The film "Air Breakthrough to Azovstal. The Sky" from Artem Shevchenko's documentary series "Defence Intelligence of Ukraine" was screened in the Italian capital during the Days of Ukrainian Cinema.

The cultural diplomacy event in Rome was organized at the initiative of the Embassy of Ukraine in Italy with the support of the Ukrainian State Film Agency.

"Air Breakthrough to Azovstal. The Sky" is a documentary dedicated to the unique and complex operation of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine in the spring of 2022 to establish an air corridor to the Azovstal metallurgical plant to evacuate the wounded and deliver weapons, ammunition, communications, and troops to reinforce the defenders of Mariupol, which russian invaders surrounded.

In 2024, the film was awarded the prize of the first national festival of films made during the war, Cinema for Victory.

"Here in Rome, in the cradle of European Christian civilization, you feel like no other place that Ukraine is fighting for the same European civilizational values of democracy, respect for human rights, and the rule of law against the forces of tyranny, despotism, and evil united by russia. I hope that the films presented at the Ukrainian Film Days in Rome, including mine, will contribute to further support of our country by the Italian Republic and its people," said Artem Shevchenko, author of the series "Military Intelligence of Ukraine," documentary filmmaker and military serviceman, at the opening of the event.

The Days of Ukrainian Cinema in Rome also featured the documentary "We Were Recruits" by Lubomyr Levytsky, short films from the Culture VS War series, the historical drama "Yaroslav the Wise", feature films "Honeymoon", "Taste of Freedom", "Me, Victory and Berlin", "Egregor", and the Ukrainian-Italian film "The Long Escape".