DANYLIW RESEARCH SEMINAR ON CONTEMPORARY UKRAINE

Alisa is a 26-year-old student at the film academy in Kyiv. Her life is pretty normal until Yanukovych refuses to sign the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement. Suddenly, everything changes: protests erupt in the capital and they turn violent. Alisa witnesses the demonstrations and embarks on a trip through Ukraine in an attempt to understand the war. Her journey takes her to Donbas when she encounters pro-Russian demonstrations. Along the way, she faces shootings, explosions and the searing consequences of the war for the people of her country. Very much against her will, Alisa is then personally caught up in the war when she is arrested by separatists for spying. The risks she is taking also jeopardize her romantic relationship with a French journalist.