In a house somewhere at the outskirts of North Macedonia’s capital Skopje lives social worker Dora with her partner Sauda (Alina Serban from Gypsy Queen), Sauda’s two daughters, their gay friend Toni (Vladimir Tintor) and a few random strays thrown from their own homes. Soon, the group is joined by Tony’s new lover, a young Roma man named Ali. This complicated, but stable dynamic mostly works for everyone, until Sauda is diagnosed with terminal cancer. Realizing she doesn't have much time, she asks Dora and Toni to take care of her kids. Spoiler alert: the pair is hilariously ill-equipped for the new responsibility, and the children in question are mostly...
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- 4/8/2024
- Screen Anarchy
Goran Stolevski Isn’t Precious About How People Will Watch His Must-See ‘Housekeeping for Beginners’
Goran Stolevski is the rare rising filmmaker who is three-for-three with his movies “You Won’t Be Alone,” “Of an Age,” and “Housekeeping for Beginners,” all set up at Focus Features. For Venice premiere “Housekeeping for Beginners” (out April 5), a chaotic portrait of a patched-together found family, the Australian director returns to his birthplace, North Macedonia, using a rowdy household as a microcosm for the country’s politically fraught melting pot of Macedonians and Roma people.
For this true cinéma vérité tale — true in the sense that it shot on real locations, without rehearsals, and with many unknown actors — Stolevski had a lucky stroke of dream casting led by “4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days” star Anamaria Marinca, who worked with him on “You Won’t Be Alone.” She plays healthcare worker Dita, living in modern-day North Macedonia in its capital of Skopje with her Roma girlfriend Suada’s (Alina Serban) children and their friends.
For this true cinéma vérité tale — true in the sense that it shot on real locations, without rehearsals, and with many unknown actors — Stolevski had a lucky stroke of dream casting led by “4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days” star Anamaria Marinca, who worked with him on “You Won’t Be Alone.” She plays healthcare worker Dita, living in modern-day North Macedonia in its capital of Skopje with her Roma girlfriend Suada’s (Alina Serban) children and their friends.
- 4/5/2024
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
Vera Drew’s The People’s Joker – which was pulled from TIFF in 2022 over “rights issues” — starts a theatrical debut today at the IFC Center, moving to LA’s Landmark’s Nuart next weekend and expanding thereafter with about 85 booking so far — a nice outcome for the mixed-media coming-of-age dark superhero parody that “had gone into into hibernation mode” until Outfest LA Film Festival, said Frank Jaffe, whose distribution company Altered Innocence acquired it then. It’s U.S premiere garnered a Special Mention in the North American Narrative Feature Competition.
Co-written by Drew and Bri LeRose, the film is a reimagining the origin story of iconic Batman villain The Joker, starring Drew as painfully unfunny aspiring clown and closeted trans girl grappling with her gender identity while unsuccessfully attempting to join the ranks of Gotham City’s sole comedy program, in a world where comedy has been outlawed. She...
Co-written by Drew and Bri LeRose, the film is a reimagining the origin story of iconic Batman villain The Joker, starring Drew as painfully unfunny aspiring clown and closeted trans girl grappling with her gender identity while unsuccessfully attempting to join the ranks of Gotham City’s sole comedy program, in a world where comedy has been outlawed. She...
- 4/5/2024
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
“In family life, love is the oil that eases friction, the cement that binds closer together, and the music that brings harmony.” (The quote is from Friedrich Nietzsche, but don’t hold that against it.) When it comes to the group of folks living under the same North Macedonian roof in Goran Stolevski’s Housekeeping for Beginners, those same sentiments apply, though we’d amend that it’s a shared animosity toward the world supplies the lubrication and the bonding, while the music that’s bringing them harmony consists of...
- 4/3/2024
- by David Fear
- Rollingstone.com
Across You Won’t Be Alone, Of an Age, and, now, Housekeeping for Beginners, Macedonian Australian filmmaker Goran Stolevski’s proclivity toward applying naturalism to the stories of characters on the margins of society, or who hover on those borders, is quite palatable. And yet, Stolevski makes it hard to shake that his work is defined by a refined mimicry of the visual signifiers of Serious Stories for Serious Viewers.
Housekeeping for Beginners is set in a house for queer outcasts in North Macedonia, where world-weary social worker Dita (Anamaria Marinca) and her gay best pal, Toni (Vladimir Tintor), play adoptive parents to a host of misfits. The dynamic of their lavender marriage deeps things running, if not smoothly, then without total breakdown. But when Dita’s girlfriend, Sauda (Alina Serban), is diagnosed with terminal cancer, the pressure from her looming death pushes this found family to its limits, especially...
Housekeeping for Beginners is set in a house for queer outcasts in North Macedonia, where world-weary social worker Dita (Anamaria Marinca) and her gay best pal, Toni (Vladimir Tintor), play adoptive parents to a host of misfits. The dynamic of their lavender marriage deeps things running, if not smoothly, then without total breakdown. But when Dita’s girlfriend, Sauda (Alina Serban), is diagnosed with terminal cancer, the pressure from her looming death pushes this found family to its limits, especially...
- 4/1/2024
- by Kyle Turner
- Slant Magazine
In a David Sedaris essay from Calypso, he mentions cussing across the globe, stating: “The Romanians really do lead the world when it comes to cursing.” Well, David, I wouldn’t be so sure. Australian-Macedonian director Goran Stolevski, whose thriller You Won’t Be Alone deservedly garnered much acclaim, has returned to his homeland of North Macedonia to make Housekeeping for Beginners, a swear-filled, raucous and deeply moving tale. In it, the director deals with the notions of family, institutional racism, LGBTQ rights and the meaning of love as viewed from the perspective of a dysfunctional ad-hoc household made up of potty-mouthed outcasts and misfits.
The story revolves around the matriarch Dita (the excellent Anamaria Marinca) who lives with her girlfriend Suada (Alina Serban), a Roma woman, and Suada’s daughters – the perennially angry teen Vanesa (Mia Mustafa) and the delightful six-year-old Mia (Dzada Selim). Also living in the house is...
The story revolves around the matriarch Dita (the excellent Anamaria Marinca) who lives with her girlfriend Suada (Alina Serban), a Roma woman, and Suada’s daughters – the perennially angry teen Vanesa (Mia Mustafa) and the delightful six-year-old Mia (Dzada Selim). Also living in the house is...
- 1/18/2024
- by Jo-Ann Titmarsh
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
"They weren't born a family. They became one." Focus Features has revealed the main official US trailer for an acclaimed indie LGBTQ drama from North Macedonia called Housekeeping for Beginners, from the Australian-Macedonian filmmaker Goran Stolevski (of You Won't Be Alone and Of an Age). This premiered at the 2023 Venice Film Festival and it's also being submitted as North Macedonia's official selection for Best International Feature at the next Academy Awards. Opening in January right after the nominations are out. A queer woman who doesn't want to be a mother is forced to help raise her partner's daughter. "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...
- 12/14/2023
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
The official trailer for Housekeeping For Beginners has officially been released. The film will be in theaters on Friday, January 26, 2024!
Synopsis: Housekeeping For Beginners explores the universal truths of family, encompassing both the bonds we inherit and those we create. The narrative revolves around Dita, who, despite never aspiring to be a mother, finds herself compelled to raise her girlfriend’s two daughters—Mia, a tiny troublemaker, and Vanesa, a rebellious teenager. As their individual wills clash, a heartwarming story unfolds about an unlikely family’s struggle to stay together.
