TIMESTAMP

SYNOPSIS

Timestamp tells the story of a school year during the war. It is a mosaic of the educational process and everyday life of teachers and children from different parts of Ukraine.

CONTACT

AMOUNT OF THE SUPPORT FOR FINALISATION: 45 000 €

European Solidarity Fund for Ukrainian Films – Date of the decision : May 7th 2024

THE 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. Later, Kateryna began to work with feature films and hybrid forms. “Stop-Zemlia” is the director’s full-length feature debut, which was presented in the Generation 14+ competition of the Berlinale International Film Festival and won the main “Crystal Bear” award from the Youth Jury in 2021. She also teaches film directing to the students of the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy.