We sat with Ukrainian director Yegor Troyanovsky to talk about Cuba & Alaska [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Yegor Troyanovsky
film profile], featured in the Documentary Competition at the 31st Sarajevo Film Festival. Filmed partly on the front lines of the war in Ukraine, the film follows two best friends, Cuba and Alaska, as they navigate survival, camaraderie, and the slow erosion of their pre-war lives. Troyanovsky reflects on the challenges of filming in an active war zone, the intimacy of vérité footage, and the urgent need to preserve human connection through cinema.