About The Film
Genre: Comedy, Drama Starring: Anamaria Marinca, Alina Șerban, Samson Selim, Vladimir Tintor, Mia Mustafa, Džada Selim, Sara Klimoska, Rozafë Çelaj, Ajse Useini Director: Goran Stolevski Screenplay: Goran Stolevski Producer: Marija Dimitrova, Klaudia Śmieja-Rostworowska, Ankica Jurić Tilić, Beata Rzeźniczek, Milan Stojanović and Blerta Basholli
Housekeeping For Beginners is in select theaters on January 26, 2024!
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Synopsis: Housekeeping For Beginners explores the universal truths of family, encompassing both the bonds we inherit and those we create. The narrative revolves around Dita, who, despite never aspiring to be a mother, finds herself compelled to raise her girlfriend’s two daughters—Mia, a tiny troublemaker, and Vanesa, a rebellious teenager. As their individual wills clash, a heartwarming story unfolds about an unlikely family’s struggle to stay together.
About The Film
Genre: Comedy, Drama Starring: Anamaria Marinca, Alina Șerban, Samson Selim, Vladimir Tintor, Mia Mustafa, Džada Selim, Sara Klimoska, Rozafë Çelaj, Ajse Useini Director: Goran Stolevski Screenplay: Goran Stolevski Producer: Marija Dimitrova, Klaudia Śmieja-Rostworowska, Ankica Jurić Tilić, Beata Rzeźniczek, Milan Stojanović and Blerta Basholli
Housekeeping For Beginners is in select theaters on January 26, 2024!
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- 12/14/2023
- by Editor
- CinemaNerdz
Goran Stolevski is the rare rising filmmaker with three strong features right out of the gate in the last few years. He made a splash at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival with his witchy, body-jumping folk horror parable “You Won’t Be Alone,” starring Noomi Rapace, and immediately followed it up with the decade-spanning gay romance “Of an Age” and, now, has North Macedonia’s entry for the 2024 Academy Award for Best International Feature, “Housekeeping for Beginners.”
All three films have been housed at Focus Features, which releases the Venice Film Festival premiere “Housekeeping for Beginners” in theaters in January. IndieWire shares the trailer for the film exclusively below ahead of the Oscar shortlist announcement next week on December 21. Stolevski returns to his Macedonian roots (he now lives in Australia) for “Housekeeping,” a raw cinéma vérité tale of unlikely found family led by what was certainly dream-casting for the director: “4 Months, 3...
All three films have been housed at Focus Features, which releases the Venice Film Festival premiere “Housekeeping for Beginners” in theaters in January. IndieWire shares the trailer for the film exclusively below ahead of the Oscar shortlist announcement next week on December 21. Stolevski returns to his Macedonian roots (he now lives in Australia) for “Housekeeping,” a raw cinéma vérité tale of unlikely found family led by what was certainly dream-casting for the director: “4 Months, 3...
- 12/14/2023
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
Focus Features has set a Jan. 26, 2024 theatrical release date for Goran Stolevski’s latest, Housekeeping For Beginners.
It premiered in Venice as part of the official “Orizzonti” (Horizons) competitive section, securing the prestigious Queer Lion Award. See Deadline review. It was selected shortly after as North Macedonia’s international Oscar submission.
The film explores the universal truths of family, encompassing both the bonds we inherit and those we create. The narrative revolves around Dita, who, despite never aspiring to be a mother, finds herself compelled to raise her girlfriend’s two daughters—Mia, a tiny troublemaker, and Vanesa, a rebellious teenager. As their individual wills clash, a heartwarming story unfolds about an unlikely family’s struggle to stay together.
Stars Anamaria Marinca, Alina Serban, Samson Selim, Vladimir Tintor, Mia Mustafa, Dzada Selim, Sara Klimoska, Rozafë Çelaj, and Ajse Useini.
This is Focus Features’ third collaboration with Stolevski, a rising original voice,...
It premiered in Venice as part of the official “Orizzonti” (Horizons) competitive section, securing the prestigious Queer Lion Award. See Deadline review. It was selected shortly after as North Macedonia’s international Oscar submission.
The film explores the universal truths of family, encompassing both the bonds we inherit and those we create. The narrative revolves around Dita, who, despite never aspiring to be a mother, finds herself compelled to raise her girlfriend’s two daughters—Mia, a tiny troublemaker, and Vanesa, a rebellious teenager. As their individual wills clash, a heartwarming story unfolds about an unlikely family’s struggle to stay together.
Stars Anamaria Marinca, Alina Serban, Samson Selim, Vladimir Tintor, Mia Mustafa, Dzada Selim, Sara Klimoska, Rozafë Çelaj, and Ajse Useini.
This is Focus Features’ third collaboration with Stolevski, a rising original voice,...
- 11/18/2023
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
Housekeeping for Beginners has set sights on North America. The Venice title will roll out on Jan. 26 in limited release, and expand in the following weeks.
The comedic drama from filmmaker Goran Stolevski won the Queer Lion Award at the Venice Film Festival, and is North Macedonia’s international Oscar submission title.
According to the logline, the film ” revolves around Dita, who, despite never aspiring to be a mother, finds herself compelled to raise her girlfriend’s two daughters—Mia, a tiny troublemaker, and Vanesa, a rebellious teenager. As their individual wills clash, a heartwarming story unfolds about an unlikely family’s struggle to stay together.”
Focus previously distributed filmmaker Stolevski’s You Won’t Be Alone and Of an Age. The studio is handling North American rights, with Universal handling the international rollout.
The Hollywood Reporter‘s review stated, “Housekeeping should find an audience easily thanks to its compelling,...
The comedic drama from filmmaker Goran Stolevski won the Queer Lion Award at the Venice Film Festival, and is North Macedonia’s international Oscar submission title.
According to the logline, the film ” revolves around Dita, who, despite never aspiring to be a mother, finds herself compelled to raise her girlfriend’s two daughters—Mia, a tiny troublemaker, and Vanesa, a rebellious teenager. As their individual wills clash, a heartwarming story unfolds about an unlikely family’s struggle to stay together.”
Focus previously distributed filmmaker Stolevski’s You Won’t Be Alone and Of an Age. The studio is handling North American rights, with Universal handling the international rollout.
The Hollywood Reporter‘s review stated, “Housekeeping should find an audience easily thanks to its compelling,...
- 11/18/2023
- by Aaron Couch
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Focus Features’ upcoming title “Housekeeping for Beginners” is scheduled for a limited theatrical release on Jan. 26 and will expand to more theaters in subsequent weeks.
Per the film’s synopsis, Goran Stolevski’s latest feature “revolves around Dita, who, despite never aspiring to be a mother, finds herself compelled to raise her girlfriend’s two daughters — Mia, a tiny troublemaker, and Vanesa, a rebellious teenager. As their individual wills clash, a heartwarming story unfolds about an unlikely family’s struggle to stay together.”
“Housekeeping for Beginners” had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival in the official “Orrizonti” (Horizons) section, taking home the Queer Lion Award. It has also been selected as North Macedonia’s international Oscar submission.
In Guy Lodge’s review for Variety, he wrote, “This study of domestic, romantic and generational conflicts in a crowded queer household (instead) embraces a spirit of antic chaos, both in subject matter and jagged,...
