My Dear Théo

synopsis

There was no other choice for her. She had to go and fight the evil that had taken over her country. An evil she had experienced first-hand in 2014, when she spent four days in Russian captivity in Donbas. She was so determined that she was able to leave her young son behind for an extended period of time. Now she composes letters to him in her head as helicopters fly overhead and mortar shells explode nearby. This evocative documentary portrait of life in close proximity to the front lines builds on the contrast between an incredible will to live and the duty to risk one's life for a higher cause. Not for the nation, not for the homeland, but for the free future of one's own children.

“My camera has been with me since the first day of the full-scale war.” — Alisa Kovalenko

biography

Alisa Kovalenko (born 1987) is a Ukrainian documentary filmmaker who left to fight on the front lines after Russia invaded her native country. Her work has long focused on the issue of violence against women. Czech audiences have already had the opportunity to see her films Home Games (2018) and We Will Not Fade Away (2023).

film details

director:	Alisa Kovalenko
producer:	Kasia Kuczyńska