03-03-2023

The Happiest Man in the World Released in France, Expected to Reach Bosnia and Herzegovina and Sweden

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    SKOPJE: The Happiest Man in the World / Najsrekniot čovek na svetot by Teona Mitevska will be released by Obala Art Center in Bosnian cinemas on 9 March 2023. The film already hit the French cinemas on 22 February 2023 (Pyramide) and it has secured distribution in Sweden starting 31 March 2023 (Folkets Bio).

    Director Teona Strugar MitevskaPyramid International from France is handling the sales.

    Mitevska`s sixth feature film premiered in the Orizzonti Competition at the 79th Venice IFF and won the Great Jury Prize and the Youth Jury Prize at the 14th Les Arcs Film Festival, the FIPRESCI award for Best Film at the 35th Panorama of European Cinema, the award for Best Slovenian Minority Coproduction and two other prizes for achievement in costume design and make-up at the 25th Festival of Slovenian Film Portorož.

    The film is a coproduction between Sisters and Brother Mitevski (North Macedonia), Vertigo (Slovenia), Terminal 3 (Croatia), Entre Chien et Loup (Belgium), SCCA/Pro.ba (Bosnia and Herzegovina) and Beofilm (Denmark). It was supported by the Creative Europe - MEDIA Programme, Eurimages, the North Macedonia Film Agency, the Danish Film Institute, the Belgium Tax Shelter, the Croatian Audiovisual Centre and the Film Fund Sarajevo.