Alisa Kovalenko

Born in Ukraine in 1987, Alisa Kovalenko graduated from the Karpenko-Kary University of Cinema in Kyiv and later studied at the Andrzej-Wajda cinema school in Warsaw, Poland. She garnered attention with her 2015 film Alisa in Warland about the war in eastern Ukraine, which premiered at IDFA Amsterdam. Her film about an aspiring female footballer, Home Games was presented at several festivals and was in competition at LuxFilmFest in 2019.