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Crafted from stark footage and exclusive interviews with people displaced by the enduring conflict, Freedom on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom reveals how the spirit of unity strengthens morale even amid the country’s darkest hours.

When Vladimir Putin launched an unprovoked invasion of Ukraine in early 2022, its citizens instinctively renewed the survival strategies that sustained them eight years prior during the Maidan Uprising. This companion piece to director Evgeny Afineevsky’s Academy Award nominated documentary Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom explores why a jubilant day on Kyiv’s Maidan square instigated warfare that has lasted the better part of a decade. Broadening his focus from a single city, Afineevsky and his veteran Winter on Fire crew turn their lenses on multiple countries, trailing both the Ukrainians trying to escape and those who have vowed to stay behind.

A sweeping look at a humanitarian crisis, the documentary amplifies the views of children, mothers, soldiers, doctors, artists, volunteers, clergymen, and journalists who are transformed while witnessing ceaseless destruction and bloodshed. Featuring narration from Oscar-winning Dame Helen Mirren, Freedom on Fire is a saga of resilience that challenges the international community to oppose tyranny together.

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  Helen Mirren

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  White Bird, Shazam! Fury of the Gods

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The film's director Evgeny Afineevsky last directed Winter on Fire.

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Evgeny Afineevsky

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• The film has also been selected to screen at Hamptons International Film Festival, Mill Valley Film Festival, Seattle International Film Festival DocFest (Closing Night), SCAD Savannah Film Festival, DOCNYC, Budapest International Documentary Festival, Stockholm International Film Festival, Tokyo International Film Festival, Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival (Czech Republic), Movies on War Film Festival (Norway) and Eastern Neighbors Film Festival (Netherlands).
• Freedom on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom had its World Premiere at the 79th Venice International Film Festival, where it was recognized with the Kineo Award, and its North American Premiere at Toronto International Film Festival.

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Oct 2022

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