Filming Your Own War: Alisa Kovalenko, dir. of TRACES (2026), Ukraine's Oscar Nominee

Podcast: First Time Go · Benjamin Duchek

Opublikowano: 2026-10-16

Watch This Episode On YouTube There was intense fighting during America's Global War on Terror era in Iraq and Afghanistan, no question. But it's nothing compared to the sheer horror of what's been going on in Ukraine for years now. Especially with drones playing a ubiquitous role, a better way to think about that particular conflict is modern day World War I. At great personal risk, director Alisa Kovalenko set out to document the war in her films, most recently MY DEAR THEO (2025) and TRACES (2026), the latter of which is Ukraine's Oscar nominee. Along with...