Story
It’s the start of 16-year old Masha’s last year at school. Together with her best friends Yana and Senia, she tries to deal with everyday school life. The search for her own identity and a secret love mean she’s under particular pressure. As they wrestle with themselves and each other, they talk about their fears and insecurities. Who do I want to be? What happens next? On the threshold to an independent future, the three share their feelings on these questions with the audience.
Age recommendation: 13 years and older
Director
KATERYNA GORNOSTAI (*1989) is a Ukrainian director and screenplay writer who mainly makes documentaries. The film Stop-Zemlia was premiered at the 2021 Berlinale and won a Glass Bear.Trailer
Info
Stop-Zemlia
Fiction Feature
Ukrainian
Michel | FF2022
Ukraine
2021
117 min
OV with German subtitles
Kateryna Gornostai
Kateryna Gornostai
Maria Fedorchenko, Arsenii Markov, Yana Isaienko, Oleksandr Ivanov
Vitalii Sheremetiev, Viktoriia Khomenko, Natalia Libet, Olga Beskhmelnytsina
Oleksandr Roshchyn
Mykhailo Zakutskyi, Oleg Goloveshkin
Nikon Romanchenko, Kateryna Gornostai
Maryana Klochko
Maxym Nimenko
Alyona Gres
déjà-vu film
Pluto Film Distribution Network
ESSE Production House
déjà-vu film, Peter Stockhaus: peterstockhaus@dejavu-film.de
Tags
Coming of AgeLonelinessFamily and RelationshipsFriendshipSocietyAdolescenceLGBTQIA+Love and RomanceEastern EuropeFemale Directors