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PITTSBURGH-FEBRUARY, 10, 2026. The highly acclaimed international film BUCHA  will be released in the U.S., Canada and the U.K, with release timing to coincide with the anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022. Hawk Hill Pictures acquired the film for these territories on major platforms on February 24, 2026. Caroline Stern's Canoe Film brokered the deal.

On February 24th, 2022, the entire world was rocked to its very core when news broke that Russian forces had begun to storm Ukraine. Over time, these continuous and aggressive actions towards the latter country have consistently been called the biggest attack on any European country since World War II. One of the earliest but most startling maneuvers from Russia came not even a week later, on March 4th, when Vladimir Putin's military began their horrendous assault on one of U

Credit: Courtesy Of Level The makers of Bucha , the first narrative feature film shot in Ukraine since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of the country, are aiming for a major distribution deal for their gripping drama. Director Stanislav Tiunov and writer-producer Oleksandr Schur unveiled a nearly finished rough cut of the film at the Ukrainian Cultural Center in Los Angeles on Saturday, the second anniversary of Russia’s brutal assault. The movie tells the heroic stor