Despite the ongoing war with Russia, schools in Ukraine continue to hold classes, striving to
preserve children’s right to education and a fragment of normalcy. The film observes the daily
lives of Ukrainian pupils and teachers, lived under constant threat: many schools near the front
have long since been reduced to ruins. Timestamp is not just another film about the war in
Ukraine. Through the gaze of talented director Kateryna Gornostai, it becomes a story about
something more – love, friendship, and freedom.
Kateryna Gornostai
Kateryna Gornostai studied at the Marina Razbezhkina and Mikhail Ugarov School of
Documentary Film and Theater in Moscow. Beginning her career in 2012 with documentaries,
she later expanded into fiction and hybrid forms. In addition to filmmaking, she teaches
documentary directing in several educational programs. Her previous film Stop-Zemlia was
screened at Scanorama.
Despite the ongoing war with Russia, schools in Ukraine continue to hold classes, striving to
preserve children’s right to education and a fragment of normalcy. The film observes the daily
lives of Ukrainian pupils and teachers, lived under constant threat: many schools near the front
have long since been reduced to ruins. Timestamp is not just another film about the war in
Ukraine. Through the gaze of talented director Kateryna Gornostai, it becomes a story about
something more – love, friendship, and freedom.
Kateryna Gornostai
Kateryna Gornostai studied at the Marina Razbezhkina and Mikhail Ugarov School of
Documentary Film and Theater in Moscow. Beginning her career in 2012 with documentaries,
she later expanded into fiction and hybrid forms. In addition to filmmaking, she teaches
documentary directing in several educational programs. Her previous film Stop-Zemlia was
screened at Scanorama.
preserve children’s right to education and a fragment of normalcy. The film observes the daily
lives of Ukrainian pupils and teachers, lived under constant threat: many schools near the front
have long since been reduced to ruins. Timestamp is not just another film about the war in
Ukraine. Through the gaze of talented director Kateryna Gornostai, it becomes a story about
something more – love, friendship, and freedom.
Kateryna Gornostai
Kateryna Gornostai studied at the Marina Razbezhkina and Mikhail Ugarov School of
Documentary Film and Theater in Moscow. Beginning her career in 2012 with documentaries,
she later expanded into fiction and hybrid forms. In addition to filmmaking, she teaches
documentary directing in several educational programs. Her previous film Stop-Zemlia was
screened at Scanorama.