Alisa Kovalenko

September 24, 1987 — Zaporozhye, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Zaporizhia, Ukraine]

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 selection, selected in more than 120 festiovals and being the first Ukrainian creative film acquired by Netflix. Alisa has become a member of The European Film Academy (EFA) in 2019. She's the programmer of the Molodist Kyiv FF documentary competition. In March 2022, she went to fight for her country in the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

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Home Games

2018

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We Will Not Fade Away

2023

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Alisa in Warland

2015

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Home Match

2017

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My Dear Theo

2025

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Sister Zo

2014

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72 Hours

2019

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Girl Away from Home

2023