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A Ukrainian screenlife fiction film made during the Russian full-scale invasion. This thrilling action drama tells a story about an ordinary volunteer girl from Kyiv, Katya, who's accidentally got a laptop of some stranger. Now, she's hiding from missile attacks at home trying to find the owner of the laptop who's been lost after Russian strikes. Risking her own family, Katya's trying to save other people's lives. The story of the non-hero girl who is left with no choice but to either become a hero or face death.

  • Yeva Strielnikova
    Director
  • Anton Skrypets
    Writer
  • Yeva Strielnikova
    Writer
  • Anton Skrypets
    Producer
  • Anatolii Dudinskyi
    Producer
  • Alla Lypovetska
    Producer
  • Maryna Kvasova
    Producer
  • Liza Zaitseva
    Key Cast
    "Katya"
  • Oleksandr Rudynskyi
    Key Cast
    "Vitya"
  • Olesia Zhurakivska
    Key Cast
    "Mother"
  • Hordii Dziubynskyi
    Key Cast
    "Sava"
  • Roman Liakh
    Key Cast
    "Andriy"
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Лишайся онлайн
  • Project Type:
    Feature
  • Genres:
    screenlife, action drama, war drama
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 49 minutes 28 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    May 1, 2023
  • Production Budget:
    100,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Ukraine
  • Country of Filming:
    Ukraine
  • Language:
    English, Ukrainian
  • Shooting Format:
    digital, iPhone, ARRI ALEXA MINI
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Fantasia Film Festival
    Montreal, Canada
    Canada
    July 22, 2023
    World Premiere
    Best First Feature
Distribution Information
  • Gingers Media Ltd (Organization of Ukrainian Producers)
    Distributor
    Country: Ukraine
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - Yeva Strielnikova

Yeva! A dedicated Ukrainian writer\director based in Kyiv. She's been graduated from the national university of cinema in 2008 and immediately started working for Ukrainian TV industry. Yeva has been made a large number of fiction TV series mostly in genres of thriller, horror, comedy and romance. Now, she's working for a huge Ukrainian media company as a showrunner creating thriller stories.

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Director Statement

"The STAY ONLINE project is extremely important for everyone in our team because of its realistic background. In the early days of the war, we were all overwhelmed with fear and pain so we needed to speak out. And such an opportunity was given to me by Anton Skrypets who somehow wrote to me one evening - "Yeva, I have an idea, let's write a script!" And off we went.

The format of screenlife was chosen by Anton not only because with the problem in finding enough funds for a classic feature film during the war. But also because this war is happening on laptops, on phones, on all social media. It's been broadcasted every minute. Screenlife is in our lives. And the only way to find out if a person you care about is still alive is to text him, call her, chat together.

We were inspired by the stories of volunteers who had been helping to evacuate residents of Irpin and Bucha. Therefore, the main character, Katya, is a composite image of our heroic Ukrainians who tried to save lives of other Ukrainians risking their own."