MINORITY COPRODUCTIONS
HOUSKEEPING FOR BEGINNERS
DIRECTOR: Goran Stolevski
COUNTRY: Northern Macedonia, Croatia, Poland, Serbia, Kosovo, Australia, USA
YEAR/DURATION: 2023 • 107′
drama
Info
- SCREENPLAY: Goran Stolevski
- CINEMATOGRAPHY: Naum Doksevski
- EDITOR: Goran Stolevski
- PRODUCTION DESIGN: Anna Rzeźniczek
- COSTUME DESIGN: Roza Trajčeska Ristovska
- SOUND: Emma Bortignon
- SCORE: Alen Sinkauz, Nenad Sinkauz
- MAKE UP: Goran Ignjatovski, Leonora Mehmeti Hoxha
- LEAD ACTRESS: Anamaria Marinca
- LEAD ACTOR: Samson Selim
- SUPPORTING ACTRESSES: Alina Serban, Mia Mustafi, Dzada Selim,
Sara Klimoska, Ajshe Useini - SUPPORTING ACTOR: Vladimir Tintor
- FIRST TIME ON SCREEN: Samson Selim, Mia Mustafi, Dzada Selim
- PRODUCER: Marija Dimitrov
- PRODUCTION COMPANY: List Production (Sjeverna Makedonija)
- CO-PRODUCED BY: BY Madants (Poland) Sense Production (Serbia), Industria Film (Kosovo) Film i Väst (Sweden), Causeway Films (Australia), Kinorama (Croatia)
- CO-PRODUCERS: Klaudia Śmieja-Rostworowska, Beata Rzeźniczek, Milan Stojanović, Blerta Basholli, Kristina Börjeson, Jonas Kellagher, Kristina Ceyton, Sam Jennings, Ankica Jurić Tilić
- DISTRIBUTION: Zagreb Film Festival
- SALES AGENT: New Europe Film Sales
Synopsis
Housekeeping for Beginners is a story that explores the universal truths of family, both the ones we’re born into and the ones we find for ourselves. Dita never wanted to be a mother, but circumstances force her to raise her girlfriend’s two daughters, tiny troublemaker Mia and rebellious teen Vanesa. A battle of wills ensues as the three continue to butt heads and become an unlikely family that has to fight to stay together.
Festivals and awards
Venice International Film Festival 2023 – Queer Lion Award
CinEast – Central and Eastern European Film Festival 2023.
Zagreb Film Festival 2023. – Main Program: Out of Competition
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2023. – Screen International Critics’ Choice, Focus: Serbia and SEE Neighbours
Thessaloniki Film Festival 2023. – Survey Expanded: Reflections of Topos
Crossing Europe Film Festival 2024
Trailer
About the director
Goran Stolevski
is a Macedonian-Australian film director and screenwriter. His first feature You Won’t Be Alone (2022) premiered in competition at the Sundance Film Festival, while his second film Of an Age (2023) opened the Melbourne International Film Festival. He also shot a number of shorts, including Would You Look at Her (2018), which won the International Short Fiction Jury Award at Sundance.
Screening
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- KINO VALLI – MONDAY 15.7.2024.
16:00
- KINO VALLI – MONDAY 15.7.2024.
FREE ENTRANCE
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- KINO VALLI – WEDNESDAY 17.7.2024.
18:00
- KINO VALLI – WEDNESDAY 17.7.2024.
FREE ENTRANCE