Per the film’s synopsis, Goran Stolevski’s latest feature “revolves around Dita, who, despite never aspiring to be a mother, finds herself compelled to raise her girlfriend’s two daughters — Mia, a tiny troublemaker, and Vanesa, a rebellious teenager. As their individual wills clash, a heartwarming story unfolds about an unlikely family’s struggle to stay together.”
“Housekeeping for Beginners” had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival in the official “Orrizonti” (Horizons) section, taking home the Queer Lion Award. It has also been selected as North Macedonia’s international Oscar submission.
In Guy Lodge’s review for Variety, he wrote, “This study of domestic, romantic and generational conflicts in a crowded queer household (instead) embraces a spirit of antic chaos, both in subject matter and jagged,...
- 11/17/2023
- by Jaden Thompson
- Variety Film + TV
Safehouses, where people come together out of necessity, are not known for being orderly places. Throw in a resentful teenager and a particularly exuberant five-year-old and you have a recipe for chaos. After the thoughtful, steady pacing of You Won’t Be Alone and Of An Age, this is quite a departure for Goran Stolevski, but despite the very different structure and tone of the film, there is no lapse in the quality which viewers will have come to expect from him. Like its predecessors, the film is immersive, emotionally intense and intellectually stimulating.
The aforementioned safehouse is run by Dita. She lives there with her partner Suada (Alina Serban) and Suada’s two children, Vanesa (Mia Mustafa) and Mia (Dzada Selim), as well as assorted other LGBTQ+ people who need a place of refuge in the frequently hostile environment of North Macedonia. We...
The aforementioned safehouse is run by Dita. She lives there with her partner Suada (Alina Serban) and Suada’s two children, Vanesa (Mia Mustafa) and Mia (Dzada Selim), as well as assorted other LGBTQ+ people who need a place of refuge in the frequently hostile environment of North Macedonia. We...
- 10/16/2023
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Winner of the Queer Lion Award at the Venice Film Festival, where it premiered in the Horizons section, writer-director Goran Stolevski’s Housekeeping for Beginners (Domakinstvo za pocetnici) is a fizzy, huggable portrait of a self-made, roughly blended queer family.
Set in North Macedonia, where Stolevski was born and spent part of his childhood (he’s now mostly based in Australia), this naturalistic comedy-drama unfolds in a large house in the hills above the capital city Skopje, where social worker Dita (Anamaria Marinca, from 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days) lives with her partner Sauda (Alina Serban), Sauda’s kids, their gay male friend Toni (Vladimir Tintor) and assorted waifs and strays. But when tragedy strikes, this makeshift family has to pull together to protect one another, which doesn’t come naturally for some of them. Already acquired by Focus and Universal before its debut, Housekeeping should find an audience easily thanks to its compelling,...
Set in North Macedonia, where Stolevski was born and spent part of his childhood (he’s now mostly based in Australia), this naturalistic comedy-drama unfolds in a large house in the hills above the capital city Skopje, where social worker Dita (Anamaria Marinca, from 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days) lives with her partner Sauda (Alina Serban), Sauda’s kids, their gay male friend Toni (Vladimir Tintor) and assorted waifs and strays. But when tragedy strikes, this makeshift family has to pull together to protect one another, which doesn’t come naturally for some of them. Already acquired by Focus and Universal before its debut, Housekeeping should find an audience easily thanks to its compelling,...
- 9/15/2023
- by Leslie Felperin
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Unorthodox family structures yield correspondingly unpredictable drama in “Housekeeping for Beginners,” a vital, febrile multi-character study that further confirms writer-director Goran Stolevski as a talent to be reckoned with. Departing radically from the poise of his folk-horror debut “You Won’t Be Alone” and the gentle intimacy of its swift follow-up “Of an Age,” this study of domestic, romantic and generational conflicts in a crowded queer household instead embraces a spirit of antic chaos, both in subject matter and jagged, hit-the-ground-running execution. Selected as North Macedonia’s international Oscar submission shortly after its premiere in Venice’s Horizons strand, the film has already been picked up by Focus Features for its Stateside release, which speaks to the crossover appeal of its offbeat but energizing storytelling.
Following the Melbourne-set “Of an Age,” “Housekeeping for Beginners” sees the Macedonian-born, Australia-based Stolevski returning to the motherland — not the historical back country of “You Won’t Be Alone,...
Following the Melbourne-set “Of an Age,” “Housekeeping for Beginners” sees the Macedonian-born, Australia-based Stolevski returning to the motherland — not the historical back country of “You Won’t Be Alone,...
- 9/14/2023
- by Guy Lodge
- Variety Film + TV
Not so much beginners as people who never get a fair go, the mixed bag of gay men and women in Australian-Macedonian filmmaker Goran Stolevski’s Housekeeping for Beginners, showing in Venice’s Horizons section, lives on a knife’s edge. Dita (Anamaria Marinca) owns the house where they jostle along together. Her Roma partner Suada (Alina Serban) has a teenage daughter Vanesa and another daughter, Mia, who is only 5. Suada is volatile, belligerent and dying of cancer. Death is focusing her mind in alarming ways. Swear to look after the children, she shouts at Dita, holding a knife over her own arm.
Dita swears, then looks for support from Toni (Vladimir Tintor), her old friend and longest-standing housemate, who has told his spanking-new boyfriend, Ali, he can move in. Who is this kid?, Dita asks one night, knowing that won’t happen. Everything around her is chaotic, including Suada’s barely existent medical care.
Dita swears, then looks for support from Toni (Vladimir Tintor), her old friend and longest-standing housemate, who has told his spanking-new boyfriend, Ali, he can move in. Who is this kid?, Dita asks one night, knowing that won’t happen. Everything around her is chaotic, including Suada’s barely existent medical care.
- 9/6/2023
- by Stephanie Bunbury
- Deadline Film + TV
Focus Features has boarded Goran Stolevski’s anticipated next project, “Housekeeping for Beginners,” ahead of its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival in the Horizons section.
Focus will be distributing the film in the U.S. with Universal Pictures handling international distribution (excluding Eastern Europe). “Housekeeping for Beginners” reteams Focus Features with the critically acclaimed Macedonian-Australian director following his first two films: “You Won’t Be Alone,” which premiered at Sundance in 2022 and represented Australia in the Oscar race, and his sophomore outing “Of an Age,” which kicked off Melbourne festival.
Stolevski, who was born and raised in North Macedonia before migrating to Australia as a teenager, was featured in Variety’s annual 10 Directors to Watch list earlier this year.
Represented internationally by New Europe Film Sales, “Housekeeping for Beginners” stars Anamaria Marinca as Dita, a queer woman who never wanted to be a mother and finds herself forced to...
Focus will be distributing the film in the U.S. with Universal Pictures handling international distribution (excluding Eastern Europe). “Housekeeping for Beginners” reteams Focus Features with the critically acclaimed Macedonian-Australian director following his first two films: “You Won’t Be Alone,” which premiered at Sundance in 2022 and represented Australia in the Oscar race, and his sophomore outing “Of an Age,” which kicked off Melbourne festival.
Stolevski, who was born and raised in North Macedonia before migrating to Australia as a teenager, was featured in Variety’s annual 10 Directors to Watch list earlier this year.
Represented internationally by New Europe Film Sales, “Housekeeping for Beginners” stars Anamaria Marinca as Dita, a queer woman who never wanted to be a mother and finds herself forced to...
