Timestamp

Synopsis

Original Title: Strichka chasu

Kateryna Gornostai turns her lens to Ukrainian schools in the aftermath of the Russian invasion, presenting Timestamp (2025) as a patchwork of real-life experiences—raw, complex, and unfiltered. What began as a project commissioned by an educational NGO to support teachers and rebuild destroyed schools, evolved into a poignant, cinematic record of everyday life over the course of a school year and a half.
The film guides viewers through different regions of Ukraine, each identified by name and its distance from the front lines, gradually constructing an imagined map where tragedy and hope exist side by side.