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Chronicling events that unfolded over 93 days in 2013 and 2014, Netflix Original Documentary Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom witnesses the formation of a new civil rights movement in Ukraine. What started as peaceful student demonstrations supporting European integration morphed into a full-fledged violent revolution calling for the resignation of the nation's president. The film captures the remarkable mobilization of nearly a million citizens from across the country protesting the corrupt political regime that utilized extreme force against its own people to suppress their demands and freedom of expression.
The Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom filmmakers investigated the escalating political crisis in Ukraine from directly within the conflict zone. At the onset of demonstrations, they were there to record the special forces who were deployed to disperse the crowds, beating and seriously injuring hundreds of protesters. It was this moment that ultimately gave rise to mass protests and large-scale civil unrest in the country. In response, millions of Ukrainians rallied together to fight against the police state. Through interviews with protesters, activists, journalists, medical workers, artists and clergy representing multiple generations, social classes, nationalities and faiths, including a twelve-year old activist, the film tells the story of a diverse movement that self-organized towards one common goal, that stood their ground in the midst of extreme bloodshed, despair and the harshest of conditions. Director Evgeny Afineevsky built relationships with many people on the ground who shared their stories and contributed their footage, whose collective participation helped him document the movement on a grand scale from a variety of perspectives and locations.
Original Release
10/09/2015
US Release
10/09/2015
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Cast
Name | Character |
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His Beatitude Sviatoslav | Self - Major Archbishop of Kyiv-Halych |
Said Ismagilov | Himself / Self - Mufti of Muslim Administration of Ukraine |
Bishop Agapit | Himself / Self |
Archbishop Petro Malchuk | Self - Archbishop of Catholic Church in Ukraine |
Dmytro Holubnychy | Himself / Self - Maidan Protester, Age 16 |
Valerii Zalevskiy | Self - Heart Surgeon |
Katerina Overchenko | Self - Translator |
Mustafa Nayem | Self - Journalist |
Olena Stadnik | Self - Art Critic |
Ruslana Lyzhicko | Self - Ukrainian Singer |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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His Beatitude Sviatoslav | Self - Major Archbishop of Kyiv-Halych |
Said Ismagilov | Himself / Self - Mufti of Muslim Administration of Ukraine |
Bishop Agapit | Himself / Self |
Archbishop Petro Malchuk | Self - Archbishop of Catholic Church in Ukraine |
Dmytro Holubnychy | Himself / Self - Maidan Protester, Age 16 |
Valerii Zalevskiy | Self - Heart Surgeon |
Katerina Overchenko | Self - Translator |
Mustafa Nayem | Self - Journalist |
Olena Stadnik | Self - Art Critic |
Ruslana Lyzhicko | Self - Ukrainian Singer |
Maksim Panov | Self - Attorney |
Timur Ibragimov | Himself / Self |
Katya Korniyko | Self - Family Doctor |
Kurganskyi Eduard | Himself / Self - Businessman |
Pavlo Dobryanskyy | Himself / Self - Spiritual Chaplain of Maidan |
Ruslan Lapuk | Self |
Vladimir Kugilyov | Self - Monastery Security Guard |
Oleksandr Melnyk | Self - Civil Activist |
Alexander Pyvovarov | Self - Doctor |
Vladimir Makarevich | Self - Military Journalist |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Bohdan Batruch | Executive Producer |
John Battsek | Executive Producer |
Christa Campbell | Executive Producer |
Adam Del Deo | Executive Producer |
David Dinerstein | Executive Producer |
Lati Grobman | Executive Producer |
Nadine Khapsalis Kogod | Executive Producer |
Dennis L. Kogod | Executive Producer |
Jonathan Mussman | Executive Producer |
Lisa Nishimura | Executive Producer |
Andrew Ruhemann | Executive Producer |
Jason Sterman | Executive Producer |
Angus Wall | Executive Producer |
Linda Carlson | Executive Producer |
Evgeny Afineevsky | Producer |
Eduard Georgadze | Producer |
Kostyantyn Ignatchuk | Producer |
Yurko Ivanyshyn | Producer |
Lina Klebanova | Producer |
Pavlo Peleshok | Producer |
Galyna Sadomtseva-Nabaranchuk | Producer |
Den Tolmor | Producer |
Ksenia Kalinovskaya | Producer |
Editors
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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2016 | Oscar | Best Documentary, Feature | Nominated |
2016 | Emmy | Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking | Nominated |