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 film: Features
Running time: 102 mins
Director: Evgeny Afineevsky
Producer: Evgeny Afineevsky, Den Tolmor
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
Music: Jasha Klebe

Production Status

Complete

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

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Netflix

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