North Pole
Macedonia, Serbia / Fiction / 15' / HD / Color / 2021
Misty field, crowded locker room. Margo belongs to neither. Maybe if she loses her virginity, she will finally find her place.
Director: Marija Apcevska
Script: Marija Apcevska
Director of Photography: Vladimir Samoilovski
Producer: Robert Naskov
Editing: Dragan Von Petrovic Sound: Igor Popovski, Bojan Palikuca
Cast: Antonija Belazelkoska, Luka Mitev, Frosina Trajkovska, Andrea Noveva, Nadja Mijatovic, Teodora Kostova, Kristina Janevska, Tea Pavlova, Marija Trpevska, Marko Gjeorgievski, Vojdan Jovanovski, Leo Gacov, Teo Gacov
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Marija Apcevska holds BA in Directing from FDA, Skopje and MA in Film and Media Production, NYFA, Los Angeles. Her shorts have travelled to festivals worldwide and won several awards, with Bardo premiering at Berlinale Generation and latest film, North Pole, premiering at Festival de Cannes - Official Short Film Selection.
Filmography
2021 North Pole (Kısa)
2020 Zoki Poki (TV dizisi)
2017 Ambi (Kısa)
2012 Bardo (Kısa)
Festivals Attended and Awards
Cannes Film Festival - Short Films Competition 2021 - World Premiere
Sarajevo Film Festival 2021, Bosnia Herzegovina
Concorto Film Festival 2021, Italy
International Cinematographers’ Film Festival "Manaki Brothers" 2021, North Macedonia
Batumi International Art-House Film Festival 2021, Georgia
Tirana International Film Festival 2021, Albania
Reykjavik International Film Festival 2021, Iceland
Svaneti International Film Festival 2021, Georgia
Thess International Short Film Festival 2021, Greece
Cinemed - Festival International du Cinéma Méditerranéen de Montpellier 2021, France
Balkans Beyond Borders Short Film Festival 2021, Greece
MedFilm Festival 2021, Italy
Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur 2021, Switzerland
Stockholm International Film Festival 2021, Sweden
ZINEBI - Festival Internacional de Cine Documental y Cortometraje de Bilbao 2021, Spain - Grand Award, Nomination For The European Film Academy Awards 2022
Zagreb Film Festival 2021, Croatia - Best International Short Film Award
PÖFF Shorts (Black Nights Film Festival) 2021, Estonia
Festival autorskog filma - Auteur Film Festival 2021, Serbia
BOGOSHORTS - Bogotá Short Film Festival 2021, Colombia - Best International Short Film Award
HiShorts! Film Festival 2021, China
Les Arcs Film Festival 2021, France
Minimalen Short Film Festival 2022, Norway
London Short Film Festival 2022, UK
Music & Cinema - Festival International du Film à Marseille 2022, France
Filmfest Dresden - International Short Film Festival 2022, Germany
Vilnius International Film Festival “Kino Pavasaris" 2022, Lithuania
Dhaka - International Short and Independent Film Festival 2022, Bangladesh
BUFF Malmö Filmfestival 2022, Sweden
Go Short - International Short Film Festival Nijmegen 2022, Netherlands