On January 14 in California the American Film Academy selected the films that will compete for this year’s Oscar. Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom, a film about the massive protests that took place on Maidan (central...
“Winter on Fire” is a beautiful and important film. It tells the true story of a stunning show of collective humanity that culminated in a revolution in Ukraine, Europe’s largest country and one Americans know next...
The award ceremony event that took place on Jan 5th, at the West Hollywood City Council Chambers where the “Mirror of the Freedom Award” was given to the filmmaker Evgeny Afineevsky. After the ceremony, there was a...
Evgeny Afineevsky had a wild ride while filming “Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom”, the undeniably moving and inspiring documentary (now available on Netflix.) As if the stirring real-life drama were not...
First stereotype: Ukrainians are very poor Some Europeans viewed Ukraine as extremely poor. Many Ukrainian refugees were surprised to learn that. “They perceived us almost like we are cave people who do not know and have not seen...
