29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (07.11-23.11.2025)
Two Ukranian medics try to hold on to fragments of the normal life, hoping they can go back when the war is done.
A raw and intimate profile of two Ukrainian Medics from the frontlines of the war, “Cuba & Alaska” captures the funny, the arcane, the painfully tragic and surprisingly warm healing that make up a soldier’s emotional journey during wartime.
Body cams, cell phones, and the interviewer’s camera fill in the story between the constant danger, bouts of survivors’ guilt, and a longing to ‘go back’ – to return to the life they had when dreams were still possible. Fuelled by the enormously contagious laughter from Cuba, and the dark black humour of Alaska, the two best friends face down the unknown together with a warrior fierceness befitting “Thelma & Louise”.
29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (07.11-23.11.2025)
Two Ukranian medics try to hold on to fragments of the normal life, hoping they can go back when the war is done.
A raw and intimate profile of two Ukrainian Medics from the frontlines of the war, “Cuba & Alaska” captures the funny, the arcane, the painfully tragic and surprisingly warm healing that make up a soldier’s emotional journey during wartime.
Body cams, cell phones, and the interviewer’s camera fill in the story between the constant danger, bouts of survivors’ guilt, and a longing to ‘go back’ – to return to the life they had when dreams were still possible. Fuelled by the enormously contagious laughter from Cuba, and the dark black humour of Alaska, the two best friends face down the unknown together with a warrior fierceness befitting “Thelma & Louise”.
Two Ukranian medics try to hold on to fragments of the normal life, hoping they can go back when the war is done.
A raw and intimate profile of two Ukrainian Medics from the frontlines of the war, “Cuba & Alaska” captures the funny, the arcane, the painfully tragic and surprisingly warm healing that make up a soldier’s emotional journey during wartime.
Body cams, cell phones, and the interviewer’s camera fill in the story between the constant danger, bouts of survivors’ guilt, and a longing to ‘go back’ – to return to the life they had when dreams were still possible. Fuelled by the enormously contagious laughter from Cuba, and the dark black humour of Alaska, the two best friends face down the unknown together with a warrior fierceness befitting “Thelma & Louise”.
Info
Rating
-
Production year
2025
Global distributor
Java Films
Local distributor
Pimedate Ööde Filmifestival MTÜ
In cinema
11/20/2025