- 8/15/2023
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
The captivating British crime drama “The Chelsea Detective” is set to make its highly-anticipated return to Acorn TV on Monday, August 28, with new episodes premiering weekly. Starring Adrian Scarborough as Detective Inspector Max Arnold, the second season of the show consists of four feature-length episodes that continue to delve into the intriguing and dark world of crime in London’s richest borough.
In this new season, Di Max Arnold partners with Detective Sergeant Layla Walsh, portrayed by Vanessa Emme. The two detectives uncover hidden killers among the glamorous art galleries and luxurious homes of Chelsea, exposing the sinister underbelly of the borough. As they navigate the glossy and stylish world, they must confront the darkness that lies beneath its surface.
Returning cast members include Sophie Stone as Chief Forensics Officer Ashley Wilton, Lucy Phelps as DC Jess Lombard, Peter Bankolé as DC Connor Pollock, Anamaria Marinca as Di Arnold’s ex-wife Astrid,...
In this new season, Di Max Arnold partners with Detective Sergeant Layla Walsh, portrayed by Vanessa Emme. The two detectives uncover hidden killers among the glamorous art galleries and luxurious homes of Chelsea, exposing the sinister underbelly of the borough. As they navigate the glossy and stylish world, they must confront the darkness that lies beneath its surface.
Returning cast members include Sophie Stone as Chief Forensics Officer Ashley Wilton, Lucy Phelps as DC Jess Lombard, Peter Bankolé as DC Connor Pollock, Anamaria Marinca as Di Arnold’s ex-wife Astrid,...
- 8/10/2023
- by Morgan Hall
- TV Everyday
The Chelsea Detective is returning for its second season later this month on Acorn TV. The streaming service has announced the return of the British crime drama with the release of a trailer. Season two sees the addition of a new partner for Detective Inspector Max Arnold.
Starring Adrian Scarborough and Vanessa Emme, the season will consist of four episodes, each with a mystery ready for the pair to solve in the area of West Chelsea in London. Sophie Stone, Lucy Phelps, Peter Bankolé, Anamaria Marinca, and Frances Barber also star in the series.
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Starring Adrian Scarborough and Vanessa Emme, the season will consist of four episodes, each with a mystery ready for the pair to solve in the area of West Chelsea in London. Sophie Stone, Lucy Phelps, Peter Bankolé, Anamaria Marinca, and Frances Barber also star in the series.
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- 8/5/2023
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
White Friar stars Bafta winning-actress Anamaria Marinca who starred in Palme d’Or-winning 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days.
WWII-set romantic thriller White Friar will be the first offspring of the inaugural Franco-Irish co-production pact signed in December in Paris and was officialised in Cannes by the film’s producers France’s Valentina Films and Ireland’s Max Films on Friday (May 19).
White Friar stars Bafta winning-actress Anamaria Marinca who starred in Palme d’Or-winning 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days alongside veteran French actor Jean-Marc Barr, known for Luc Besson’s Big Blue and Cannes Jury Prize-winning film Europa.
The film was written and directed...
WWII-set romantic thriller White Friar will be the first offspring of the inaugural Franco-Irish co-production pact signed in December in Paris and was officialised in Cannes by the film’s producers France’s Valentina Films and Ireland’s Max Films on Friday (May 19).
White Friar stars Bafta winning-actress Anamaria Marinca who starred in Palme d’Or-winning 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days alongside veteran French actor Jean-Marc Barr, known for Luc Besson’s Big Blue and Cannes Jury Prize-winning film Europa.
The film was written and directed...
- 5/21/2023
- by Rebecca Leffler
- ScreenDaily
A pair of actors who hail from Cannes Film Festival award-winning projects — Anamaria Marinca (Cristian Mungiu’s 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days) and Jean-Marc Barr (Lars Von Trier’s Europa) — are teaming to star in a new film that marks an official collaboration between France and Ireland.
The project is White Friar and will mark the feature directorial debut of actor-turned-filmmaker Ivan Murphy. Described as a romantic thriller, White Friar is inspired by the life of Father Tom Murphy, an Irish Catholic priest who also served as a wing commander in the Royal Air Force during WWII and his relationship with Eva Hofer, a Hungarian Jew living in Vienna. Per the official synopsis, the film “examines morality, sexuality and identity.”
Jean-Marc Barr
Ivan Murphy, who happens to be the grand nephew of Father Tom Murphy, penned the screenplay. He turned up in Cannes on Friday to sign the co-production agreement...
The project is White Friar and will mark the feature directorial debut of actor-turned-filmmaker Ivan Murphy. Described as a romantic thriller, White Friar is inspired by the life of Father Tom Murphy, an Irish Catholic priest who also served as a wing commander in the Royal Air Force during WWII and his relationship with Eva Hofer, a Hungarian Jew living in Vienna. Per the official synopsis, the film “examines morality, sexuality and identity.”
Jean-Marc Barr
Ivan Murphy, who happens to be the grand nephew of Father Tom Murphy, penned the screenplay. He turned up in Cannes on Friday to sign the co-production agreement...
- 5/21/2023
- by Chris Gardner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Warsaw-based New Europe Film Sales has boarded international sales on Goran Stolevski’s Housekeeping For Beginners starring top Romanian actress Anamaria Marinca as an unmaternal, gay woman who suddenly finds herself responsible for her partner’s two young daughters.
The drama is one of the buzziest productions to come out of Southeastern Europe this year and brings together a host of hot indie producers from three continents.
Australian-Macedonian director Stolevski’s star has been rising ever since Focus Features pre-acquired world rights to his debut feature, the Serbian mountains-shot horror You Won’t Be Alone, featuring Marinca, Noomi Rapace and Alice Englert in the cast.
After a Sundance debut, the film launched theatrically in the US in April 2022, via Universal. Focus Features also pre-acquired Stolevski’s Australia-set second feature Of An Age which opens in the U.S. on February 17.
Marinca plays the character of Dita, whose mansion in the...
The drama is one of the buzziest productions to come out of Southeastern Europe this year and brings together a host of hot indie producers from three continents.
Australian-Macedonian director Stolevski’s star has been rising ever since Focus Features pre-acquired world rights to his debut feature, the Serbian mountains-shot horror You Won’t Be Alone, featuring Marinca, Noomi Rapace and Alice Englert in the cast.
After a Sundance debut, the film launched theatrically in the US in April 2022, via Universal. Focus Features also pre-acquired Stolevski’s Australia-set second feature Of An Age which opens in the U.S. on February 17.
Marinca plays the character of Dita, whose mansion in the...
- 2/13/2023
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Goran Stolevski’s debut feature You Won’t Be Alone is Australia’s official submission for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film. Produced by Causeway Films’ Kristina Ceyton and Samantha Jennings, the supernatural horror, set in 19th century Macedonia, stars Noomi Rapace, Anamaria Marinca, Alice Englert, Carloto Cotta, Félix Maritaud and Sara Klimoska. It first premiered at […]
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The post ‘You Won’t Be Alone’ Australia’s submission for Best International Feature Film Oscar appeared first on If Magazine.
- 11/2/2022
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
Keep track of all the submissions for best international feature at the 2023 Academy Awards.
Entries for the 2023 Oscar for best international feature are underway, and Screen is profiling each one on this page.
Scroll down for profiles of each Oscar entry
An international feature film is defined as a feature-length motion picture produced outside the US with a predominantly (more than 50) non-English dialogue track and can include animated and documentary features.
