ACE Interview with Labina Mitevska
In 2001, Labina, her sister Teona and their brother Vuk established the production company SISTERS AND BROTHER MITEVSKI. The company produced short, feature, documentary and animation films that won numerous awards at festivals worldwide. All their feature films are complex and successful European co-production projects. In 2001 they started with short film VETA (2001), which received the Special Jury award at the Berlin Int. Film Festival. Labina Mitevska is a member of the European Film Academy and country representative of the EAVE program for Macedonia. In 2014 she was part of the Producers of the Move program by EFP. Since 2021, Labina is part of the producer team of Belgium film company Entre Chien et Loup.
SPEAKERS
LABINA MITEVSKA
Producer, Entre chien et Loup / MK
MODERATED BY
Simon Perry
Senior Consultant, ACE Producers / UK
TIME
Wednesday, August 16th, 2023
17:30 – 18:30 (CET)
LOCATION
Hotel Europe Atrium
Labina Mitevska
In 2001, Labina, her sister Teona and their brother Vuk established the production company SISTERS AND BROTHER MITEVSKI. The company produced short, feature, documentary and animation films that won numerous awards at festivals worldwide. All their feature films are complex and successful European co-production projects. In 2001 they started with short film VETA (2001), which received the Special Jury award at the Berlin Int. Film Festival. Labina Mitevska is a member of the European Film Academy and country representative of EAVE program for Macedonia. In 2014 she was part of the PRODUCERS OF THE MOVE program by EFP. Since 2021, Labina has been part of the producer team of the Belgium film company Entre Chien et Loup.
Simon Perry
As an independent producer during the 1980s, Simon Perry produced or co-produced ten feature films, notably with British director Michael Radford, ANOTHER TIME, ANOTHER PLACE (1983), NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR (1984), and WHITE MISCHIEF (1987). During 1991-2000 he was head of the UK’s national film agency, British Screen, funding 150 films by British and European directors. These included THE CRYING GAME (1992), ORLANDO (1992), THE TANGO LESSON (1997), NAKED (1993), TOPSY-TURVY (1999), NO MAN’S LAND (2001), among others. He then headed the Irish Film Board 2006-2010, promoting a period of brilliant work by Irish filmmakers, including John Carney, Lenny Abrahamson, Lance Daly, and John Michael McDonagh. During 2015-2016 he was head of the international production at Film i Väst in Sweden, the largest regional fund in Scandinavia. Until 2018 he was president of ACE Producers, the Amsterdam-based provider of advanced producer training, and he remains as its senior consultant.