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Stay Online

2023

1h 50m

Mystery & Thriller

Drama

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A young woman (Liza Zaitseva) volunteering in Kyiv is given one of the thousands of laptops donated by ordinary Ukrainians to support the war effort. The woman receives a mysterious video call from a young boy searching for his father, the laptop's previous owner, who went missing during the Russian army's invasion in Bucha. Reluctantly, she agrees to help find his missing parents--a decision that will ultimately force her to risk the lives of her own loved ones.

Nick Allen

RogerEbert.com

A mournful, hopeful, and engaging tribute to the resilience of the Ukrainian people.

Aug 1, 2023

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Mikal CG

Film Threat

Stay Online is definitely not a feel-good film. It’s drenched in tragedy, but there are also needed victories accomplished.

Rated: 7/10

Apr 25, 2025

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Bee Delores

Horrorverse

The film arrives as one of the most compelling and necessary films of 2025.

Mar 21, 2025

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Nadine Whitney

AWFJ.org

Stay Online is an astonishing film and one you cannot look away from even for a second. A reminder to the world that we should also be not looking away from Ukraine.

Sep 6, 2023

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Matt Donato

Slashfilm

"Stay Online" is a screenlife tour de force that recontextualizes the contemporary horrors of war across digital minefields.

Rated: 8/10

Aug 13, 2023

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Spencer Perry

ComicBook.com

Though the film itself has a unique place in the larger landscape of modern politics, it does stretch itself very thin by frequently inventing new reasons for the story to keep going rather than resolve.

Rated: 3/5

Aug 10, 2023

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A young woman (Liza Zaitseva) volunteering in Kyiv is given one of the thousands of laptops donated by ordinary Ukrainians to support the war effort. The woman receives a mysterious video call from a young boy searching for his father, the laptop's previous owner, who went missing during the Russian army's invasion in Bucha. Reluctantly, she agrees to help find his missing parents--a decision that will ultimately force her to risk the lives of her own loved ones.

Director: Eva Strelnikova
Producer: Anton Skrypets, Alla Lipovetskaya, Marina Kvasova, Anatolii Dudinsky
Screenwriter: Anton Skrypets, Eva Strelnikova
Distributor: Dark Star Pictures
Production Co: Organization of Ukrainian Producers, Mamas Film Production, AMO Pictures
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Original Language: Ukrainian
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 7, 2025
Runtime: 1h 50m

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