_a Ukrainian school year during wartime
_Synopsis
TIMESTAMP tells about a Ukrainian school year during wartime.
The film aims to shed light on the impact of war on the educational process, students, and teachers in Ukraine. It follows the journey of a Ukrainian teacher who continues to educate amidst extraordinary conditions caused by the ongoing conflict. The project seeks to highlight the challenges schools face and emphasize the importance of education during times of war.
_Technical sheet
Format: feature-length documentary
Running time: 120'
Status: In production
Year: 2025
Versions: English, Dutch, Ukrainian, French
Author: Kateryna GORNOSTAI
Director: Kateryna GORNOSTAI
Producers: François LE GALL, Marion GUTH, Natalia LIBET, Olha BESKHMELNYTSINA, Rinskje RAAP, Victor EDE
Production companies: a_BAHN (LU), 2 Brave Productions (UA), Rinkel Film (NL), Cinephage (FR)
Worldwide sales: Pluto Films (DE)
Broadcasters: Suspilne (UA)
With the support of: Film Fund Luxembourg (LU), ESFUF (EU/FR), Osvitoria (UA), Documenting Ukraine (UA), International Media Support (UA/DK), Eurimages New Lab Outreach Award (EU), Steunfonds Oekraïense makers - Nederlands Letterenfonds (NL), Région Sud (FR)
Kateryna Gornostai
Film Director
Kateryna Gornostai was born in Lutsk in 1989.
She studied biology and later journalism at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. In 2012–2013, Kateryna studied documentary filmmaking at Marina Razbezhkina and Mikhail Ugarov’s School of Documentary Films and Theatre. Afterward, she came back home to Kyiv and started a career as a documentary film director. In 2013, her graduation film, Between Us, took part in the national competition at the «Molodist» film festival.
In the winter of 2013–2014, Kateryna was actively documenting the events of the Revolution of Dignity. The result of this work was two short films Masha’s Peaceful Protest and Lenin’s Teeth, which were included in the anthology Euromaidan Rough Cut. The film was shown at the opening of the Docudays UA Film Festival and took part in more than 30 festivals worldwide, including Jihlava IDFF and IDFA. She’s also made the short film Maidan is Everywhere, which got the Andriy Matrosov Award at the Docudays UA Film Festival in 2015.
Later, Kateryna Gornostai began to work with feature films and hybrid forms. Stop-Zemlia is the director’s fiction feature debut, which premiered in the Generation 14+ competition of 2021 Berlinale International Film Festival and received the main «Crystal Bear» award from the Youth Jury. She also teaches film directing at the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy.
Kateryna currently lives and works in Kyiv, Ukraine.
Kateryna Gornostai was born in Lutsk in 1989.
She studied biology and later journalism at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. In 2012–2013, Kateryna studied documentary filmmaking at Marina Razbezhkina and Mikhail Ugarov’s School of Documentary Films and Theatre. Afterward, she came back home to Kyiv and started a career as a documentary film director. In 2013, her graduation film, Between Us, took part in the national competition at the «Molodist» film festival.
In the winter of 2013–2014, Kateryna was actively documenting the events of the Revolution of Dignity. The result of this work was two short films Masha’s Peaceful Protest and Lenin’s Teeth, which were included in the anthology Euromaidan Rough Cut. The film was shown at the opening of the Docudays UA Film Festival and took part in more than 30 festivals worldwide, including Jihlava IDFF and IDFA. She’s also made the short film Maidan is Everywhere, which got the Andriy Matrosov Award at the Docudays UA Film Festival in 2015.
Later, Kateryna Gornostai began to work with feature films and hybrid forms. Stop-Zemlia is the director’s fiction feature debut, which premiered in the Generation 14+ competition of 2021 Berlinale International Film Festival and received the main «Crystal Bear» award from the Youth Jury. She also teaches film directing at the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy.
Kateryna currently lives and works in Kyiv, Ukraine.
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