The film had its world premiere at the 72nd Venice International Film Festival . At the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival , it won the People 's Choice Award for best documentary . The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature and the Primetime Emmy Award in the Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking category . On Rotten Tomatoes , it has a rating of 95 % with an average rating of 7.7 . Jay Weissberg from '' Variety '' stated that '' Winter on Fire '' is an " accessible film , with greater TV appeal , but it ’s also more limited by its insistence on shoehorning everything into one perspective , albeit a perspective shared by many . " '' Winter on Fire '' was widely shown around Venezuela in 2017 during the anti-government protests in Caracas , in which protesters were rallying against President Nicolás Maduro
72nd Venice International Film Festival
72nd Venice International Film Festival
Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom