Official Trailer for ‘Housekeeping for Beginners’ from North Macedonia
by Alex Billington
December 14, 2023
Source: YouTube
“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 three continue to butt heads and become an unlikely family that has to fight to stay together.” This stars Anamaria Marinca as Dita, Alina Serban, Samson Selim, Vladimir Tintor, Dzada Selim, & Mia Mustafa. This is worth a look.
Here’s the official trailer (+ poster) for Goran Stolevski’s Housekeeping for Beginners, from YouTube:
Writer / director Goran Stolevski’s new film Housekeeping for Beginners explores the universal truths of family, encompassing both the bonds we inherit and those we create. The narrative revolves around Dita (starring Anamaria Marinca), 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 individual wills clash, a heartwarming story soon unfolds about an unlikely family’s struggle to remain together. Housekeeping for Beginners, originally known as Domakinstvo za Pocetnici in Macedonian, is both written and directed by Australian-Macedonian filmmaker Goran Stolevski, director of the films You Won’t Be Alone and Of an Age previously, plus many other shorts. It’s produced by Blerta Basholli, Marija Dimitrova, Ankica Juric Tilic, Beata Rzezniczek, Klaudia Smieja, and Milan Stojanovic. This initially premiered at the 2023 Venice Film Festival in the Orizzonti section. Focus Features will debut Stolevski’s Housekeeping for Beginners in select US theaters starting January 26th, 2024 next month. Who’s interested in watching?
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