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Alisa Kovalenko is an award-winning Ukrainian documentary filmmaker based in Kyiv. Her first two feature-length documentaries, Alisa in Warland (IDFA, 2015) and Home Games (Sheffield Doc/Fest, 2018) were screened at over a hundred festivals, winning multiple awards. Alisa’s third film, We Will Not Fade Away, a teenage adventure documentary set in war-torn Donbas, premiered at the Berlinale 2023. We Will Not Fade Away won 20 international awards and was selected for the European Film Awards 2023. It was also named Best Ukrainian Documentary in 2023 by the Ukrainian Film Academy.
That same year, she co-directed a short documentary for young audiences, Girl Away from Home (IDFA 2023), with Simon Lereng Wilmont. Alisa is an awardee of the Chicken & Egg Award 2024. Major broadcasters have screened her films and platforms such as Netflix and Arte. After Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Alisa joined a volunteer combat unit associated with The Armed Forces of Ukraine and fought on the frontline for months before returning to filmmaking. From this existential experience, she has drawn My Dear Théo.
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