Teona Strugar Mitevska was born in 1974 in an artistic family in Skopje, Macedonia. She started her engagement with the camera as a child actor. Later she trained as a painter, continuing and finishing her BA in graphic design.
After a successful career in advertising she turned to filmmaking, she studied film in the M.F.A program at the Tisch School of Arts, New York University.
She made her debut as short film director in 2001 with VETA, which received Special Mention at the Berlin Film Festival.
HOW I KILLED A SAINT is her first feature film, which was made under the auspices of the company she established together with her brother and sister. The film premiered at the 2004 Rotterdam Film Festival- Tiger Competition and it was awarded the Best European Film at the Crossing Europe Film Festival, Linz, Austria.
I AM FROM TITOV VELES, her second feature film premiered at at the 2008 Berlin film Festival- Official Panorama Competition and Cannes Film Festival… read more
Teona Strugar Mitevska was born in 1974 in an artistic family in Skopje, Macedonia. She started her engagement with the camera as a child actor. Later she trained as a painter, continuing and finishing her BA in graphic design.
After a successful career in advertising she turned to filmmaking, she studied film in the M.F.A program at the Tisch School of Arts, New York University.
She made her debut as short film director in 2001 with VETA, which received Special Mention at the Berlin Film Festival.
HOW I KILLED A SAINT is her first feature film, which was made under the auspices of the company she established together with her brother and sister. The film premiered at the 2004 Rotterdam Film Festival- Tiger Competition and it was awarded the Best European Film at the Crossing Europe Film Festival, Linz, Austria.
I AM FROM TITOV VELES, her second feature film premiered at at the 2008 Berlin film Festival- Official Panorama Competition and Cannes Film Festival – Acid Selection also at Sarajevo Film Festival, Toronto Film festival-Discovery Section. The film has received more then international awards, such as: Heart of Sarajevo- Special Jury Award at 2007 Sarajevo Film Festival; Best European Actor/ Special Jury Award – Lecce Film Festival of European Film; Special Jury Mention–Cinema Jove, Valencia
International Film Festival; and Grand Prix Prize-Blue Angel at the Art Film International Film Festival, Slovakia among others. Iam from Titov Veles is a Macedonian candidate for Oscar. —Sisters and Brother Mitevski Production
