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Теона Стругар Митевска | |
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| Born | March 14, 1974 Skopje, North Macedonia |
| Nationality | Macedonian |
| Occupation(s) | Film director and screenwriter |
| Years active | 2001- |
Teona Strugar Mitevska (born 1974 in Skopje) is a Macedonian film director and screenwriter. [1] [2] [3]
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. [4] [5]
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. [6]
In 2019, her film God Exists, Her Name Is Petrunija, won the LUX Prize. [7]
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