Submitted films must have been released theatrically in their respective countries between January 1, 2022 and November 30, 2022. The deadline for submissions to the Academy is October 3, 2022.
A shortlist of 15 finalists is...
Entries for the 2023 Oscar for best international feature are underway, and Screen is profiling each one on this page.
Scroll down for profiles of each Oscar entry
An international feature film is defined as a feature-length motion picture produced outside the US with a predominantly (more than 50) non-English dialogue track and can include animated and documentary features.
Submitted films must have been released theatrically in their respective countries between January 1, 2022 and November 30, 2022. The deadline for submissions to the Academy is October 3, 2022.
A shortlist of 15 finalists is...
- 11/1/2022
- by Screen staff
- ScreenDaily
The internationally co-produced folktale-horror film You Won’t Be Alone hit theaters last April 1, starring Noomi Rapace, Anamaria Marinca, Alice Englert, Carloto Cotta, Félix Maritaud, and Sara Klimoska. The film was directed by Goran Stolevski, in his directorial debut, and follows the story of a young girl kidnapped as a baby and turned into a witch. Set in 19-century Macedonia, the plot centers on the young girl’s curiosity about humanity as she uses her power to take the form of the humans she kills. The film has received positive reviews from critics and is praised for its experimental take on
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- 6/12/2022
- by A.E. Oats
- TVovermind.com
You Won’t Be Alone Review Video — You Won’t Be Alone (2022) Video Movie Review, a movie directed by Goran Stolevski, written by Goran Stolevski, and starring Noomi Rapace, Anamaria Marinca, Alice Englert, Carloto Cotta, Felix Maritaud, and Sara Klimoska. Crew Mark Bradshaw created the music for the film. Matthew Chuang crafted the cinematography for [...]
Continue reading: Video Movie Review: You Won’T Be Alone (2022): Bold, Unique, Daring, & Skillfully Made...
Continue reading: Video Movie Review: You Won’T Be Alone (2022): Bold, Unique, Daring, & Skillfully Made...
- 4/6/2022
- by Thomas Duffy
- Film-Book
Horror is often unfairly dismissed as being a less "serious" film genre, but there are more than a few scary movies that prove there's plenty of beauty, hope, and thought-provoking themes to be found amid the gore and ghouls. Such is the case with "You Won't Be Alone," which is currently playing in select theaters. Set in 1800s Macedonia, the movie tells the story of a young girl who is kidnapped and turned into a witch, and follows the witch as she takes the shape of her victims in an effort to satiate her curiosity about what it...
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- 4/4/2022
- by Deshawn "DeLa Doll" Thomas
- Slash Film
Focus Features has picked up Of An Age, the second feature by writer/director Goran Stolevski.
The announcement comes as the distributor presents the helmer’s debut feature, You Won’t Be Alone — about a witch struggling for human connection in 19th century rural Macedonia — this weekend in limited release.
Of An Age is set in the summer of 1999 as a 17-year-old Serbian born, Australian amateur ballroom dancer experiences an unexpected and intense 24-hour romance with a friend’s older brother. It stars Elias Anton, Thom Green, and Hattie Hook.
The film wrapped production this past December in Australia with Causeway Films’ Kristina Ceyton and Samantha Jennings producing.
International sales partners are Bankside Films; investors are Screen Australia, VicScreen, Melbourne International Film Festival Premiere Fund, Kojo Studios and Head Gear Films.
Bankside Films and UTA negotiated the deal on behalf of the filmmakers.
Stolevski, Ceyton and Jennings said: “We’re absolutely...
The announcement comes as the distributor presents the helmer’s debut feature, You Won’t Be Alone — about a witch struggling for human connection in 19th century rural Macedonia — this weekend in limited release.
Of An Age is set in the summer of 1999 as a 17-year-old Serbian born, Australian amateur ballroom dancer experiences an unexpected and intense 24-hour romance with a friend’s older brother. It stars Elias Anton, Thom Green, and Hattie Hook.
The film wrapped production this past December in Australia with Causeway Films’ Kristina Ceyton and Samantha Jennings producing.
International sales partners are Bankside Films; investors are Screen Australia, VicScreen, Melbourne International Film Festival Premiere Fund, Kojo Studios and Head Gear Films.
Bankside Films and UTA negotiated the deal on behalf of the filmmakers.
Stolevski, Ceyton and Jennings said: “We’re absolutely...
- 4/3/2022
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
The heroine of Goran Stolevski’s You Won’t Be Alone is a witch, with echoes of vampire and zombie, yes, but mostly with a haunting desire for human connection in 19th century rural Macedonia.
The film’s Sundance premiere got great reviews (see Deadline’s here). It’s 94 Rotten Tomatoes Certified Fresh with critics as Focus Features opens Stolevski’s debut feature on 147 carefully curated screens.
You Won’t Be Alone is subtitled and its narrator, the witch Nevena, grew up alone in a cave with a limited grasp of language.
Nevena (Sara Klimoska) is freed from her cave by a hideously deformed evil spirit called the Wolf-Eatress, or Old Maid Maria (Anamaria Marinca), who grows increasingly vengeful as they wander the mountainside and...
The film’s Sundance premiere got great reviews (see Deadline’s here). It’s 94 Rotten Tomatoes Certified Fresh with critics as Focus Features opens Stolevski’s debut feature on 147 carefully curated screens.
You Won’t Be Alone is subtitled and its narrator, the witch Nevena, grew up alone in a cave with a limited grasp of language.
Nevena (Sara Klimoska) is freed from her cave by a hideously deformed evil spirit called the Wolf-Eatress, or Old Maid Maria (Anamaria Marinca), who grows increasingly vengeful as they wander the mountainside and...
- 4/1/2022
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
This review of “You Won’t Be Alone” was first published on Jan. 22 after its premiere at Sundance.
The dismal arthouse horror-drama “You Won’t Be Alone” will surely test the patience of viewers who expect a straightforward, character-driven, or even generic period chiller. Set in 19th century Macedonia, writer-director Goran Stolevski’s debut feature presents a disorienting narrative about Nevena (mostly played by Noomi Rapace), a shape-shifting teenage witch who’s kidnapped and then haunted by the malicious “wolf-eateress” conjurer Maria.
The movie’s heavy-handed and often distracting impressionistic style — lots of too-tight extreme close-ups, wobbly hand-held camerawork, whispery stream-of-conscious voiceover narration, and over-edited montages — will understandably frustrate some viewers and draw comparisons to recent dramas directed by Terrence Malick as well as Robert Eggers’ “elevated horror” movies “The Witch” and “The Lighthouse.”
Stolevski’s pretentious and mindlessly alienating style also smothers his ensemble cast’s performances and his crew’s diligent contributions,...
The dismal arthouse horror-drama “You Won’t Be Alone” will surely test the patience of viewers who expect a straightforward, character-driven, or even generic period chiller. Set in 19th century Macedonia, writer-director Goran Stolevski’s debut feature presents a disorienting narrative about Nevena (mostly played by Noomi Rapace), a shape-shifting teenage witch who’s kidnapped and then haunted by the malicious “wolf-eateress” conjurer Maria.
The movie’s heavy-handed and often distracting impressionistic style — lots of too-tight extreme close-ups, wobbly hand-held camerawork, whispery stream-of-conscious voiceover narration, and over-edited montages — will understandably frustrate some viewers and draw comparisons to recent dramas directed by Terrence Malick as well as Robert Eggers’ “elevated horror” movies “The Witch” and “The Lighthouse.”
