Project Detail

Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight For Freedom

Synopsis

A visceral, in-depth look at the bloody Ukrainian uprising in Kiev’s Maidan Square in the winter of 2013-14 that resulted in the removal of the Russian-backed President Viktor Yanukovych.
Venice Film Festival 2015 - World premiere

Details

Year
2015
Type of project
Features
Running time
102 mins
Director
Evgeny Afineevsky
Producer
Evgeny Afineevsky, Den Tolmor
Co-Producer
Eduard Georgadze, Kostyantyn Ignatchuk, Lina Klebanova, Pavlo Peleshok, Galyna Sadomtseva-Nabaranchuk
Executive Producer
Lisa Nishimura, John Battsek, Lati Grobman, Angus Wall, Adam Del Deo, Christa Campbell, David Dinerstein, Andrew Ruhemann, Dennis L. Kogod, Nadine Khapsalis Kogod, Bohdan Batruch
Editor
Will Znidaric
Director of Photography
Alex Kashpur, Andriy Havryshchuk, Arturas Morozovas, Constantin Shandybin, Damian Kolodiy, Dmytro Patyutko, Eduard Georgadze, Galyna Sadomtseva-Nabaranchuk, Halyna Lavrinets, Ielizaveta Smith, Kirill Kniazev, Inna Goncharova, Kostyantyn Ignatchuk, Lizogub
Composer
Jasha Klebe

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

Ukraine, US, UK coproduction

Netflix (US), Afineevsky - Tolmor Production (US), UkrStream TV (UA ), SPN Production (UA), Passion Pictures (UK), Campbell Grobman Films (US), Rock Paper Scissors (US), Pray for Ukraine Production (US)

Passion Pictures

County House
33-34 Rathbone Place
London
W1T 1JN

Sales Company

Netflix

Sarah Bremner
335 N. Maple Drive, Suite 353
Beverly Hills
CA 90210
USA

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