Kateryna Gornostai

Kateryna Gornostai
Kateryna Gornostai presents her film Stop-Zemlia at the 12th Odesa International Film Festival
Born (1989-03-15) 15 March 1989 (age 35)
Lutsk, USSR (Ukraine)
EducationMarina Razbezhkina and Mikhail Ugarov's School of Documentary Film and Theatre,
Alma materNational University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy
Occupations
  • Filmmaker
  • screenwriter
  • film editor
Years active2013–present

Kateryna Gornostai (Ukrainian: Горностай Катерина Павлівна; born March 15, 1989[1]) 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.[2]

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.[3]

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.[1]

Filmography

Year English name Ukrainian name Genre Occupation
2011 True News Справжні новини Documentary Director, co-authored with Dmitro Krasny
2013 Between Us Між нами Documentary, short film, course work Director & cinematographer, co-author R. Bondarchuk, Y. Gontaruk, A. Kiselyov, A. Litvinenko, R. Lyubi, O. Solodunov, D. Stoykov, O. Techinsky, V. Tykhy
2014 Euromaidan, Rough Cut Євромайдан. Чорновий монтаж Documentary Director & cinematographer
2015 Away Віддалік Fiction short film Director & cinematographer
2015 Maidan is Everywhere Скрізь Майдан Middle-length documentary Director & cinematographer
2016 Condensed milk Згущьонка Fiction short film Director, co-authored with Dmitro Krasny
2017 Lilac Бузок Fiction short film Director & screenwriter
2018 Crocodile Крокодил Fiction short film Director & screenwriter
2021 Stop-Zemlia Стоп-Земля Fiction feature film Director & screenwriter

Awards

Year Film Nomination Festival
2015 Away Best Ukrainian Film at 2015 Wiz-Art Film Festival[4]
Best Acting at 2015 Odesa International Film Festival
Best Ukrainian Short at 2015 Molodist International Film Festival[5]
2015 Maidan is Everywhere Andriy Matrosov Award at 2015 DocuDays UA[6]
2017 Lilac Special Jury Mention and the FIPRESCI Prize for Best Ukrainian Short Film at 2017 Odesa International Film Festival[7]
2021 Stop-Zemlia "Crystal Bear" for the best feature film from the Youth Jury of the Generation 14plus competition Berlin International Film Festival[8]
Best Ukrainian Film at 2021; Best acting work and the Grand Prix Odesa International Film Festival[9]
Best Feature Film, Opening of the Year, Best Director, Best Actress, and Best Screenplay "Kinokolo"[10]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Kateryna Gornostai - Director". First Cut Lab. Retrieved 2022-02-26.
  2. ^ https://uafilmacademy.org/img/doc/-WIvBjeOBRHI_67J3wje9NX6C6m-82ev.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  3. ^ "Kateryna Gornostai | DOKweb". dokweb.net. Retrieved 2022-02-26.
  4. ^ "Wiz-Art 2015 winners". Wiz-Art Festival. 2015-05-24. Retrieved 2022-02-26.
  5. ^ ""Away" film by Kateryna Hornostai wins". twitter.com. Retrieved 2022-02-26.
  6. ^ "Winners of 12th Docudays UA". docudays.ua. Retrieved 2022-02-26.
  7. ^ "EN Announced International and National competition programs of the 8th OIFF 06 2017 | News". oiff.com.ua. Retrieved 2022-02-26.
  8. ^ "Award-winning Films for a Young Audience as Part of the Berlinale Summer Special". www.berlinale.de. Retrieved 2022-02-26.
  9. ^ "The summary of the 12th Odesa International Film Festival has been announced | News". oiff.com.ua. Retrieved 2022-02-26.
  10. ^ "'Stop-Zemlia' debut sweeps top prizes at Ukraine's film critics awards - KyivPost - Ukraine's Global Voice". KyivPost. 2021-10-22. Retrieved 2022-02-26.