"The lone awards ceremony of the week was the Directors Guild Awards, where prizes were handed out in the categories of Feature Film, Documentary Film, and First-Time Feature Film. The First-Time Feature award didn't exist back in 1996 when Paul Thomas Anderson's Hard Eight debuted, so his win on Saturday night marked his first DGA prize in his storied career."
"In the Documentary Film category, Mstyslav Chernov won for the Ukrainian film 2000 Meters to Andrivka, wherein he and fellow journalist Alex Babenko embedded with a Ukrainian platoon on their mission to liberate the Russian-occupied city of Andrivka. It's the second DGA win in three years for Chernov, who won in 2024 for the Oscar-winning 20 Days in Mariupol."
Week 20 scoring awarded 30 MFL points for Directors Guild Award winners across Feature, Documentary, and First-Time Feature categories. One Battle After Another collected 30 points and extended its overall lead in the season standings. Mstyslav Chernov won Documentary for 2000 Meters to Andrivka after embedding with a Ukrainian platoon to document liberation of the Russian-occupied city; this marked his second DGA win in three years following 20 Days in Mariupol. Charlie Polinger won First-Time Feature for The Plague in an upset over Eva Victor's Sorry, Baby, beating other MFL films Lurker and Pillion. League followers can view the leaderboard, join Discord, and subscribe to the weekly newsletter.
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