WINTER ON FIRE: UKRAINE’S FIGHT FOR FREEDOM

WINTER ON FIRE: UKRAINE’S FIGHT FOR FREEDOM

Winner of the People’s Choice Documentary Award at the Toronto International Film Festival, Winter on Fire supplies a visceral, in-depth look at the bloody Ukrainian uprising in 2013-14 that led to the overthrow of President Yanukovych. Filmmaker Evgeny Afineevsky makes the complicated politics approachable with vibrant characters, brisk pacing and well-deployed graphics. He uses multiple footage sources to tell an epic story of a people’s movement. Courtesy of Netflix.

Director: Evgeny Afineevsky
Producer: Evgeny Afineevsky, Den Tolmor
Cinematographer: Alex Kashpur, Andriy Havryschhuk, Arturas Morozovas, Constantin Shandybin, Damian Kolodiy, Dmytro Patyutko, Eduard Georgadze, Galyna Sadomtseva-Nabaranchuk, Halyna Lavrinets, Ielizaveta Smith, Inna Goncharova, Kirill Kniazev, Maxim Bernakevich, Maria Komar, Oleg Balaban, Oleg Tandalov, Oles Chernyuk, Pavlo Peleshok, Rusian Ganuschchak, Vyacheslav Tsvetkov, Viktor Kozhevnikov, Vladimir Makarevich, Vyacheslav Poliantcev, Vyacheslav Tihonsky, Zhenya Shynkar, Lizogub Khrystyna
Editor: Will Znidaric
Music: Jasha Klebe
Language: English, Ukrainian
Country: Ukraine/USA/UK
Year: 2015