Q&A with director Alisa Kovalenko and producer Tijana Djukic and a performance by Natasha Sulym

After the screening of My Dear Théo, an after talk with the director Alisa Kovalenko and the producer Tijana Djukic will take place. Alisa will be accompanied by her family and her son Théo. Ukrainian jazz singer Natasha Sulym will do a short performance before the screening.

Alisa Kovalenko is a mother and a filmmaker who also became a soldier in early 2022 after the full-scale Russian invasion of her country in 2022. For Kovalenko and her fellow Ukrainians, repelling the aggressor from the East and protecting their homeland became the sole raison d’être. And with that came terrible choices and enormous sacrifices. She gave up her career, but she also had to leave her 4-year-old son behind.

The conversation is moderated by Laura Quarto 

Language: English