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BBC News
10-06-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Hell Jumper: Ukraine war documentary about Chris Parry wins award
A BBC film about a Truro man killed in Ukraine after helping rescue hundreds of people from the front line has won an award at a world media documentary Hell Jumper, depicting aid worker Chris Parry, won the Grand Jury Prize at the Rockie 28-year-old went to the country shortly after it was invaded by Russia and died from gunshot wounds alongside fellow volunteer Andrew Bagshaw in January organisation said the director Paddy Wivell brought a "tenderness and empathy to his interviewing" within the documentary. 'Breathless sequence' It said: "These interviews are the architecture of the whole film, giving it its tone and emotional heart. "Stylistically the master interviews were laced with social media posts, personal voice messages, and self-shot go-pro footage to create a first-person quality throughout."Most of Chris Parry's work was captured on 10 hours of bodycam footage, making up a large part of the added: "The team wanted the audience to be fully immersed in Chris' experiences, so chose to run much of their footage at length. "It's an extraordinary, breathless sequence that perfectly captures Chris' character."
RNZ News
30-05-2025
- General
- RNZ News
Father of Kiwi killed in Ukraine says government offered 'virtually nothing' in support
Andrew Bagshaw. Photo: Supplied / Susan and Philip Bagshaw The father of a New Zealand aid worker killed in Ukraine says his family received no support from our government. Professor Phil Bagshaw, father of Andrew Bagshaw, hopes the family of Shan-Le Kearns receive more support than they did. "We got some support from the UK government. We got virtually nothing from the New Zealand government," Phil Bagshaw told Midday Report. "Both my wife and I hope the New Zealand government is more supportive of this young man's family then they were of us." New Zealand aid worker Andrew Bagshaw, 47, was killed in eastern Ukraine in January 2023, alongside fellow British volunteer Christopher Parry. The pair were killed while trying to rescue a civilian from the Soledar region. On Thursday, reports emerged that 26-year-old Shan-Le Kearns was killed in Ukraine. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade said it had not yet received any confirmation from Ukraine authorities and was urgently seeking information. It said the process may take some time given the situation on the ground in Ukraine. When contacted about Prof Bagshaw's claims, a Mfat spokesperson said: "The New Zealand Government condemned the killings of Andrew Bagshaw and his British colleague Chris Parry in Ukraine in January 2023. For privacy reasons, no other information about the assistance provided can be provided." Kearns would be the fourth New Zealander known to have died in Ukraine. Dominic Abelen, 28, was killed on 23 August 2022; Bagshaw, 47, on 6 January 2023; and Kane Te Tai, 38, on 20 March 2023. Shan-le Kearns. Photo: Supplied Prof Phil Bagshaw, who founded the Canterbury Charity Hospital, said at the time of his son's death, his family received lots of "confusing" and "very distressing" information. "We hoped we'd get some good information from the New Zealand government but what we got was incorrect and unhelpful, I'm afraid," he said. "We were told Andrew was killed accidentally by an artillery shell, when in fact, that clearly was not true. In fact, we got more information from his friends in Ukraine who did know what had happened to him." Post-mortem reports found Parry and Andrew Bagshaw were both killed by gunshot wounds to the head and other parts of the body , rather than the initial official explanation of their death, which was that their vehicle was hit by artillery fire. He urges Kearns' family to reach out to the team of people Kearns worked with, as they will be a reliable source of information. Prof Phil Bagshaw expressed his deep sympathies to Kearns' family. "You have good days and you have not good days. This is something that you live with." Andrew Bagshaw in Ukraine. Photo: Supplied/Grzegorz Rybak Prof Phil Bagshaw, alongside his wife Dame Sue Bagshaw, have always maintained their son was the victim of a war crime and they want it to be investigated by the International Criminal Court at the Hague. "I can tell you we will not rest until our son's death is listed as a war crime which is held against [Russian President Vladimir] Putin in the International Criminal Court," he said. "We've forgiven those who killed him but we do not forgive Putin. We want him to stand trial, even in absentia, for the death of our son." "This war is a crime against humanity and the New Zealand government should be speaking out actively against it."
