American Film Market Dailies

FILM.UA Group’s headliner is The Rising Hawk historical action by Akhtem Seitablayev and John Wynn, starring Robert Patrick (Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Die Hard 2, Last Action Hero, Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle), Tommy Flanagan (Braveheart, Gladiator, Sin City), Poppy Drayton (The Downtown Abbey, The Little Mermaid), Alison Doody (Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, A View to a Kill), Andriy Isayenko (Cyborgs), Oleh Voloschenko (The Stronghold).

“Thanks to our cooperation with American partners, we had a chance to tell the whole world this incredible heroic story by Ivan Franko, to showcase the beauty of Ukrainian Carpathians well beyond the country’s borders, and to enable the audience to learn more about our history and old traditions, to find out about culture and everyday life, to hear real Ukrainian music, to ‘infect’ not only Ukrainian but also Western viewers with our country,” says Akhtem Seitablaev, film director. “In the script, we have preserved all the main messages put in by the classical author in his work, namely the ideas of civil society, unity, self-dedication, and integrity.”

“I was very impressed when I read the script for the first time. Why have I never heard about it? This is an incredible story! I believe that this project has significant international potential as the story of a small Ukrainian community fighting the most powerful army of the world for its freedom and independence is close to each of us and will surely win the hearts of the audience all over the world,” says Jeff Rice, American producer of the film.

The film shooting was taking place in the Carpathians and Kyiv (Ukraine) in Summer 2018, currently the film is on its post-production stage, and the first international teaser for the movie is exclusively represented for the participants of the American Film Market at FILM.UA Group’s suit 650 in Loews.

“This is the first film with this large and strong international cast and crew team on FILM.UA Group’s distribution. We have represented The Rising Hawk at the recent world content markets, and have noted the strong interest from our partners and potential buyers to the project. So here, at the AFM, as now we have film’s first international teaser with us, we believe that a strong interest will transform into the first huge deals,” says Igor Storchak, CEO Distribution, FILM.UA Group.

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Title: The Rising Hawk

Slogan: Freedom is my nature

Cast: The Rising Hawk action film based on a novella Zakhar Berkut by Ivan Franko features a large international cast from Ukraine, the US, Kazakhstan, the UK, and Mongolia. In particular, the audience will see the following actors on the big screen: Andriy Isayenko (Cyborgs), Oleh Voloschenko (The Stronghold), Robert Patrick (Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Die Hard 2, Last Action Hero, Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle),  Tsegmid Tserenbold (Zhauzhürek myng bala) Tommy Flanagan (Braveheart, Gladiator, Sin City), Poppy Drayton (The Downtown Abbey, The Little Mermaid), Ayan Otepbergen (Zhauzhürek myng bala, Diamond Sword), Alex MacNicoll (The 5th Wave, A.X.L.), Viktor Zhdanov (Cyborgs), Erzhan Nurymbet (The Stronghold, Sardar, The Winning Sword, The Bride), Alison Doody (Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, A View to a Kill), Alina Kovalenko, Daulet  Abdygaparov (The Nomad, The Liquidator, The Horde), Rocky Myers, Oleh Stefan, Nurken Tumatayev (McMafia), Oliver Trevena, Maryna Koshkina, Marat Abdulayev (The Liquidator, Taraz), Stanislav Lozovskyi, Daniyar Akhmetov, Viktoriya Kleshenko-Pylypchuk, and others.  

Synopsis:

The year is 1241. The Mongol horde lead by cruel khan Burunda moves west, destroying everything in its path. Reaching the Carpathian Mountains, the troops camp right below. However, at night several local hunters, the Berkut brothers, secretly enter the camp and free the hostages. Consumed with rage, the khan decides to take revenge and destroy the Carpathian settlements. A traitor amongst the locals tells the Mongols about a secret passage inside the mountains. Nevertheless, a small group of mountain hunters lead by Zakhar Berkut has its own plan to stop the enemy horde once and for all.

Director: Akhtem Seitablaev

Co-director: John Wynn

Director of photography: Yuriy Korol

Producers: Egor Olesov, Jeff Rice, Raja Collins, Yuriy Karnovsky  

Scriptwriter: Yaroslav Voytseshek, Rich Ronat

Production designer: Vlad Odudenko

Costume designer: Antonina Belinska

Genre: action, drama

Status: post-production

Production: Kinorob and Cinema Day, FILM.UA Group, Supported by Ukrainian State Film Agency

Duration: 110 min

Theatrical release in Ukraine: 2019

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