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Directed by
Kateryna Gornostai

Status World Premiere
Country France . Luxembourg . Netherlands . Ukraine
Original Title Strichka chasu
Year 2025
Language Ukrainian
Genre . Documentary
Duration 125min
Distributor n/a
Status World Premiere
Country France . Luxembourg . Netherlands . Ukraine
Original Title Strichka chasu
Year 2025
Language Ukrainian
Genre Documentary
Duration 125min
Distributor n/a
School life continues in Ukraine. Students and teachers educational experience is shaped by the war. Day-to-day life is intertwined with constant danger. They become the symbol of the courage and resilience of a society defending its own culture as a path for a brighter future.

Director

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-ZEMLIA, 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.

Cast & crew

PRODUCERS

  • 2Brave Productions

  • Coproduced by a_Bahn (Zero Impunity, Draw For Change) & Rinkel Docs

  • In association with Cinephage Productions

Festivals and awards

  • BERLINALE 2025 - COMPETITION