Stolevski’s pretentious and mindlessly alienating style also smothers his ensemble cast’s performances and his crew’s diligent contributions,...
- 4/1/2022
- by Simon Abrams
- The Wrap
Noomi Rapace stars as “Bosilka” in director Goran Stolevski’s You Won’T Be Alone, a Focus Features release. Photo credit: Branko Starcevic / Focus Features
With a story built around witches, the East European-set You Won’T Be Alone certainly starts out like a horror film set in a medieval-ish rural Eastern European world. The location brings to mind a host of classic horror films and legends, and the time period setting and other elements are reminiscent of 2015’s The Witch. But the film soon turns in a somewhat different direction, towards fairy-tale. The Brothers Grimm variety, not Disney.
If you’ll remember, those original tales are often dark and even horror-like but also have elements of kindness and hope along with the terror and gruesomeness, in their good versus evil struggles. The fairy tale/folk tale of You Won’T Be Alone leans more into the human side of the story of...
With a story built around witches, the East European-set You Won’T Be Alone certainly starts out like a horror film set in a medieval-ish rural Eastern European world. The location brings to mind a host of classic horror films and legends, and the time period setting and other elements are reminiscent of 2015’s The Witch. But the film soon turns in a somewhat different direction, towards fairy-tale. The Brothers Grimm variety, not Disney.
If you’ll remember, those original tales are often dark and even horror-like but also have elements of kindness and hope along with the terror and gruesomeness, in their good versus evil struggles. The fairy tale/folk tale of You Won’T Be Alone leans more into the human side of the story of...
- 4/1/2022
- by Cate Marquis
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The month of March will finish with a total box office gross of around 575-580 million, and more than half of that came from The Batman. That practically ties March with last July for the third best month since the beginning of the pandemic (after last October and December), but, beside the Dark Knight, it had little new content, save the late-in-the-month release (3/25) of the Channing Tatum\Sandra Bullock adventure/rom-com, The Lost City, to support it. Most of March's backup bucks came from February’s holdovers. While the month of April lacks a mega-release a la The Batman, it has what March did not, which is a steady supply of solid titles coming out pretty much every week. A few big franchise releases are in store, including new Harry Potter and Sonic the Hedgehog films, and first up is Morbius, the newest entry in Sony’s Spider-Man Universe (or...
- 3/31/2022
- by Sam Mendelsohn <mail@boxofficemojo.com>
- Box Office Mojo
You Won’t Be Alone Trailer 2 — Focus Features has released the second movie trailer for You Won’t Be Alone (2022). View here the second You Won’t Be Alone trailer. Crew Goran Stolevski‘s You Won’t Be Alone stars Noomi Rapace, Anamaria Marinca, Alice Englert, Carloto Cotta, Felix Maritaud, and Sara Klimoska. Goran Stolevski wrote the [...]
Continue reading: You Won’T Be Alone (2022) Movie Trailer 2: Macedonian Witch Noomi Rapace stars in Goran Stolevski’s Haunting Folktale...
Continue reading: You Won’T Be Alone (2022) Movie Trailer 2: Macedonian Witch Noomi Rapace stars in Goran Stolevski’s Haunting Folktale...
- 3/12/2022
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
Noomi Rapace stars as “Bosilka” in director Goran Stolevski’s You Won’T Be Alone, a Focus Features release. Credit: Branko Starcevic / Focus Features
Set in an isolated mountain village in 19th century Macedonia, You Won’T Be Alone follows a young girl who is kidnapped and then transformed into a witch by an ancient spirit. Curious about life as a human, the young witch accidentally kills a peasant in the nearby village and then takes her victim’s shape to live life in her skin. Her curiosity ignited, she continues to wield this horrific power in order to understand what it means to be human.
Focus Features will release You Won’T Be Alone in theaters on April 1, 2022.
An official selection of the Sundance Film Festival, the film stars Noomi Rapace, Anamaria Marinca, Alice Englert, Carloto Cotta, Félix Maritaud, Sara Klimoska.
From visionary director Goran Stolevski, watch the brand new trailer.
Set in an isolated mountain village in 19th century Macedonia, You Won’T Be Alone follows a young girl who is kidnapped and then transformed into a witch by an ancient spirit. Curious about life as a human, the young witch accidentally kills a peasant in the nearby village and then takes her victim’s shape to live life in her skin. Her curiosity ignited, she continues to wield this horrific power in order to understand what it means to be human.
Focus Features will release You Won’T Be Alone in theaters on April 1, 2022.
An official selection of the Sundance Film Festival, the film stars Noomi Rapace, Anamaria Marinca, Alice Englert, Carloto Cotta, Félix Maritaud, Sara Klimoska.
From visionary director Goran Stolevski, watch the brand new trailer.
- 3/6/2022
- by Michelle Hannett
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Noomi Rapace just can't get enough of folk horror, it seems. No sooner does she adopt a sheep-headed child in "Lamb" than a "wolf eateress" shows up. Rapace herself may or may not be the eateress; it's a little hard to tell. In "You Won't Be Alone," the "Prometheus" and "Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" star is not, in fact, alone, but rather co-starring alongside Anamaria Marinca and Sara Klimoska. They all take turns playing the same witch, as said witch goes about bodysnatching.
In his Sundance review, /Film's senior film critic, Chris Evangelista, compared "You Won't Be Alone" to the work of Terrence Malick for its...
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In his Sundance review, /Film's senior film critic, Chris Evangelista, compared "You Won't Be Alone" to the work of Terrence Malick for its...
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- 3/5/2022
- by Joshua Meyer
- Slash Film
"Think you're fooling anyone? Dressed in corpses?" Focus Features has revealed a second trailer for the supernatural horror film You Won't Be Alone. This just premiered at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival in January, and opens in theaters in April. The film is a strange, supernatural horror set in an 1800s isolated Macedonian mountain village. "A young girl is taken from her mother and transformed into a witch by an ancient, shape-shifting spirit. Left to wander feral, the young witch beholds the natural world with curiosity and wonder. After inadvertently killing a villager and assuming her body, she continues to inhabit different people, living among the villagers for years, observing and mimicking their behavior until the ancient spirit returns, bringing them full circle." Noomi Rapace stars, joined by Anamaria Marinca, Alice Englert, Carloto Cotta, Félix Maritaud, and Sara Klimoska. I watched this at Sundance and couldn't stand it, a mess of...
- 3/3/2022
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
In You Won’t Be Alone, writer/director Goran Stolevski transports viewers back to the 19th century for his haunting fairy tale about a young girl who is transformed into a shapeshifting witch by an evil spirit, and she sets out to learn more about humanity as she takes the form of several people she crosses paths with. You Won’t Be Alone stars Sara Klimoska, Anamaria Marinca, Alice Englert, and Noomi Rapace, and it recently celebrated its world premiere at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival.
Daily Dead recently spoke with Stolevski about You Won’t Be Alone, and he discussed how monumental this project was for him, both personally and professionally, and he went into the inspirations behind the story as well. Stolevski also chatted about working with his cast and how his unconventional approach to how he shares his story with viewers ended up giving him more freedom as a storyteller.
Daily Dead recently spoke with Stolevski about You Won’t Be Alone, and he discussed how monumental this project was for him, both personally and professionally, and he went into the inspirations behind the story as well. Stolevski also chatted about working with his cast and how his unconventional approach to how he shares his story with viewers ended up giving him more freedom as a storyteller.
