Documentary On Euromaidan Protests Nominated For Oscar
By RFE/RL
A documentary film about Ukraine's Euromaidan protests has been nominated for an Academy Award for best documentary feature.
The Oscar nominations were announced on January 14 at a ceremony in Beverly Hills, California.
The Oscars will be handed out on February 28.
Winter On Fire: Ukraine's Fight For Freedom is a 2015 documentary film about the Euromaidan uprising that overthrew Moscow-friendly Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych.
The film, by director Evgeny Afineevsky, won the Grolsch People's Choice Documentary Award at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival.
Winter On Fire, Ukraine Documentary, Nominated For Academy Award
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) -- The latest on the 88th annual Oscar nominations announced Thursday in Beverly Hills, California, by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences:
The Oscar nominees for documentary feature have been announced in Beverly Hills, California. They are: "Amy," "Cartel Land," ''What Happened, Miss Simone?," ''The Look of Silence," and "Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom."
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