STOP-ZEMLIA

An introverted high-school girl Masha sees herself as an outsider unless she hangs around with Yana and Senia who share her non-conformist status. While she is trying to navigate through an intense time of the pre-graduation year, Masha falls in love that forces her to leave her comfort zone. From a debutant Ukrainian director Kateryna Gornostai, a deeply personal story about self-discovery and the patience it requires.

World premiere: Berlinale Generation 14plus

Awards: Crystal Bear Award by Generation 14plus Youth Jury

2021 Golden Duke National Competition Program, Grand Prix, Best acting (By decision of the jury, the prize was awarded to the entire cast of teenage actors of the film (25 performers)) Odessa International Film Festival

2021 Ukrainian Film Critics Award “Kinokolo”: Best Feature Film, Discovery of the Year (Kateryna Gornostai), Best director (Kateryna Gornostai), Best Actress (Maria Fedorchenko), Best Screenplay (Kateryna Gornostai)

2022 Scythian Deer National Competition: Full-Length Films Molodist Kyiv International Film Festival

2023 Golden Dzyga Best Film, Best Directing (Yurii Illenko Award), Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Olexander Ivanov), Best Production Design (Maxym Nimenko), Best Screenplay (Kateryna Gornostai), Best Editing (Kateryna Gornostai, Nikon Romanchenko), Best Costume Design (Alyona Gres), Best Music (Maryanna Klochko), Best Song (Maryanna Klychko), Best Special Effects (Oleksii Kudyma, Nick Kostomarov), Discovery of the Year (Kateryna Gornostai), Best Make-up (Maria Pilunska)

World sales: Pluto Film

Language: Ukrainian
Length: 122 minutes
Delivery format: 1:1.85, DCP, Full HD
Frame rate: 24 f/sec
Sound: 5.1

Kateryna Gornostai is a director, writer and film editor. She was born in Lutsk, Ukraine on March 15, 1989, and is now living in Kyiv. She has studied filmmaking at Marina Razbezhkina and Mikhail Ugarov's School of Documentary Film and Theatre, and started her career as a documentary filmmaker in 2012. Subsequently, she shifted to fiction films and hybrid forms. Film critics notice her style and ability to portray life without artificiality. Now, she also teaches documentary filmmaking at Kyiv-Mohyla Academy's School of Journalism