Macedonian producer and actress Labina Mitevska has been selected as the recipient of this year’s Eurimages International Co-production Award, honoring producers for their contribution in fostering international film collaboration. Mitevska, who co-founded Sisters and Brother Mitevski Production in Skopje, North Macedonia, will receive the award from European film subsidy group Eurimages and the European Film Academy.
Mitevska began her acting career in Milčo Mančevski‘s 1994 Venice Film Festival Golden Lion winner Before the Rain, which was also Oscar-nominated. Together with siblings Teona and Vuk she set up her own production company, Sisters and Brother Mitevski Production, in 2001. Labina produces, Teona directs, and Vuk works as the company’s animator and set designer.
The company’s filmography includes their debut short Veta (2001), which received Special Jury recognition at the Berlin International Film Festival. Their first feature, How I Killed a Saint (2004), premiered at Rotterdam. Subsequent productions include I Am from Titov Veles (2007), The Woman Who Brushed Off Her Tears (2012), and God Exists, Her Name is Petrunya (2019), which won the European Parliament’s LUX Audience Award.
Recent works include The Happiest Man in the World (2022) and 21 Days Until the End of the World (2023). Mitevska is currently producing Skateboarding Is Not for Girls and Mother, starring Noomi Rapace.
As a producer, Mitevska has collaborated on nine Eurimages-supported films, including works by directors Cristi Puiu (Sieranevada), Nuri Bilge Ceylan (The Wild Pear Tree), and Pjer Zalica (May Labor Day).
Mitevska will accept the honor at the European Film Awards ceremony in Lucerne, Switzerland, on Dec. 7.
