Actor Who Played A Sniper - Then Became One MEDUZA

Released on digital platforms 2/20/26

MEDUZA follows Ukrainian artist-turned-sniper Pavlo Aldoshyn from the first days of the war in 2022. Pavlo played a sniper in a film prior to the 2022 invasion, and these skills led him to be recruited as a sniper when the war began. Throughout the film, Pavlo’s inner life connects to a range of stories around the globe, including a Japanese widower searching the ocean for his wife, and an Amazonian tribesman describing the loss of a mythical ladder uniting earth and sky.

This fascinating documentary stars famous Ukrainian actor Pavlo Aldoshyn (“White Raven”) who was also a contestant on Ukraine’s version of The Voice before the war. The shoot took place over two years following the invasion, with some pre-invasion footage obtained from Pavlo and his wife, Katarina The team was Director Roc Morin and Leïla Wolf, Morin’s producer and longtime film collaborator who passed away in January. Morin had reported on the war starting in 2014 as a print journalist, and following the full-scale invasion, flew to Poland, walked across the border, and hitchhiked to Lviv because there was no organized transportation heading into the country at that time.

While in Kyiv, Wolf was introduced to Pavlo who happened to be on a brief leave from the front line. Over the course of the filming, interviews were conducted in Kyiv, Kharkhiv, and near the front line. Upon meeting Pavlo, Morin was struck by Pavlo’s unique spiritual perspective of himself in the context of the war. Witnessing Pavlo’s psychological transformation over the course of the two years of filming, and the impact of his involvement in the war on his spiritual mythology and relationships, forms the core of the film and shows the intimate costs of war. Pavlo is still fighting on the front lines for his country, even today.

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MEDUZA was directed by Roc Morin (”You Are My Audience”, Producer of Werner Herzog’s “Family Romance LLC”) and produced by Leïla Wolf (”You Are My Audience”). MEDUZA has a running time of 1:30 and will not be rated by the MPAA. The film was shot in the United States, Ukraine, Japan, India, and Ecuador. Buffalo 8 will release the film on digital platforms on February 20, 2025, tied to the 4-year anniversary of the war on Ukraine.