EVGENY AFINEEVSKY is an Oscar and Emmy-nominated director. On February 22-24, 2023 Evgeny presented to the world a newly edited and updated version of his headline-breaking documentary “FREEDOM ON FIRE: UKRAINE’S FIGHT FOR FREEDOM”. The movie, which outlines all 9 years of the war and one year of the full-scale invasion, premiered recently in Kyiv and Vatican.
In 2020, Catholics in Media Associates awarded him with the 2020 CIMA Social Justice Award for his passion for telling stories that matter, his love for humanity and work for justice. In the same year, despite the pandemic, he presented his headline-making movie “FRANCESCO” in Rome for which he was awarded the prestigious Kineo Award.
His documentary, “CRIES FROM SYRIA”, was included in the Official Selection at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival and has won several awards, including the International Documentary Association’s Courage Under Fire Award, the Humanitas Prize, a Cinema for Peace Award, the Overseas Press Club’s Peter Jennings Award and the Best Director at the Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards. It was also nominated for Best Documentary as well as for four Emmy Awards and a PGA Award.
In 2016, Evgeny earned an Oscar & Emmy nomination for “WINTER ON FIRE: UKRAINE’S FIGHT FOR FREEDOM”, which was included in the Official Selection of the Venice & Telluride film festivals, won the People’s Choice Award for the Best Documentary from the Toronto International Film Festival and received the Television Academy’s Honors Award.