- 2/2/2022
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
You Won’t Be Alone Review — You Won’t Be Alone (2022) Film Review from the 44th Annual Sundance Film Festival, a movie directed by Goran Stolevski and starring Noomi Rapace, Alice Englert, Anamaria Marinca, Sara Klimoska, Felix Maritaud, Arta Dobroshi, Carloto Cotta, Irena Ristic, Kamka Tocinovski, Daniel Kovacevic and Verica Nedeska. Director Goran Stolevski’s new [...]
Continue reading: Film Review: You Won’T Be Alone: Intense Dramatic Film is Also the Artsiest Horror Film You’ll Ever See [Sundance 2022]...
Continue reading: Film Review: You Won’T Be Alone: Intense Dramatic Film is Also the Artsiest Horror Film You’ll Ever See [Sundance 2022]...
- 1/29/2022
- by Thomas Duffy
- Film-Book
In 19th-century Macedonia a desperate mother makes a deal with a witch. Rather than allow her only child to be taken from her immediately, the woman promises her baby at age 16 to the mythical Old Maid Maria (Anamaria Marinca), whose unwelcome arrival hovering over the innocent might indicate a desire for blood. But the mother ineffectively attempts to fool the witch. After this scarred, centuries-old being agrees to the terms and leaves her mark by ripping out the infant’s tongue, the woman feigns that her child has already been seized by the dubbed “Wolf-Eateress” and hides her away in a cave for the ensuing years. With only a small circle of blue sky peeking in through the top of the cavern to the depths below—her only connection to the outside world being frenzied food deliveries from her mother—the child grows up feral, unmoored to the society that exists just above her.
- 1/26/2022
- by Brianna Zigler
- The Film Stage
In Macedonia, there’s a legend about a bitter, lonely crone named “Old Maid Maria.” She wanders the woods in search of vulnerable newborn babies ripe with blood to feed on, allowing her to remain alive. In the opening of Goran Stolevski’s gruesome fairytale horror story, “You Won’t Be Alone,” Old Maid Maria (Anamaria Marinca), a menacing body of scar tissue and wispy gray hair, comes upon baby Nevena. To spare the child’s life, her anguished mother makes a vow to Maria: If she allows Nevena to live, when the girl turns 16, she can have her as a surrogate daughter.
Continue reading ‘You Won’t Be Alone’ Review: Folklore Fairytale Horror Mixes With Terrence Malick Poetics About Humanity [Sundance] at The Playlist.
Continue reading ‘You Won’t Be Alone’ Review: Folklore Fairytale Horror Mixes With Terrence Malick Poetics About Humanity [Sundance] at The Playlist.
- 1/23/2022
- by Robert Daniels
- The Playlist
The villagers refer to her as Old Maid Maria, invoking the witch’s name as a way to make children behave. But the Wolf-Eateress — or Volkojatka, as the superstitious peasants call this shape-shifting witch — is more than just a scary story in “You Won’t Be Alone.” The adults also believe in Old Maid Maria, with her sharp black claws and a face like Freddy Krueger’s. She has terrorized the countryside for nearly two centuries, surviving on the blood of newborns and wild animals. Once, very long ago, she wanted a child of her own.
It’s a daring choice on the part of Macedonia-born writer-director Goran Stolevski to show Old Maid Maria in the film’s opening minutes. Horror movies typically try to keep the monster hidden for as long as possible, and here, the makeup looks … well, like makeup: All but unrecognizable beneath a layer of synthetic skin...
It’s a daring choice on the part of Macedonia-born writer-director Goran Stolevski to show Old Maid Maria in the film’s opening minutes. Horror movies typically try to keep the monster hidden for as long as possible, and here, the makeup looks … well, like makeup: All but unrecognizable beneath a layer of synthetic skin...
- 1/23/2022
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
You Won’t Be Alone
Treading the waters of short film filmmaking for almost a decade has culminated into the type of big leagues grand entrance that dreams are made of. Australian/Macedonian filmmaker Goran Stolevski‘s feature debut was backed by Focus Features from the getgo. You Won’t Be Alone features an international cast comprised of an international cast of Noomi Rapace, Anamaria Marinca, Alice Englert, Carloto Cotta, Félix Maritaud and Sara Klimoska and was produced by The Babadook and The Nightingale producers Kristina Ceyton and Sam Jennings. Filmed in backwoods of Serbia back in December of 2020, Stolevski teamed with Blue Bayou Cinematographer Matthew Chuang – and worth noting – both have already re-teamed on (current filming) sophomore project titled Of An Age.…...
Treading the waters of short film filmmaking for almost a decade has culminated into the type of big leagues grand entrance that dreams are made of. Australian/Macedonian filmmaker Goran Stolevski‘s feature debut was backed by Focus Features from the getgo. You Won’t Be Alone features an international cast comprised of an international cast of Noomi Rapace, Anamaria Marinca, Alice Englert, Carloto Cotta, Félix Maritaud and Sara Klimoska and was produced by The Babadook and The Nightingale producers Kristina Ceyton and Sam Jennings. Filmed in backwoods of Serbia back in December of 2020, Stolevski teamed with Blue Bayou Cinematographer Matthew Chuang – and worth noting – both have already re-teamed on (current filming) sophomore project titled Of An Age.…...
- 1/6/2022
- by Eric Lavallée
- IONCINEMA.com
You Won’t Be Alone Trailer — Goran Stolevski‘s You Won’t Be Alone (2022) movie trailer has been released by Focus Features. The You Won’t Be Alone trailer stars Noomi Rapace, Anamaria Marinca, Alice Englert, Carloto Cotta, Felix Maritaud, and Sara Klimoska. Crew Goran Stolevski wrote the screenplay for You Won’t Be Alone. Mark Bradshaw created [...]
Continue reading: You Won’T Be Alone (2022) Movie Trailer: Shapeshifting Witch Noomi Rapace Experiences Life Through Other People’s Bodies...
Continue reading: You Won’T Be Alone (2022) Movie Trailer: Shapeshifting Witch Noomi Rapace Experiences Life Through Other People’s Bodies...
- 12/16/2021
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
"Am I the devil?" Focus Features has unveiled the first trailer for supernatural horror thriller You Won't Be Alone, from filmmaker Goran Stolevski. This one will be premiering at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival coming up in January, before opening in theaters in April next year. The film is a supernatural horror set in an 1800s isolated Macedonian mountain village. The Sundance synopsis explains better what's going on: "A young girl is taken from her mother and transformed into a witch by an ancient, shape-shifting spirit. Left to wander feral, the young witch beholds the natural world with curiosity and wonder. After inadvertently killing a villager and assuming her body, she continues to inhabit different people, living among the villagers for years, observing and mimicking their behavior until the ancient spirit returns, bringing them full circle." Noomi Rapace stars, joined by Anamaria Marinca, Alice Englert, Carloto Cotta, Félix Maritaud, and Sara Klimoska.
- 12/15/2021
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Cranking out a ton of short films for over a decade, Australian/Macedonian filmmaker Goran Stolevski saw his 2018 short Would You Look at Her win the Short Film Jury Award: International Fiction at Sundance. Fast forward to 2020, and the filmmaker is backed by Focus Features and the producers for The Babadook and The Nightingale for a project featuring Noomi Rapace, Anamaria Marinca, Alice Englert, Carloto Cotta, Félix Maritaud and Sara Klimoska. Filmed in Serbia, the supernatural horror You Won’t Be Alone was just dated by Focus with a January 28th date.
