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Java Films Acquires ‘Cuba & Alaska’ Ahead of Sheffield Doc Fest World Premiere, Releases First Look Trailer (EXCLUSIVE)
Java Films has acquired world rights to director Yegor Troyanovsky’s feature documentary “Cuba & Alaska” ahead of its Sheffield Doc Fest debut.
Film Festival in the Directors’ Week Competition, is an intimate and often darkly humorous profile of two female Ukrainian medics, “Cuba”(Yulia Sidorova) and “Alaska” (Olexandra), on the frontlines of the war. Mostly comprising footage from phones and GoPro cameras attached to their helmets and chests, the film offers rare access to the medics’ daily lives, their reliance on each other and a testament to the camaraderie required to survive in this world. The producers said that Java Films’ Kathryn Bonnici and Donatien Pierda “understood our vision from day one at CPH:Forum, and their passion for the story has been incredible to witness.
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