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Filmmaker Goran Stolevski on his Queer Lion-winning third feature Housekeeping For Beginners

With Housekeeping for Beginners opening in select US theaters on Friday, April 5th from Focus Features, Goran Stolevski speaks exclusively with The Queer Review's editor James Kleinmann about his vérité approach to making the film, working with a mix of veteran and non-professional actors, including the five-year-old Džada Selim, his determination to portray fully realized, multifaceted Roma characters, and why he adores the films of Pedro Almodóvar. Named one of Variety's 10 Directors to Watch in 2022, Goran Stolevski, who grew up in Macedonia and Australia, follows up last year's stunning Melbourne-set queer romance, Of An Age, with his latest emotionally potent feature as writer, director, and editor, Housekeeping for Beginners (Domakinstvo za Pocetnici). Winning both the Queer Lion at Venice and Best International Narrative Feature at NewFest, Housekeeping went on to be North Macedonia's official submission for the Best International Feature Film at the 96th Academy Awards. Set in contemporary Skopje, North Macedonia, the film centres on a queer household of misfits including Toni (Vladimir Tintor), his much younger hookup who won't leave, Ali (Samson Selim), and Toni's best friend Dita (BAFTA-winner Anamaria Marinca), a woman who never planned on motherhood, but through unexpected circumstances finds herself raising her girlfriend Suada's (Alina Șerban) two daughters, tiny troublemaker Mia (Džada Selim) and rebellious teen Vanesa (Mia Mustafa). A battle of wills ensues as the three continue to butt heads and an unlikely family emerges, one that has to fight to stay together.