2018
Macedonia - Belgium - Slovenia - France - Croatia
100min - DCP - Scope - Color
Original language: Macedonian
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Cast
Zorica Nusheva
Labina Mitevska
Simeon Moni Damevski
Suad Begovski
Stefan Vujisic
Violeta Shapkovska
Credits
Director: Teona Strugar Mitevska
Script: Elma Tataragič, Teona Strugar Mitevska
Image: Virginie Saint Martin
Editing: Marie-Hélène Dozo
Music: Olivier Samouillan
Producer: Labina Mitevska
Co-producers: Sebastien Delloye, Danijel Hočevar, Zdenka Gold, Marie Dubas, Elie Meirovitz
Productions companies: SISTERS AND BROTHER MITEVSKI (Macedonia), ENTRE CHIEN ET LOUP (Belgium), VERTIGO (Slovenia),SPIRITUS MOVENS PRODUCTION (Croatia), DEUXIÈME LIGNE FILMS (France), EZ FILMS (France)
Festivals & Awards
AWARDS
LUX PRIZE
European Parliement
ECUMENICAL JURY PRIZE AND FILM GUILD AWARD
Berlin Film Festival 2019
BEST FILM AWARD
Dortmund Women's Film Festival 2019
BEST FILM AND BEST ACTRESS AWARDS
Dea Open Air Film Festival in Tirana 2019
GOLDEN ARENA FOR BEST DIRECTOR
Pula film festival
BEST SCREENPLAY
EURASIA film festival /Nursultan
FIVE LAKES FILM AWARD
Fünf Seen Filmfestival 2019
BEST ACTRESS (ZORICA NUSHEVA)
International Filmfestival East & West in Orenburg/Russia 2019
BEST FILM, BEST ACTRESS and JURY AWARD
International Women Film Festival of Salé
VESNA AWARD FOR BEST FILM IN MINORITY COPRODUCTION and AWARD FROM ART HOUSE CINEMA
Portorosh film festival
GRAND PRIX FOR DIRECTING and BEST ACTRESS
Leskovac Film Festival
FESTIVALS 2019
Berlin Film Festival 2019 - Competition
Istanbul International Film Festival
GoEast Dortmund | Cologne International Women's Film Festival – International Competition
Moscow International Film Festival
Tirana Film Festival
Macedonian Film Festival in Copenhagen
Molodist Film Festival in Kiev
Transilvania International Film Festival, Romania
Sydney Film Festival
Art Film Fest, Slovakia
Edinburgh International Film Festival
Eurasia Film Festival, Kazakhstan
Pula Film Festival, Croatia
Brussels International Film Festival – International Competition
Golden Apricot Yerevan IFF, Armenia – International Competition
Motovun Film Festival, Croatia
Seoul International Women's Film Festival
Film by the Sea
FIFFS (Salé, Maroc)
Helsinki Intl Film Festival
BIFF Bergen International Film Festival
Bogota International Film Festival (BIFF)
QCinema FF Manila
Oulan Bator Film Festival, Mongolia
Mumbai Film Festival
Milwaukee Film Festival
Eastern Neighbours Film Festival
Leeds International Film Festival
Dharamshala International Film Festival, India
European Film Forum SCANORAMA
Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival
Sevilla Film Festival
Arava Internaitonal Film Festival, Israel
50th International Film Festival of India, Goa
La Habana IFF
Festival Cinéma Méditerranéen de Bruxelles
KNPA Human Rights film festival Korea
Kerala IFF
Christian Film Festival
God Exists, Her Name is Petrunya
a film by :Teona Strugar Mitevska
In Stip, a small town in Macedonia, every January the local priest throws a wooden cross into the river and hundreds of men dive after it. Good fortune and prosperity are guaranteed to the man who retrieves it. This time, Petrunya dives into the water on a whim and manages to grab the cross before the others. Her competitors are furious - how dare a woman take part in their ritual? All hell breaks loose, but Petrunya holds her ground. She won her cross and will not give it up.
A Stip, petite ville de Macédoine, tous les ans au mois de Janvier, le prêtre de la paroisse lance une croix de bois dans la rivière et des centaines d’hommes plongent pour l’attraper. Bonheur et prospérité sont assurés à celui qui y parvient. Ce jour-là, Petrunya se jette à l’eau sur un coup de tête et s’empare de la croix avant tout le monde. Ses concurrents sont furieux qu’une femme ait osé participer à ce rituel. La guerre est déclarée mais Petrunya tient bon : elle a gagné sa croix, elle ne la rendra pas.
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