if you don´t dare, you will never know“ ”
Navigating the emotional turmoil of waiting for life to begin while hanging around with classmates – a radical, authentic, and sensitive insight into the unsettling feeling of being young and an inside perspective on Ukrainian youth.
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The 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 in a way that forces her out of her confort zone. From a debutant Ukrainian director Kateryna Gornostai, a deeply personal story about self-discovery and the patience it requires.
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Director: Kateryna Gornostai
Genre: Teenage drama, Romance
Original title: STOP-ZEMLIA
English title: STOP-ZEMLIA
Country of production: Ukraine
Year of production: 2021
Length: 122
Color: color
Shooting format: 2K ARRI Alexa
Screening format: DCP, Full HD
Original language: Ukrainian
Subtitles: English
Cast: Maria Fedorchenko, Arsenii Markov, Yana Isaienko, Oleksandr Ivanov
Scriptwriter: Kateryna Gornostai
Director of photography: Oleksandr Roshchyn
Production designer: Maxym Nimenko
Editor: Nikon Romanchenko, Kateryna Gornostai
Sound design: Mykhailo Zakutskyi, Oleg Goloveshkin
Music: Maryana Klochko
Producers: Vitalii Sheremetiev, Viktoriia Khomenko, Natalia Libet, Olga Beskhmelnytsina
Production company: ESSE Production House
Supported by: Ukrainian Film State Agency, Ukrainian Cultural Foundation, Ukrainian Institute
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Berlinale Generation 14Plus