Gist: Set in an isolated mountain village in 19th century Macedonia, the film follows a young girl who is kidnapped and then transformed into a witch by an ancient spirit.…...
Gist: Set in an isolated mountain village in 19th century Macedonia, the film follows a young girl who is kidnapped and then transformed into a witch by an ancient spirit.…...
- 11/25/2021
- by Eric Lavallée
- IONCINEMA.com
The Unkind: "This November, they awaken evil.
Six friends vacationing at a historic mansion release an ancient witch from her slumber, awakening her centuries old thirst for blood.
Tommaso Basili, Taylor Skeens, Corey T. Stewart, Sherine Mazzulli, and Fred Papa star in The Unkind, on VOD platforms November 30 from Wild Eye Releasing."
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Phantom Fun-world: "Jonestown Films has some exciting news about its next horror movie! From director Tory Jones and Executive Producer, Chris Gierowski comes the next greatest amusement park horror movie, Phantom Fun-World!
After meeting its initial Indiegogo crowdfunding goal of $15k in a matter of days, Phantom Fun-World has been climbing the ranks to be one of the most popular film campaigns on the site. Currently, it is almost up to $40k with a little over a week to go.
“We want to take this film to the next level, and we want you along for the ride.
Six friends vacationing at a historic mansion release an ancient witch from her slumber, awakening her centuries old thirst for blood.
Tommaso Basili, Taylor Skeens, Corey T. Stewart, Sherine Mazzulli, and Fred Papa star in The Unkind, on VOD platforms November 30 from Wild Eye Releasing."
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Phantom Fun-world: "Jonestown Films has some exciting news about its next horror movie! From director Tory Jones and Executive Producer, Chris Gierowski comes the next greatest amusement park horror movie, Phantom Fun-World!
After meeting its initial Indiegogo crowdfunding goal of $15k in a matter of days, Phantom Fun-World has been climbing the ranks to be one of the most popular film campaigns on the site. Currently, it is almost up to $40k with a little over a week to go.
“We want to take this film to the next level, and we want you along for the ride.
- 11/23/2021
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Focus Features is planning a moderate release of You Won’t Be Alone on Friday, January 28, 2022 domestically in theaters.
Set in an isolated mountain village in 19th century Macedonia, the film follows a young girl who is kidnapped and then transformed into a witch by an ancient spirit. Curious about life as a human, the young witch accidentally kills a peasant in the nearby village and then takes her victim’s shape to live life in her skin. Her curiosity ignited, she continues to wield this horrific power in order to understand what it means to be human. The witch will be played by different actors and the film will include an old Macedonian dialect.
The film is directed and written by Goran Stolevski. It stars Noomi Rapace (The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo), BAFTA-winner Anamaria Marinca, Alice Englert (Ratched), Carloto Cotta (Tabu), Félix Maritaud (Sauvage) and...
Set in an isolated mountain village in 19th century Macedonia, the film follows a young girl who is kidnapped and then transformed into a witch by an ancient spirit. Curious about life as a human, the young witch accidentally kills a peasant in the nearby village and then takes her victim’s shape to live life in her skin. Her curiosity ignited, she continues to wield this horrific power in order to understand what it means to be human. The witch will be played by different actors and the film will include an old Macedonian dialect.
The film is directed and written by Goran Stolevski. It stars Noomi Rapace (The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo), BAFTA-winner Anamaria Marinca, Alice Englert (Ratched), Carloto Cotta (Tabu), Félix Maritaud (Sauvage) and...
- 11/19/2021
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
Premier League Doc Series Sells Globally
All3Media International has inked multiple signed deals for Fever Pitch! The Rise of the Premier League, the new documentary from Story Films and David Beckham’s new production company Studio 99. Commissioned by BBC Two, the 4 x 60’ doc will tell the story of the creation of the lucrative English Premier League through the stories of some of its most famous names, including Eric Cantona, David Beckham, Vinnie Jones and Alan Shearer. Amazon has acquired the series for Canada, Australia and New Zealand. In Europe, buyers include Rtl for Germany and German-speaking Europe, Telefonica for Spain and Dr Denmark, Nrk Norway, Svt Sweden and Yle Finland for Nordic regions. Discovery+ has acquired the series for India, while Watcha will be the exclusive home for the series in South Korea. The doc is set to debut on BBC Two in the UK later this year. C4...
All3Media International has inked multiple signed deals for Fever Pitch! The Rise of the Premier League, the new documentary from Story Films and David Beckham’s new production company Studio 99. Commissioned by BBC Two, the 4 x 60’ doc will tell the story of the creation of the lucrative English Premier League through the stories of some of its most famous names, including Eric Cantona, David Beckham, Vinnie Jones and Alan Shearer. Amazon has acquired the series for Canada, Australia and New Zealand. In Europe, buyers include Rtl for Germany and German-speaking Europe, Telefonica for Spain and Dr Denmark, Nrk Norway, Svt Sweden and Yle Finland for Nordic regions. Discovery+ has acquired the series for India, while Watcha will be the exclusive home for the series in South Korea. The doc is set to debut on BBC Two in the UK later this year. C4...
- 8/19/2021
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: AMC Networks streamer Acorn TV has found its latest British crime series in the shape of Adrian Scarborough starrer The Chelsea Detective, which is created and co-written by Peter Fincham, the man who originally greenlit Downton Abbey for ITV.
Scarborough, a prolific English actor who has starred in Killing Eve, Gavin & Stacey, 1917, and A Very English Scandal, will take on the title role of Detective Inspector Max Arnold, who plies his trade in Chelsea, uncovering the murky underbelly of a well-heeled borough of London.
The Chelsea Detective will be co-produced by German public broadcaster Zdf, with BBC Studios-backed Expectation making the series, which consists of four feature-length episodes, each focusing on a different case.
Expectation co-founder Fincham, who was director of television at ITV during the time that Downton Abbey became a global phenomenon, created the drama. He writes an episode, while Glen Laker (Vera) and Liz Lake...
Scarborough, a prolific English actor who has starred in Killing Eve, Gavin & Stacey, 1917, and A Very English Scandal, will take on the title role of Detective Inspector Max Arnold, who plies his trade in Chelsea, uncovering the murky underbelly of a well-heeled borough of London.
The Chelsea Detective will be co-produced by German public broadcaster Zdf, with BBC Studios-backed Expectation making the series, which consists of four feature-length episodes, each focusing on a different case.
Expectation co-founder Fincham, who was director of television at ITV during the time that Downton Abbey became a global phenomenon, created the drama. He writes an episode, while Glen Laker (Vera) and Liz Lake...
- 3/24/2021
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
"Whatever you have to do... Do it for your family." Signature in the UK has released an official trailer for a British indie drama titled The Bike Thief, marking the feature debut of filmmaker Matt Chambers, who worked for years as a production assistant before finally directing this film. The Bike Thief is a "gritty British drama-thriller" that basically plays like a contemporary update on the classic Italian film Bicycle Thieves. The Rider is an ordinary, hard-working man. Everything he does is done to protect and support his family. He works as a delivery driver for a local Pizza restaurant, which happens to be owned & run by his landlord. When the Rider's moped is stolen, his world turns upside down and a race against time starts to recover the source of his livelihood. Starring Alec Secareanu (from God's Own Country) and Anamaria Marinca. I dig the look of this, two...
- 3/12/2021
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
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