Film "Timestamp"

Description

Timestamp
Kateryna Gornostai
Ukraine, Luxembourg, Netherlands, France
2025
(125')

Keeping schools open in Ukraine is an attempt to reclaim—at least in part—the normalcy that existed before the war. Eschewing interviews, narration, and reenactments, *Timestamp* offers a glimpse into how the war affects the daily lives of students and teachers. The film employs a mosaic structure, exploring how a school functions—both in-person and online—during these harrowing times, whether near the front lines or further away, and how everyday life remains inextricably linked to constant danger.

International Panorama

Kateryna Gornostai was born in Lutsk in 1989. She holds a degree in Biology and later studied Journalism at the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. Between 2012 and 2013, she studied documentary filmmaking at the Marina Razbezhkina School of Documentary Film and Theatre. She returned to Kyiv during the Revolution of Dignity to document the unfolding events. Subsequently, she began exploring narrative and hybrid forms of filmmaking. *Stop-Zemilia*, her debut feature-length fiction film as a director, premiered in the Generation 14plus section of the 71st Berlin International Film Festival in 2021, where it won the Crystal Bear from the Youth Jury. She lives and works in Kyiv, where she also teaches film directing. Her notable works include *Away* (2015), *Stop-Zemilia* (2021), and *Timestamp* (2025).
Awards and Festivals
Berlin International Film Festival 2025.
Language:
Ukrainian with Spanish subtitles
Format:
Digital File