Despite the war, school life continues in Ukraine, with students and teachers striving to continue learning.

Keeping schools open in Ukraine is an attempt to recreate at least some of the normal life they had before the war – until February 24, 2022 (and in some regions even earlier, in 2014). Without interviews, narration and reenactments, “Timestamp” provides an insight into how the war is affecting the daily lives of students and teachers. The film has a mosaic-like structure: it explores how a school functions in-person and online in these terrible times, both on and off the frontline, how day-to-day life is intertwined with constant danger.

“Timestamp” had its world premiere as part of the Competition programme at the Berlin International Film Festival.