Kateryna Gornostai

Kateryna Gornostai (Ukrainian: Горностай Катерина Павлівна; 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.

Biography Kateryna Gornostai was born in Lutsk, Volyn Oblast on March 15, 1989. She was the only child of psychotherapists Svetlana Vaskivska and Pavel Gornostay.

Education 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.

Film career

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.

Filmography +YearEnglish nameUkrainian nameGenreOccupation2011True NewsСправжні новиниDocumentaryDirector, co-authored with Dmitro Krasny2013Between UsМіж намиDocumentary, short film, course workDirector & cinematographer, co-author R. Bondarchuk, Y. Gontaruk, A. Kiselyov, A. Litvinenko, R. Lyubi, O. Solodunov, D. Stoykov, O. Techinsky, V. Tykhy2014Euromaidan, Rough CutЄвромайдан. Чорновий монтажDocumentaryDirector & cinematographer2015AwayВіддалікFiction short filmDirector & cinematographer2015Maidan is EverywhereСкрізь МайданMiddle-length documentaryDirector & cinematographer2016Condensed milkЗгущьонкаFiction short filmDirector, co-authored with Dmitro Krasny2017LilacБузокFiction short filmDirector & screenwriter2018CrocodileКрокодилFiction short filmDirector & screenwriter2021Stop-ZemliaСтоп-ЗемляFiction feature filmDirector & screenwriter 2025 Timestamp Strichka chasu Documentary film Director

Awards +YearFilmNominationFestival2015AwayBest Ukrainian Film at 2015Wiz-Art Film FestivalBest Acting at 2015Odesa International Film FestivalBest Ukrainian Short at 2015Molodist International Film Festival2015Maidan is EverywhereAndriy Matrosov Award at 2015DocuDays UA2017LilacSpecial Jury Mention and the FIPRESCI Prize for Best Ukrainian Short Film at 2017Odesa International Film Festival2021Stop-Zemlia"Crystal Bear" for the best feature film from the Youth Jury of the Generation 14plus competitionBerlin International Film FestivalBest Ukrainian Film at 2021; Best acting work and the Grand PrixOdesa International Film FestivalBest Feature Film, Opening of the Year, Best Director, Best Actress, and Best Screenplay"Kinokolo"

Kateryna Gornostai

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