Labina Mitevska

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Labina Mitevska (Macedonian: Лабина Митевска) (born 1975 in Skopje, Socialist Republic of Macedonia, Yugoslavia) is a Macedonian actress. Mitevska began her acting career aged 19 after studying in Skopje, Denmark and the University of Arizona. She starred in Milčo Mančevski's 1994 Oscar nominated film Before the Rain. She went on to play the supporting role in Welcome To Sarajevo, directed by Michael Winterbottom, and had the lead role in the Czech film Samotáři (Loners). She also played the lead role in the 2006 film Warchild.  

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Before the Rain (1994)

The circularity of violence seen in a story that circles on itself. In Macedonia, during the war in Bosnia, Christians hunt an ethnic Albanian girl who may have murdered one of their own. A young monk who's taken a vow of silence offers her protection. In London, a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Milcho Manchevski
CAST:  Katrin Cartlidge  •  Rade Šerbedžija  •  Grégoire Colin  •  Labina Mitevska

The circularity of violence seen in a story that circles on itself. In Macedonia, during the war in Bosnia, Christians hunt an ethnic Albanian girl who may have murdered one of their own. A young monk who's taken a vow of silence offers her protection. In London, a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Milcho Manchevski
CAST:  Katrin Cartlidge  •  Rade Šerbedžija  •  Grégoire Colin  •  Labina Mitevska

The Secret Book (2006)

The search for the Secret Book of the Bogomils brings Guy Chevalier (Thierry Fremont) to Macedonia. There, he is haunted by the spirit of the Gardian of the book and followed by unknown forces. Little by little, he starts loosing his mind and his identity.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vlado Cvetanovski
CAST:  Jean-Claude Carrière  •  Thierry Frémont  •  Labina Mitevska  •  Vlado Jovanovski

The search for the Secret Book of the Bogomils brings Guy Chevalier (Thierry Fremont) to Macedonia. There, he is haunted by the spirit of the Gardian of the book and followed by unknown forces. Little by little, he starts loosing his mind and his identity.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vlado Cvetanovski
CAST:  Jean-Claude Carrière  •  Thierry Frémont  •  Labina Mitevska  •  Vlado Jovanovski

Upside Down (2007)

Jan is the type of romantic malcontent who can't find rest, who continually hurts people and gets hurt himself. This dark, raw and uncompromising Macedonian film presents a gloomy testimony of the degradation of the life of the individual and society as a whole.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Igor Ivanov Izi
CAST:  Milan Tocinovski  •  Sanja Trajković  •  Slaviša Kajevski  •  Nikola Ristanovski

Jan is the type of romantic malcontent who can't find rest, who continually hurts people and gets hurt himself. This dark, raw and uncompromising Macedonian film presents a gloomy testimony of the degradation of the life of the individual and society as a whole.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Igor Ivanov Izi
CAST:  Milan Tocinovski  •  Sanja Trajković  •  Slaviša Kajevski  •  Nikola Ristanovski

Bugs (2004)

What becomes of a young man who lives entirely in his own world? Melancholy and powerful images bring back memories from the boy's past while revealing his contemplation on the present.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Igor Ivanov Izi
CAST:  Jelena Bogojević  •  Vladimir Jacev  •  Georgi Krstevski  •  Petar Mirčevski

What becomes of a young man who lives entirely in his own world? Melancholy and powerful images bring back memories from the boy's past while revealing his contemplation on the present.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Igor Ivanov Izi
CAST:  Jelena Bogojević  •  Vladimir Jacev  •  Georgi Krstevski  •  Petar Mirčevski

The Woman Who Brushed Off Her Tears (2012)

After her son's tragic death, Helena abducts her employee, Lucian, and travels with him and her husband to scatter her son's ashes in Macedonia. Meanwhile, Lucian's lover struggles to provide for their son and break free from her dictatorial father.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Teona Strugar Mitevska
CAST:  Victoria Abril  •  Labina Mitevska  •  Jean-Marie Galey  •  Arben Bajraktaraj

After her son's tragic death, Helena abducts her employee, Lucian, and travels with him and her husband to scatter her son's ashes in Macedonia. Meanwhile, Lucian's lover struggles to provide for their son and break free from her dictatorial father.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Teona Strugar Mitevska
CAST:  Victoria Abril  •  Labina Mitevska  •  Jean-Marie Galey  •  Arben Bajraktaraj

How I Killed a Saint (2004)

A promising debut feature tells the story of a young woman returning from America to discover the realities of life in Macedonia, that looks as if it will explode with all the soldiers, corrupt crooks and terrorist idealists.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Teona Strugar Mitevska
CAST:  Labina Mitevska  •  Milan Tocinovski  •  Xhevdet Jashari  •  Lea Lipsa

A promising debut feature tells the story of a young woman returning from America to discover the realities of life in Macedonia, that looks as if it will explode with all the soldiers, corrupt crooks and terrorist idealists.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Teona Strugar Mitevska
CAST:  Labina Mitevska  •  Milan Tocinovski  •  Xhevdet Jashari  •  Lea Lipsa

09:06 (2009)

A police inspector investigates an unusual suicide case. The investigation develops into an obsession, inspector starts living in the apartment of the deceased, digging through his life and gradually taking over his identity.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Igor Šterk
CAST:  Igor Samobor  •  Silva Čušin  •  Labina Mitevska  •  Pavle Ravnohrib

A police inspector investigates an unusual suicide case. The investigation develops into an obsession, inspector starts living in the apartment of the deceased, digging through his life and gradually taking over his identity.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Igor Šterk
CAST:  Igor Samobor  •  Silva Čušin  •  Labina Mitevska  •  Pavle Ravnohrib

I am from Titov Veles (2007)

