Cuba & Alaska
Amid the carnage of war in Ukraine, frontline medics Cuba and Alaska risk their lives to save others, forging an unbreakable bond of friendship while holding onto dreams of a life beyond conflict.
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Tuesday, May 12, 2026
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Wednesday, May 13, 2026
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Cuba and Alaska are frontline medics in the war in Ukraine, risking their lives to save others while forging an unbreakable bond. When Alaska is critically injured in a Russian drone attack, the two are forced onto separate paths—Alaska into grueling rehabilitation, and Cuba away from the front lines, where she launches a bold fashion and art project inspired by futuristic female warriors and Ukrainian embroidery in Paris, and begins a relationship with a fellow soldier back at the front.
Juxtaposing the brutality of war with moments of creativity, intimacy, and release, Cuba & Alaska is a gripping portrait of resilience and camaraderie. As their stories unfold, questions of identity, womanhood, and survival in wartime come sharply into focus for both of them. Through stylized filmmaking and editing, raw helmet-cam footage, and a driving rock soundtrack, the film captures both the chaos of conflict and the humanity that endures within it—two women holding onto hope for a life beyond war.
—Kathleen Mullen
- Director: Yegor Troyanovsky
- Principal Cast: Olexandra Lysytska (nickname: ALASKA), Yulia Sidorova (nickname: CUBA), Serhi Bordeniuk (nickname: ARTIST), Yevhen Stepaniuk (nickname: KARABIN), Dmytro Shepelev (nickname: SHEPA)
- Country: Ukraine, France, Belgium
- Year: 2025
- Running Time: 93 min.
- Producer: Olha Bregman, Christian Popp, Hanne Phlypo
- Screenplay: Yegor Troyanovsky
- Cinematographers: Serhyi Stetsenko, Yegor Tryanovsky, Viacheslav Tsvietkov, Yevheniia Bondarenko, Francois Chambe
- Editors: Joelle Alexis
- Music: Frederik Van De Moortel
- Awards: Brussels International Film Festival 2025 (International Audience Award, Jury Prize), Rome International Film Festival 2025 (Best Documentary), Central Scotland Documentary Festival 2025 (Jury Award)
- Filmography: Demon (2020)
- Language: Ukrianian, Russian, French, Spanish
- Has Subtitles: Yes
- International Sales: Java Films