Alisa Kovalenko

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Alisa Kovalenko

Born September 24, 1987 · Zaporozhye, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Zaporizhia, Ukraine] (age 38)

Alisa Kovalenko (Ukrainian: Аліса Коваленко; 24 September 1987; Zaporozhye) is a Ukrainian documentary director. She graduated the Karpenko-Kary University of Cinema of Kyiv and the Andrzej-Wajda cinema school of Warsaw. Her first feature-documentary "Alisa in Warland"premiered at IDFA Amsterdam in 2015 in the First appearance competition. Alisa’s second documentary, "Home Games" was again an IDFA…

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TracesTraces · 2026
Traces
2026
MovieDocumentary
Despite the deep traces of trauma caused by sexual violence and torture at the hands of Russian troops, Ukrainian women survivors are uniting to break stigma and silence, transforming their testimonies into a powerful form of resistance.
We Will Not Fade AwayWe Will Not Fade Away · 2023
We Will Not Fade Away
7.72023
MovieDocumentaryWar
For five teenagers living in the conflict-ridden Donbas region of Ukraine, a Himalayan expedition provides a brief escape from reality. A portrait of a generation that, in spite of everything, is able to recognise and celebrate the fragile beauty of life.
Sister ZoSister Zo · 2014
Sister Zo
2014
MovieDocumentary
Zo is a former soccer player. After leaving sports, she has to fight for survival and to define her new self.
72 Hours72 Hours · 2019
72 Hours
2019
MovieDocumentary
An attempt to convey the atmosphere and show the process of rescuing tourists in the winter Carpathians. This documentary is also part of a study on mountain rescuers in the Ukrainian Carpathians
Girl Away from HomeGirl Away from Home · 2023
Girl Away from Home
2023
MovieDocumentary
Nastia is a gymnast in Kyiv, training intensively with her four teammates for the Ukrainian National Championships. At other times they make dance clips, perform acrobatic feats, and giggle a lot. Nastia knows that together they can achieve anything. But then the war breaks out, and Nastia’s parents send her to her grandmother in Germany, hoping that the separation will be temporary.
Home GamesHome Games · 2018
Home Games
7.02018
MovieDocumentary
A broken fairytale depicting a crucial moment in the life of Alina, a 20-year-old "million dollar baby" from Kyiv, whose passion for football has a chance of saving her from poverty.
My Dear TheoMy Dear Theo · 2025
My Dear Theo
2025
MovieDocumentaryWar
In a series of letters to her young son, a mother, soldier and filmmaker documents her thoughts from the Ukrainian frontline.
Alisa in WarlandAlisa in Warland · 2015
Alisa in Warland
3.72015
MovieDocumentaryWar
In the midst of revolution and civil war, a filmmaker sets out to find herself. From the barricades of Maidan Square, to the safety of a Parisian apartment, Alisa struggles with her love for boyfriend Stephane, her impartiality as a journalist and her duties as a proud Ukrainian. Treading the line between director and subject, will Alisa leave this conflict with her love and her life, intact?

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Beyond EuroBeyond Euro · 2012
Beyond Euro
2012
MovieDocumentary
"Beyond Euro" is the result of collective work of the youth creative laboratory. His idea can probably be defined as an attempt to impersonate the crowd. The ability to see, to distinguish a human face from a crowd that seems faceless, cohesive on a sporting, political, or any other basis. And tell me about it. That's probably the point. Both the Almanac and the laboratory. How successful this experiment is will be judged by the audience. In any case, it took place. And here is a series of attentive, thoughtful, concerned or ironic, but always caring and independent views of young authors on the reality that surrounds them. To see a separate human face in a crowd also means to keep your own. In any crowd... which is thus personified and gets a chance to turn into a society. The thought is not new, but it needs to be reminded.

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