Timestamp

Keeping schools open in Ukraine is an attempt to recreate at least some of the normal life they had before the war. Without interviews, narration and reenactments, Timestamp provides an insight into how the war is affecting the daily lives of students and teachers. The film has a mosaic-like structure: it explores how a school functions in-person and online in these terrible times, both on and off the frontline, how day-to-day life is intertwined with constant danger.

Kateryna Gornostai was born in Lutsk in 1989. She graduated with a degree in biology and later studied journalism at Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. In 2012–2013, Kateryna studied documentary filmmaking at Marina Razbezhkina’s School of Documentary Films and Theater. She returned to Kyiv during the Revolution of Dignity to film the events. Later, she started exploring narrative and hybrid forms of filmmaking. Stop-Zemilia, director’s narrative feature debut, premiered in the Generation 14plus 2021 at the 71st Berlin International Film Festival and received the Crystal Bear Award from the Youth Jury. She lives and works in Kyiv, and teaches film directing. Her notable works include Away (2015), Stop-Zemlia (2021), and Timestamp (2025).

With the support of the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

Year of Production: 2025

Time: 125’

Country: Ukraine

Language: Ukrainian. Original version with Spanish subtitles

Director: Kateryna Gornostai

Cast: Olha Bryhynets, Borys Khovriak, Mykola Kolomiiets, Valeriia Hukova, Mykola Shpak

Production: Olha Bregman, Natalia Libet, Zoya Lytvyn, Viktor Shevchenko

Script: Kateryna Gornostai

Director of Photography: Oleksandr Roshchyn

Production Companies: 2Brave Productions, Osvitoria, a_BAHN, Rinkel Docs, Cinephage Productions

International Sales: Best Friend Forever

Awarded at DocsBarcelona. Selected at Berlinale, Gante F.F., Docudays

Premiere in Madrid