'' Icarus '' is a 2017 American documentary film by Bryan Fogel , which chronicles Fogel 's exploration of the option of doping to win an amateur cycling race and happening upon a major international doping scandal when he asks for the help of Grigory Rodchenkov , the head of the Russian anti-doping laboratory . It premiered at Sundance Film Festival on January 20 , 2017 , and was awarded the U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award ( Orwell Award ) . Netflix acquired the distribution rights and released '' Icarus '' globally on August 4 , 2017 . At the 90th Academy Awards , the film won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature
90th Academy Awards
90th Academy Awards
Icarus (2017 film)