HOUSEKEEPING FOR BEGINNERS
Domakinstvo za Pocetnici
Directed by Goran Stolevski
North Macedonia, Croatia, Serbia, Poland, Kosovo | 107 min | 2023 | drama | Macedonian
From acclaimed filmmaker Goran Stolevski comes a story exploring 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.
Director: Goran Stolevski
Screenplay: Goran Stolevski
Cinematography: Naum Doksevski
Editing: Goran Stolevski
Production Design: Anna Rzeźniczek
Costume Design: Roza Trajceska Ristovska
Sound on set: Zoran Maksimovic
Sound design: Emma Bortignon
Music / Composers: Alen Sinkauz, Nenad Sinkauz
CAST: Anamaria Marinca, Alina Serban, Samson Selim
Vladimir Tintor, Mia Mustafa, Dzada Selim,
Sara Klimoska, Rozafa Celaj, Ajshe Useini
Production Companies: List Production, Madants, Kinorama, Sense Production, Industria Film
In co-production with: Film i Väst, Common Ground Pictures, Causeway Films
In association with: TANGO, New Europe Film Sales, Adelaide Film Festival
Producers: Marija Dimitrova, Klaudia Śmieja-Rostworowska,
Ankica Jurić Tilić, Beata Rzeźniczek, Milan Stojanovic, Blerta Basholli
Co-producers: Kristina Börjeson, Jonas Kellagher, Kristina Ceyton, Sam Jennings
Executive Producers: Tim Headington, Lia Buman, Ana Leocha, Marcin Łuczaj, Jan Naszewski
WITH FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF
North Macedonian Film Agency, Croatian Audiovisual Centre,
Polish Film Institute, Film Center Serbia, Kosovo Cinematography Center
Official Entry: Macedonia – Best International Feature Film | 96th Academy Awards®
Goran Stolevski
Festival & Awards:
Venice Film Festival – Orizzonti 2023 Premiere
Venice Film Festival – Queer Lion Award Winner
press quotes
« [The film] confirms Stolevski’s standing, established with the witchy thriller YOU WON’T BE Alone, as a filmmaker of impressive originality, skill and style.
Goran Stolevski. Remember that name.»
« In HOUSEKEEPING FOR BEGINNERS, shown in Venice’s Orizzonti, Goran Stolevski laughs, cries and shows that the only way to sing along is with a vacuum-cleaner hose. Along the way, he also delivers one of the best films on the Lido this year. »
« That his latest is good isn’t exactly surprising. Macedonian-born Stolevski, among the most exciting filmmakers out there, is the same twisted mind responsible for YOU WON’T BE ALONE (…) What is surprising is how much joy he finds in this story of unlikely parents and reluctant children. »
« Stolevski has a sense of humour, but it’s tender, empathetic and honest, as everyone gets to misbehave at least once. »
« Goran Stolevski delivers another triumph. »
« A phenomenal achievement – an untamed, densely detailed drama that crackles with so much feral energy, you practically get a static shock from the screen. »
« Stolevski’s handling of the balance between jostling high spirits and the creeping dread of loss is supremely confident; his storytelling is fresh, authentic and genuinely exciting. »
