The happiest man in the world
Teona Strugar Mitevska
Asja, a 40-year-old single woman, lives in Sarajevo. In order to meet new people, she ends up spending her Saturday in a speed dating event. She’s matched with Zoran, a 43-year-old banker. However, Zoran is not looking for love but forgiveness.
★ In the presence of director Teona Strugar Mitevska
🌿 La Biennale di Venezia – Venice FF 2022 Orizzonti
Toronto – TIFF 2022 Contemporary World Cinema
Les Arcs Film Festival 2022
STARRING
Jelena Kordić Kuret
Adnan Omerović
Labina Mitevska
Ana Kostovska
WRITER
Elma Tataragić
Teona Strugar Mitevska
DIRECTOR
Teona Strugar Mitevska
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Virginie Saint Martin
SOUND
Ingrid Simon
Kristoffer Salting
Viktor Grabar
FILM EDITING
Per K. Kirkegaard
MUSIC
Johan Johansson
PRODUCTION
Entre Chien et Loup
DISTRIBUTION
Cinéma Palace
SALES
Pyramide International
Teona Strugar Mitevska
Born in 1974 into a family of artists in Skopje, Macedonia, Teona Strugar Mitevska became a television and theatre actress from the age of six. After secondary school, she trained as a painter and graphic designer, then studied film at the Tisch School of the Arts, a school attached to New York University. A committed filmmaker, she defines herself as a “femartivist”, combining her commitments and her artistic dimension with feminism. In 2018, the French Minister of Culture awarded her the title of Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. Teona Strugar Mitevska lives between Skopje and Brussels with her son Kaeliok.
FILMOGRAPHY
2007: I am from Titov Veles (feature)
2011: The woman who brushes her tears (feature)
2014: Teresa and I (feature)
2017: When the day had no name (feature)
2019: God exists, her name is Petrunija (feature)
2022: The happiest man in the world (feature)