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

eu flag creative europe media co funded en rgb

 

 

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.

French Synopsis :

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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