2Brave Productions, TAG Film, Clin d’Oeil Film will have the World Premiere of their documentary CUBA & ALASKA at Sheffield Documentary Festival.
A raw and intimate profile of two Ukrainian Medics from the frontlines of the war, CUBA & ALASKA captures the funny, the arcane, the painfully tragic and surprisingly warm healing that make up a soldier’s emotional journey during wartime.
Body cams, cell phones, and the interviewer’s camera fill in the story between the constant danger, bouts of survivors’ guilt, and a longing to ‘go back’ – to return to the life they had when dreams were still possible.
Fueled by the enormously contagious laughter from Cuba, and the dark black humor of Alaska, the two best friends face down the unknown together with a warrior fierceness befitting Thelma & Louise.
Screenings in Sheffield:
World Premiere Day 1
Date: Thu 19 June
Time: 18:15
Venue: Showroom – Screen 4
Followed by a conversation with director Yegor Troyanovsky, protagonists Cuba and Alaska, and editor Joelle Alexis. Moderated by Alexandre Marionneau.
World Premiere Day 2
Date: Sat 21 June
Time: 10:15
Venue: The Light – Screen 9
Followed by a Q&A with director Yegor Troyanovsky, and protagonists Cuba and Alaska.
A film by Yegor Troyanovsky with YULIA “CUBA” & OLEXANDRA “ALASKA” Produced by OLHA BREGMAN, CHRISTIAN POPP, HANNE PHLYPO editing JOËLLE ALEXIS cinematography SERHIY STETSENKO, YEGOR TROYANOVSKY, VIACHESLAV TSVIETKOV,YEVHENIIA BONDARENKO, FRANÇOIS CHAMBE original score FREDERIK VAN DE MOORTEL sound edit & design LUDOVIC VAN PACHTERBEKE, LAURENT MARTIN mix LUCIEN RICHARDSON sound recording ANDRII NIDZELSKYI, XENIA VYNOGRADOVA associate production NATALIA LIBET, ENRICA CAPRA production management OLENA SAVCHENKO, NATHALIE VALLET, ELKE HERTOGS post supervision ANTOINE VERMEESCH grading THOMAS BOUFFIOULX vfx MANON MARTIN graphic design ROMAIN RIHOUX trailer THE PASTRY SHOP poster STUDIO DAOUDI
in co-production with ARTE FRANCE, VRT, RTBF, SUSPILNE UKRAINEČESKÁ TELEVIZE, SHELTER PROD
with the support of EURIMAGES CO-PRODUCTION & FILM MARKETING AND AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT, TAX SHELTER OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF BELGIUM, TAXSHELTER.BE & ING, IDFA BERTHA FUND, CREATIVE EUROPE PROGRAMME CO-FUNDED BY THE EUROPEAN UNION, FLANDERS AUDIOVISUAL FUND (VAF), INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SUPPORT (IMS), PROCIREP – SOCIÉTÉ DES PRODUCTEURS, L’ANGOA, UKRAINIAN INSTITUTE, FILMBOOST BY DEUTSCHE FILMAKADEMIE, GÖTEBURG FILM FUND, SABAM