Ukraine aid worker's story wins Emmy

Chris Parry shot footage as he rescued people from bomb-damaged buildings

A producer of an award-winning film about a man who was killed in Ukraine after he helped rescue hundreds of people said audiences had been moved by themes of "courage, loss and friendship".

The documentary Hell Jumper, depicting aid worker Chris Parry, from Truro, won the International Emmy Award for Best Documentary earlier in November.

Producer Colin Barr said: "People are genuinely just absolutely stunned by the selflessness" of the 28-year-old who shot footage as he evacuated civilians and travelled through the war-torn country in vehicles known as hell jumpers.

Mr Parry wore a body cam during rescues and Mr Barr said: "You can hear his breath, you can almost hear his heartbeat."

In the film, Mr Parry said: "I just had to go out there and help, I can't just stand by and let this happen without at least trying to help."

He died in January 2023 alongside another volunteer Andrew Bagshaw, as they tried to help evacuate a woman from an area of heavy bombardment in eastern Ukraine.

Hell Jumper was made by Expectation for BBC Two and heard from his family and fellow evacuators.

Mr Barr said a 12-minute sequence of one of the rescues Mr Parry filmed "feels like an uninterrupted search as Chris runs from a bombed out building, in and out of shops trying to find a family waiting to be evacuated".

The film also won the prize for Single Documentary at the Royal Television Society Programme Awards, and the Grand Jury Prize at the Rockie Awards.