Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom

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Movie
Original title Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom
Country of production United Kingdom , United States , Ukraine
original language Ukrainian , Russian , English
Publishing year 2015
length 102 minutes
Rod
Director Yevgeny Afineevsky
script The Tolmor
production Evgeni Afinejewski,
Den Tolmor
music Jasha Klebe
cut Will Znidaric

Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom is a documentary of Yevgeny Afinejewski from the year 2015 on the euromaidan , which took place in Ukraine in 2013/14. The film was nominated for best documentary at the 2016 Academy Awards.

action

The developments of the " Revolution of Dignity ", the revolt of Ukrainian citizens, activists , students , workers and artists against the suspension of the Association Agreement between the European Union and Ukraine , are presented through interviews with participants in the protests and using their own video recordings. He consciously focuses on the efforts of the protesters:

“Every time you point a camera at a politician, he is selling himself and his agenda. It's not a human story. With the film I tried to tell the story of the people. ( Every time you point a camera to a politician, his story is promoting himself and promoting his party and his agenda. It's not a human story. For me this movie was the human story that I tried to tell. ) "

production

The production of the film was supported by Netflix and can be viewed on this website .

criticism

"[I] t provides [..] little historical context or a larger overview of how the growing authoritarianism of Putin's Russia is affecting this part of the world."

"The film offers little historical context or a larger overview of how Putin's growing authoritarianism is changing this part of the world."

- Stephen Farber

Awards

Won
nomination

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Reason (magazine) : Interview with Evgeny Afineevsky
  2. Todd Spangler: Netflix Sets Premiere of 'Winter on Fire' Ukraine Citizen Uprising Documentary , Variety - Website. Retrieved February 12, 2016.
  3. Stephen Farber, Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom: Venice Review , The Hollywood Reporter Website, September 2, 2015. Retrieved February 12, 2016.