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You don’t think it will happen to you – documentary

The Guardian - Media · Alisa Sopova, Paolina Stefani, Anastasia Taylor-Lind, Ekaterina Ochagavia. and Lindsay Poulton · last updated

When the war breaks out in Ukraine, Alisa is thrown into a life she wasn’t expecting. Working as a translator for foreign journalists she meets British war photographer Anastasia, who chooses not to rush towards the front, instead observing quiet moments of everyday resilience — birthdays, picnics, weddings. A unique friendship forms as the two women strive to collapse the emotional distance between “us” and “them”. Their bond deepens as war wounds them both —transforming this into a poetic meditation on closeness, distance, and what happens when war stops being a story about others.

Read more about Alisa and Anastasia’s unique bond here.

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