How I Killed a Saint
Kako ubiv svetec
Macedonia, France, Slovenia
2003
82 Min
Color
1.85:1
Macedonian, English
Synopsis
After several years in America, a young woman returns home to find her country occupied by NATO forces. Viola sees contemporary Macedonia in a disintegrating political situation due to torn feelings about the Kosovo region. Viola’s younger brother Kokan is dangerously pursuing revolutionary, patriotic dreams which escalate from petty hooliganism to real terrorist ambitions. Although she tries to connect with her alienated brother, Viola has difficulty revealing the secret that brought her back to Macedonia. A peace-intended procession involving the presumed relics of Saint Kliment is set to change the lives of Viola and Kokan … —Silkroad Production
Director
Teona Strugar Mitevska
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
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