About

Known credits:
36
Birthday:
1989-03-15
Place of birth:
Lutsk, USSR (Ukraine)
Website:
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Kateryna Gornostai

Overview

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.

Known for

Acting
2022 Stop-Zemlia Actor Self 58
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2016 Butterflies Actor herself 58
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Directing
2025 Timestamp Directing Director 58
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2024 SOLO Directing Director N/A
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2023 Friday, Saturday, Sunday Directing Director N/A
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2022 Stop-Zemlia Directing Director 58
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2018 Crocodile Directing Director 58
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2017 Lilac Directing Director N/A
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2016 Condensed Directing Director N/A
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2015 Away Directing Director N/A
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2015 Maidan Is Everywhere Directing Director N/A
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2014 Euromaidan. Rough Cut Directing Director 58
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2013 Between Us Directing Director N/A
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Antonivka Directing Director N/A
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Writing
2025 Timestamp Writing Screenplay 58
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2023 Ukraine: Nightlife in Resistance Writing Story Consultant N/A
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2022 Stop-Zemlia Writing Screenplay 58
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2018 Crocodile Writing Writer 58
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2017 Lilac Writing Writer N/A
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2016 Condensed Writing Writer N/A
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2015 Away Writing Writer N/A
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2013 Between Us Writing Screenplay N/A
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Antonivka Writing Writer N/A
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Production
2021 Leopolis Night Production Producer N/A
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Camera
2023 Friday, Saturday, Sunday Camera Camera Operator N/A
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2016 Butterflies Camera Director of Photography 58
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2015 Away Camera Director of Photography N/A
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2015 Maidan Is Everywhere Camera Camera Operator N/A
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2013 Between Us Camera Camera Operator N/A
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Crew
2015 In the East Crew Creative Consultant N/A
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Editing
2023 Friday, Saturday, Sunday Editing Editor N/A
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2022 Stop-Zemlia Editing Editor 58
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2019 While You Stay with Me Editing Editor N/A
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2018 Crocodile Editing Editor 58
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2016 Ukrainian Sheriffs Editing Editor 58
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2015 Maidan Is Everywhere Editing Editor N/A
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