Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom
2015 · Movie · R · 98 min · ★ 7.9 · 84% critics
Over 93 days in Ukraine, peaceful student demonstrations spiral into a violent revolution and a broader civil rights movement. The story follows how everyday people keep pushing for freedom as tensions escalate and unrest sweeps through the country.
Also known as Winter on Fire
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Details
- Years
- 2015
- Release date
- 2015-09-03
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 84/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.9/10 (320 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this intense documentary if you want an up-close look at how peaceful protests can escalate into a major freedom fight; Not for you if you need a fully balanced viewpoint, or if graphic, heart-breaking material like Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom may feel too heavy.
Pros: inspiring mass resolve; Shocking real footage; Emotional, memorable | Cons: graphic violence; One-sided perspectives; Subtitles can annoy
Themes
- revolution
- politician mafioso
- 2010s
- ukrainian revolution
- euromaidan
- ukrainian politics
- ukraine
- kyiv
- ukrainian history
- kyiv, ukraine
- russo-ukrainian war
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Documentary Feature Film · 2016 · nominated
Cast & crew
Cissy Jones
as Self - Narrator (voice)
- BA
Bishop Agapit
as Self
Catherine Ashton
as Self
- SA
Serhii Averchenko
as Self
- KB
Kristina Berdinskikh
as Self
- PD
Pavlo Dobryanskyy
as Self
- VD
Valery Dovgiy
as Self
- BD
Bogdan Dubas
as Self
- KE
Kurganskyi Eduard
as Self
- MH
Mykhailo Havryliuk
as Self
Directed by Evgeny Afineevsky