Teona Strugar Mitevska: We live in a hysterical moment
Macedonian director talks about her latest film, the Balkans and why she’d never live in any other time.
The crew of the film “The Happiest Man in the World”. Photo: Courtesy of Restart production.
“We prepared this film like a play”, says Strugar Mitevska. Photo: Courtesy of Restart production.
Even now, when I watch some scenes, I think to myself: My God, are they acting, or did that really happen?
When I started 20 years ago, it was strange — a woman on set! I had to fight with the dinosaurs.
“So what’s the solution? To ignore it? Or to face it?” Photo: Courtesy of Restart production.
As a woman, I have to talk about this issue. I’d die if I didn’t make this film.
Mladen Savkovic
Mladen Savković is a former-editor of K2.0. He graduated in journalism and communication at the Faculty of Political Sciences in Belgrade. Mladen has worked for B92.net, MTV Serbia, Lonely Planet, and Deutsche Welle Akademie.
This story was originally written in Serbian.