Kateryna Hornostai

• Name — Kateryna Gornostai • Born — 15 March 1989 • Birthplace — Lutsk, USSR (Ukraine) • Education — Marina Razbezhkina and Mikhail Ugarov's School of Documentary Film and Theatre, • Alma Mater — National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy • Occupation — * Filmmaker • screenwriter • film editor • Years Active — 2013–present • Awards — Shevchenko National Prize

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.

• 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 • 2025 — Timestamp — Strichka chasu — Documentary film — Director

The authorities additionally record the heading Kateryna Gornostay. Her recorded language was Ukrainian. She was the child of Pavlo Gornostai.