Documentary, Color, 2015, 1h 42m
Directed by: Evgeny Afineevsky
Music by: Jasha Klebe
Produced by: Evgeny Afineevsky (Producer), Den Tolmor (Producer), Eduard Georgadze (Co-producer), Yurko Ivanyshyn (Co-producer, UKR.STREAM), Pavlo Peleshok (Co-producer, UKR.STREAM), Lina Klebanova (Co-producer), Kostyantyn Ignatchuk (Co-producer), Galyna Sadomtseva-Nabaranchuk (Co-producer / line producer), Bohdan Batruch (Executive producer), John Battsek (Executive producer), Christa Campbell (Executive producer), Linda Carlson (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 (Production executive),
Lisa Nishimura (Executive producer), Andrew Ruhemann (Executive producer), Jason Sterman (Executive producer), Angus Wall (Executive producer)
Production stage: UKR.STREAM, Afineevsky - Tolmor Production, Campbell Grobman Films, Makemake, Netflix, Passion Pictures, Pray for Ukraine Production, Rock Paper Scissors Entertainment, Rock Paper Scissors, SPN Production
Country of production: Ukraine, United Kingdom, United Sates
Release: October 9, 2015
Distributor: Netflix
Synopsis:
This documentary follows the 2013–2014 Maidan Uprising, in Kyiv, via a chronological approach to key events via historic footage and testimonies of two dozen protesters. The first events narrated are the expected UE-Ukraine trade agreement being promised as a way to elevate Ukraine's future, but this agreement is suddenly discarded in favour of one with Russia. Pro-Europe citizens organize protests and occupations, centered on and around Kyiv's Maidan square. After 4 months, the standoff between the government, its forces, and increasingly organized and dedicated protesters escalate into barricades, violent skirmishes, brutal repression and deadly shootings by police on protesters. With the latest bloody and gruesome killings of protesters in February 2014, protest leaders vow to take down the government by force the following day. Ukraine's pro-Russia president flew to Russia in the early hours opening the way to new elections and a new Ukraine looking toward Europe.
Co-produced documentary «Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom»; (Netflix, 2015) about the Euromaidan protests in Ukraine in 2013-2014.
Awards:
Oscar Academy Awards, USA, 2016 – nomination for the Best Documentary Feature Film,
Toronto International Film Festival, People’s Choice Award, 2015 – winner,
The Television Academy Honors Documentaries, USA, 2016 – winner,
Primetime Emmy Awards 2016 – nomination for Exceptional Merit in Film Documentary,
Awards Circuit Community Awards 2015 – nomination for Best Documentary Feature Film,
Cinema for Peace Awards 2016 – nomination for Most Valuable Documentary of the Year,
Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA, 2016 – nomination for Best Sound Editing - Documentary Feature Film.
