Freedom on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom

2022
TV-MA
1 h 56 m

2022
TV-MA
1 h 56 m

Summary The film depicts the horrible realities of this unprovoked war instigated by Vladimir Putin. It is an exploration of the courage of the Ukrainian people, fiercely determined to stand their ground until 'the last drop of blood'. Demonstrating an astounding ability to unite as a people and defend the sovereignty of their country, Ukrainian...

Documentary

Directed By: Evgeny Afineevsky

2022
TV-MA
1 h 56 m

2022
TV-MA
1 h 56 m

Freedom on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom

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Directed By: Evgeny Afineevsky

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Dmytro 'Orest' Kozatskyi

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Evgeniy Maloletka

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Nataliia Nagorna

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Ilia Novikov

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Katerina Overchenko

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Stanislav Stovban

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Anna Zaitseva

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Volodymyr Zelenskyy

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Andriy Zelinskyy

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TheWrap

Dec 14, 2022

The devastation caused by those Russian soldiers is on full display in “Freedom on Fire,” which can be hard to watch. But the film is less a catalogue of horrors than a tribute to the people who look for strength despite those horrors; it continually finds moments of grace, humanity and even beauty that seem almost unfathomable in these circumstances.

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Screen Daily

Dec 14, 2022

Mixing often horrifying war footage with testimonies from a wide range of Ukrainians of varying ages, Freedom on Fire is an urgent, somewhat hectic, at times cluttered film – but that’s partly explained by the fact that Afineevsky has been able to assemble it so rapidly, only six months after the invasion began.

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Los Angeles Times

Dec 14, 2022

With its mix of collected video, on-the-ground scenes in more than a dozen cities, interviews with Ukrainians (including some dissenting Russian voices), and media coverage, “Freedom on Fire” is a pulsating jumble of hearts and minds making do amid war and wreckage.

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IndieWire

Dec 14, 2022

It’s a challenge to conclude a documentary on an ongoing and fast-evolving conflict. The news will continue to tally up the dead bodies and destroyed cities, from which the film refuses to allow us to distance our emotions. But where “Freedom on Fire” proves valuable isn’t in the brutality of the corpses but in the reminder that these are individual people being broken, and real families being torn apart.

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Production Company Diamond Docs, Donbas Frontliner, Donetsk Institute of Information, Double Hope Films, Makemake, Winter on Fire Production

Release Date Dec 2, 2022

Duration 1 h 56 m

Rating TV-MA

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Awards

International Festival of Historical Films "Beyond Time"

• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations

Cinema for Peace Awards

• 1 Win & 2 Nominations

Kineo Awards, Italy

• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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Dmytro 'Orest' Kozatskyi

Self

Evgeniy Maloletka

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Nataliia Nagorna

Self

Ilia Novikov

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Katerina Overchenko

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Stanislav Stovban

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Anna Zaitseva

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Volodymyr Zelenskyy

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Andriy Zelinskyy

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