Despite the ongoing war with Russia, schools in Ukraine continue to hold classes, striving to preserve children’s right to education and a fragment of normalcy. The film observes the daily lives of Ukrainian pupils and teachers, lived under constant threat: many schools near the front have long since been reduced to ruins. Timestamp is not just another film about the war in Ukraine. Through the gaze of talented director Kateryna Gornostai, it becomes a story about something more – love, friendship, and freedom.
