For the Day of Ukrainian Statehood, a trailer for the military action game “Sniper. White Raven” by Maryan Bushan, based on real events. This is a story about the pacifist Nikolai, who, with the outbreak of the war in the Donbass in 2014, despite his own principles and prejudices, learns sniper business and goes to defend his land from the Russians.
In the trailer, the authors show the peaceful, carefree life of the eco-settler Mykola Voronenko, which instantly collapses with the arrival of Russians on Ukrainian lands. Tension and inevitability accompany the hero on his way to restore justice and victory.
“We finished filming The Crow in 2020 and could not have thought that the footage shot in winter would turn out to be somewhat prophetic – that on February 24, 2022, it would change the life of every Ukrainian, dividing it into “before” and “after”. I am sure that the release of the film, timed to coincide with Independence Day, is the right step, because now our Independence and Freedom are at stake. We believe that our cinema will once again remind you that the war knocked on peaceful Ukrainian homes 8 years ago and all this time Ukrainian soldiers courageously defend our land – just like our Sniper, ”says Artem Denisov, film producer.
The cast includes Pavel Aldoshin, Marina Koshkina, Andrey Mostrenko, Roman Semisal, Oleg Drach, Roman Yasinovsky, Oleg Shulga. The co-author of the script was Marian Bushan, who took a theoretical course on sniping to immerse himself in the topic, and the guru of world screenwriting art Linda Seger became the script doctor. Her work includes a number of best-selling screenwriting books and over 2,000 screenwriting consultations. Previously, the film was released in limited distribution in the Baltic countries (Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia) and the United States.
“Sniper. White Raven” is the first Ukrainian film with a military theme that has been released in wide national distribution since the beginning of the full-scale invasion. The premiere of the film will take place on August 24, specially for the Independence Day of Ukraine, in all open cinemas in the country.