Film Archive

Sisterhood

East of the West Competition 2021 / Sestri / North Macedonia, Kosovo, Montenegro 2021

The friendship of two adolescent girls is threatened the moment they have to face the dire repercussions of their manipulative behaviour. The film is set in the teen community, for whom amassing followers on social media is more important than cultivating genuine relationships. In her subtle debut the director adopts an authentic approach to capture the formative moments of youth, which teach us to accept responsibility for our actions.

Synopsis

Jana and Maya are inseparable friends who fancy a guy at school, but their classmate gets there first. The friendship of the two adolescent girls is, however, threatened the moment they have to face the dire consequences of their manipulative behaviour. This subtle debut is set in the teen community, for whom amassing followers on social media is more important than cultivating genuine relationships. The film adopts an authentic approach to capture the formative moments of youth, which teach us to accept responsibility for our actions. The end result is a psychological probe in which Dina Duma betrays an unquestionable talent for depicting intimacy and rivalry between teenage girls, along with a seasoned gift for steering her cast.

Sandra Hezinová

About the film

90 min / Color, DCP
World premiere
Director Dina Duma / Screenplay Dina Duma, Martin Ivanov / Dir. of Photography Naum Doksevski / Music Igor Vasilev – Novogradska / Editor Martin Ivanov / Art Director Kiril Spaseski, Simo Branov / Producer Marija Dimitrova / Production List Production / Coproduction Added Value Films, Videa Production, Arizona Productions / Cast Antonia Belazelkoska, Mia Giraud / Sales Cercamon

About the director

Dina Duma (1991, Skopje, Macedonia). Selected filmography: Elena (2016, short), They Come from the Center of the World (Doagjaat od centarot na svetot, 2017, short), Without Love (Bez ljubov, 2018, short), Sisterhood (Sestri, 2021).