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| Screenplay: | Ivan Syniepalov |
| Director: | Ivan Syniepalov |
| Country: | Ukraine |
| Language: | Ukrainian, Russian |
| Editor: | Aykhan Hajibayli |
| Cinematography: | Aykhan Hajibayli |
| Runtime: | 13 minutes |
| Company: | Public TV of Azov |
Year of Freedom. Mariupol After DNR (Ukrainian: Рік визволення. Маріуполь після ДНР) is a short documentary produced by Public TV of Azov and released on 13 June 2015 - one year after Mariupol was recaptured by the Ukrainian government from pro-Russian separatist of the so-called Donetsk People's Republic. The film describes the events that took place in the port city of Mariupol in south-eastern Ukraine in the summer of 2014. The story of the liberation of Mariupol on 13 June 2014, is told by participants of the operation - from a regular soldier to the President of Ukraine.[1]
The documentary became one of the most popular videos of Public TV of Azov reaching near 200,000 views. It was awarded as a "Best documentary" at the 2016 film festival "KiTy" (Ukrainian: КіТи).[2] The website "To Inform is to Influence" describes events shown in this documentary as a "proof of the fact that DNR rebels are untrained".[3]