{"id":274288,"date":"2023-09-12T20:32:19","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T20:32:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/?post_type=app_event&p=274288"},"modified":"2023-10-04T17:03:03","modified_gmt":"2023-10-04T17:03:03","slug":"home-games-alliance-francaise-de-chicago","status":"publish","type":"app_event","link":"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/va\/events\/home-games-alliance-francaise-de-chicago\/","title":{"rendered":"Home Games\u202f| Alliance fran\u00e7aise de Chicago"},"content":{"rendered":"

Please join the EUNIC Chicago Cluster<\/a> at the Alliance fran\u00e7aise for the Chicago premiere of the documentary Home Games by Alisa Kovalenko<\/span><\/span>\u00a0.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Home Games<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Directed by Alisa Kovalenko<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>
2018, Documentary, 1h20, Ukraine<\/strong><\/p>\n

A crucial season in the life of Alina, a 20-year-old girl from <\/span>Kiev<\/span> whose passion for football has saved her from destitution. Alina has become a professional player, but <\/span>suddenly<\/span> life <\/span>brings<\/span> a new challenge: her mother dies, leaving behind two young siblings, Renat and Regina, and an almost-blind grandma. Now, Alina faces a choice: football or family.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In Russian with English subtitles
Free and open to the public (registration on eventbrite required)
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Alisa Kovalenko (1987) is a Ukrainian director, born in <\/span>Zaporizhia<\/span>, Eastern Ukraine, living in Kyiv. She <\/span>graduated<\/span> the Karpenko-Kary University of Cinema of Kyiv and the Andrzej-<\/span>Wajda<\/span> cinema school of Warsaw. Her first feature-documentary “Alisa in <\/span>Warland”premiered<\/span> at <\/span>IDFA<\/span> Amsterdam in 2015 in the First <\/span>A<\/span>ppearance competition. Alisa\u2019s second documentary, “Home Games” was again an IDFA selection, selected in more than 120 <\/span>festiovals<\/span> and being the first Ukrainian creative film <\/span>acquired<\/span> by Netflix. Alisa has become a member of The European Film Academy (EFA) in 2019. <\/span>She’s<\/span> the programmer of the <\/span>Molodist<\/span> Kyiv <\/span>FF<\/span> documentary competition. In March 2022, she went to fight for her country in the Ukrainian Armed Forces.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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