Teona Strugar Mitevska

Teona Strugar Mitevska (born 1974 in Skopje) is a Macedonian film director and screenwriter.

Career In 2001, Teona Strugar Mitevska made her directorial debut with the short film Veta, which won the Special Jury Prize at the 51st Berlin International Film Festival. Her first feature film How I Killed a Saint was premiered at the International Film Festival Rotterdam in 2004. Set in Macedonia during the 2001 civil conflict involving the country's ethnic Albanian minority, the film explores the crisis through the perspective of two troubled siblings. Viola (played by Labina Mitevska, the director's sister) returns to her family in Skopje after studying in the United States. Her younger brother Kokan (Milan Tocinovski-Sako) becomes engaged with a group of radical nationalists. The movies is shot in a voyeuristic style that avoids close-ups.

In 2008, Teona Strugar Mitevska directed I Am from Titov Veles, screened at over 80 festivals around the world and won nearly 20 international awards.

In 2019, her film God Exists, Her Name Is Petrunija, won the LUX Prize.

Filmography

Feature films Year English title Original title Notes 2004 How I Killed a Saint Како убив светец 2007 I Am From Titov Veles Jas sum od Titov Veles 2012 The Woman Who Brushed Off Her Tears 2017 When the Day Had No Name Кога денот немаше име 2019 God Exists, Her Name Is Petrunija Господ постои, името ѝ е Петрунија 2022 The Happiest Man in the World Најсреќниот човек на светот 2025 Mother 2026 Skateboarding Is Not for Girls Skejtanjeto ne e za devojcinja Writer only

Short films 2001: Veta