to Ukrainian President V. Zelensky, Ukraine has paid a heavy price, and the director himself, M. Chernov, said when accepting the award that he would gladly have exchanged it for the fact that he would never have needed to make this film, that Russia would never have attacked Ukraine and killed tens of thousands of Ukrainians. The screening of the film is sponsored by the Renew Europe political group in the European Parliament. The screening will be followed by a short discussion and a Q&A session with MEPs Petr Auštrevičius, Shadow Rapporteur on Ukraine of the Renew Europe political group in the European Parliament, and Jonas Oehman, founder of Blue/Yellow, a non-governmental organisation supporting Ukraine.