Kateryna Gornostai

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Kateryna Gornostai (born March 15, 1989) is a Ukrainian film director, screenwriter and film editor. She is a jury member of the film festival Wiz-Art since 2014 and a member of the Ukrainian Film Academy since 2017. Kateryna Gornostai was born in Lutsk, Volyn Oblast on March 15, 1989. She was the only child of psychotherapists Svetlana Vaskivska and Pavel Gornostay. First, Kateryna studied biology (2010) and later Journalism (2012, MD) at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. Having graduated from the Marina Razbezhkina and Mikhail Ugarov's Documentary Film and Theatre in Moscow from October 2012 to November 2013, she returned home to Kyiv. Kateryna Gornostai started her career as a documentary filmmaker in 2012. She is currently working on educational documentaries as well as her own documentary and fiction film projects. Kateryna also teaches documentary filmmaking at Kyiv-Mohyla Academy's School of Journalism. She began to experiment with fiction films and hybrid forms. Her aesthetic and ability to convey life without artificiality have caught the attention of film critics.

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Ukraine: Nightlife in Resistance Trailer (2023)

05 April 2023

When Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24th, the thriving electronic scene changed forever.

In the East Trailer (2015)

05 May 2015

Kramatorsk may not be the nicest place - a town of factories and broken infrastructure - but its denizens find much to love there, reflecting on their home with frankness and warmth.

Between Us Trailer (2013)

25 October 2013

We remember dates and facts, while losing tiny details – like a bouquet of summer wildflowers, tears from onions, winter cold on a bus stop bench.

Euromaidan. Rough Cut Trailer (2014)

21 March 2014

Three months of revolution. From indignant protest to national unity. From pots on their heads to batons and body armor.

Butterflies Trailer (2016)

26 October 2016

Alexey is shooting a movie about himself. He is in search of a boyfriend. Everything would be alright, if Alexey's mother could accept his sexuality.

SOLO Trailer (2024)

18 October 2024

The Vilnius Palace of Marriage, opened in 1974, is highly reminiscent of Soviet-era modernist architecture in Ukraine.

Ukrainian Sheriffs Trailer (2016)

26 March 2016

Driving in their yellow Lada flying its own little Ukrainian flag, they travel from incident to incident – calming an angry neighbor, investigating the discovery of a body, struggling to unfold a stroller and attempting to re-integrate Vova, the freeloader who eats other people’s dogs but actually longs for a normal existence – just like everyone else here.

Lilac Trailer (2017)

21 July 2017

May. Lilac blossom in Kyiv. Five friends and alcohol from the nearest supermarket. You need to be brave to face your fears, but you need to be even more courageous to tell about them to your closest.

Condensed Trailer (2016)

26 July 2016

Explosion of the condensed milk on the kitchen stove - seems to be the worst thing that can happen. Even those who are responsible for its consequences don't know what will be next.

While You Stay with Me Trailer (2019)

23 March 2019

The only thing we want is to feel that we are needed. Sometimes we want to scream about it. A story of therapy in a group of sex workers.

Stop-Zemlia Trailer (2022)

20 January 2022

Hanging out with friends, smoking a lot, spinning bottles and kissing, making mistakes, playing, refusing to accept, dreaming with open eyes - life as a teenager can be overwhelmingly beautiful and difficult at the same time.

Timestamp Trailer (2025)

10 September 2025

Despite the war, school life continues in Ukraine, with pupils and teachers striving to continue learning even under constant threat.

Friday, Saturday, Sunday Trailer (2023)

03 June 2023

In November 2022, despite the war and power outages in Kyiv, the Docudays UA festival is taking place - live and offline, for the first time in two years.

Away Trailer (2015)

23 May 2015

"We will be together until death will tear us apart" - it is the answer to the question "till when?".

Crocodile Trailer (2018)

20 July 2018

Crocodile is a game for a big company. The host shows a word only with the gestures. The one, who guesses it, chooses the next one to lead the game.

Maidan Is Everywhere Trailer (2015)

23 March 2015

The story of the previous year, that for me began when Maidan had started and maybe didn't end yet. The whole year we have lived in the atmosphere of revolution, then war.

Leopolis Night Trailer (2021)

20 August 2021

Polia, Solomiіa, Mariіa play in the local theater. After the spectacle, they meet a guy and walk through the night city together.