The excruciatingly familiar application of screenlife in Eva Strelnikova's "Stay Online" summons organic devastation as a livestream-esque replication of wartime atrocities. The first Ukrainian feature film shot since the beginning of Russia's ongoing invasion is an unmissable international thriller. At times, a moving protest against ruling tyrants. At others, a plea for mainstream news cycles not to forget Ukraine in favor of "catchier" headlines. Strelnikova and co-writer Anton Skrypets deliver an emotional haymaker demonizing the senseless bloodshed in their home country that forces you to reckon with Ukraine's ruthless reality wherever you are, shattering the protection we feel from our cozy domestic bubbles.
Katya (Liza Zaitseva) is a volunteer from Kyiv attempting to save lives amidst Russia's Ukrainian attacks. We watch Katya surf applications installed on a donated laptop — video calls, instant messengers, Gps locators — hoping to make a difference. The original user seems to be a husband with...
Katya (Liza Zaitseva) is a volunteer from Kyiv attempting to save lives amidst Russia's Ukrainian attacks. We watch Katya surf applications installed on a donated laptop — video calls, instant messengers, Gps locators — hoping to make a difference. The original user seems to be a husband with...
- 8/10/2023
- by Matt Donato
- Slash Film
Stars: Hordii Dziubynskyi, Roman Liakh, Oleksandr Rudynskyi, Yelyzaveta Zaitseva, Olesia Zhurakivska | Written by Anton Skrypets, Eva Strelnikova | Directed by Eva Strelnikova
It’s a brave director and film-making team that make a film set in and during the current Ukraine and Russia war. But that is the exciting and terrifying prospect we have with the Ukranian movie Stay Online and its director Eva Strelnikova.
When using a second-hand laptop a volunteer is called by a young boy who wants to know where his dad is (the owner of said laptop). Now, desperately wanting to give this child hope – and to give herself something to believe in, the volunteer sets out to find the father. A much riskier assignment than she ever thought it would be.
Perhaps the most obvious thing that sets Stay Online apart from any similar films is that this war is happening right now and that just...
It’s a brave director and film-making team that make a film set in and during the current Ukraine and Russia war. But that is the exciting and terrifying prospect we have with the Ukranian movie Stay Online and its director Eva Strelnikova.
When using a second-hand laptop a volunteer is called by a young boy who wants to know where his dad is (the owner of said laptop). Now, desperately wanting to give this child hope – and to give herself something to believe in, the volunteer sets out to find the father. A much riskier assignment than she ever thought it would be.
Perhaps the most obvious thing that sets Stay Online apart from any similar films is that this war is happening right now and that just...
- 7/25/2023
- by Alain Elliott
- Nerdly
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