Burdened by memories of their late father, three sisters struggle to escape the suffocating environment of the dying town of Veles. A contemporary story of urban decay, „Jas sum od Titov Veles“ employs a stark realism to depict the vivid landscape of post-Communist ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Teona Strugar Mitevska
CAST:  Labina Mitevska  •  Ana Kostovska  •  Nikolina Kujača  •  Xhevdet Jashari

Burdened by memories of their late father, three sisters struggle to escape the suffocating environment of the dying town of Veles. A contemporary story of urban decay, „Jas sum od Titov Veles“ employs a stark realism to depict the vivid landscape of post-Communist ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Teona Strugar Mitevska
CAST:  Labina Mitevska  •  Ana Kostovska  •  Nikolina Kujača  •  Xhevdet Jashari

Loners (2000)

Robert works for a travel agency and helps to arrange scenes from the everyday lives of "ordinary" Czech families as an attraction for Japanese tourists. He also works as a kind of matchmaker and occasionally helps to put together some of his friends. He helps to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Ondříček
CAST:  Labina Mitevska  •  Ivan Trojan  •  Jitka Schneiderová  •  Dana Sedláková

Robert works for a travel agency and helps to arrange scenes from the everyday lives of "ordinary" Czech families as an attraction for Japanese tourists. He also works as a kind of matchmaker and occasionally helps to put together some of his friends. He helps to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Ondříček
CAST:  Labina Mitevska  •  Ivan Trojan  •  Jitka Schneiderová  •  Dana Sedláková

Footsteps in the Sand (2010)

At the airport, Slavi tells his life's story to a young customs officer. As children, Nelly promises Slavi to marry him. The two teenagers are passionately in love with each other but after some time Nelly falls in love with another guy. Slavi takes up drinking and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ivaylo Hristov
CAST:  Ivan Barnev  •  Yana Titova  •  Assen Blatechki  •  Carla Rahal

At the airport, Slavi tells his life's story to a young customs officer. As children, Nelly promises Slavi to marry him. The two teenagers are passionately in love with each other but after some time Nelly falls in love with another guy. Slavi takes up drinking and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ivaylo Hristov
CAST:  Ivan Barnev  •  Yana Titova  •  Assen Blatechki  •  Carla Rahal

Contact (2005)

A Romantic Drama with humor about two different Misfits who meet by accident in an old devastated Villa and step by step discover their feelings for each other...You must see this picture...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sergej Stanojkovski
CAST:  Nikola Kojo  •  Labina Mitevska  •  Ertan Saban  •  Petar Mirčevski

A Romantic Drama with humor about two different Misfits who meet by accident in an old devastated Villa and step by step discover their feelings for each other...You must see this picture...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sergej Stanojkovski
CAST:  Nikola Kojo  •  Labina Mitevska  •  Ertan Saban  •  Petar Mirčevski

Warchild (2006)

Years after the end of the Bosnian war, a woman finds evidence that her young daughter, who disappeared during the war, might have survived and been adopted by a German family.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christian Wagner
CAST:  Labina Mitevska  •  Senad Bašić  •  Katrin Sass  •  Crescentia Dünßer

Years after the end of the Bosnian war, a woman finds evidence that her young daughter, who disappeared during the war, might have survived and been adopted by a German family.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christian Wagner
CAST:  Labina Mitevska  •  Senad Bašić  •  Katrin Sass  •  Crescentia Dünßer

Investigation (2006)

An investigator tries to solve a murder, her constant interviews with the main suspect cause the investigation to take many twists and turns as what is said is not always what is meant.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Iglika Triffonova
CAST:  Svetla Yancheva  •  Krassimir Dokov  •  Labina Mitevska  •  Kliment Denchev

An investigator tries to solve a murder, her constant interviews with the main suspect cause the investigation to take many twists and turns as what is said is not always what is meant.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Iglika Triffonova
CAST:  Svetla Yancheva  •  Krassimir Dokov  •  Labina Mitevska  •  Kliment Denchev

I Want You (1998)

A young boy and his sister are drawn into one man's obsessive pursuit of his former lover.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Winterbottom
CAST:  Rachel Weisz  •  Alessandro Nivola  •  Luka Petrušić  •  Labina Mitevska

A young boy and his sister are drawn into one man's obsessive pursuit of his former lover.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Winterbottom
CAST:  Rachel Weisz  •  Alessandro Nivola  •  Luka Petrušić  •  Labina Mitevska

The Prosecutor, the Defender, the Father and his Son (2015)

The Hague, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia: Two ambitious lawyers face each other in the trial of Milorad Krstić, who’s accused of committing war crimes as a commander in the Bosnian war. The defender, Mikhail Finn, has managed to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Iglika Triffonova
CAST:  Romane Bohringer  •  Samuel Fröler  •  Izudin Bajrović  •  Ovanes Torosian

The Hague, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia: Two ambitious lawyers face each other in the trial of Milorad Krstić, who’s accused of committing war crimes as a commander in the Bosnian war. The defender, Mikhail Finn, has managed to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Iglika Triffonova
CAST:  Romane Bohringer  •  Samuel Fröler  •  Izudin Bajrović  •  Ovanes Torosian

Weg! (2002)

A 16 years old boy from Germany runs away from a boring birthday party and follows a few graffiti artists to the station. When police arrives he escapes in a train and gets over the border to the Czech Republic. There he meets a wild Czech girl and falls in love ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Baumann
CAST:  Jonas Jägermeyr  •  Paul Faßnacht  •  Labina Mitevska  •  Hanuš Bor

A 16 years old boy from Germany runs away from a boring birthday party and follows a few graffiti artists to the station. When police arrives he escapes in a train and gets over the border to the Czech Republic. There he meets a wild Czech girl and falls in love ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Baumann
CAST:  Jonas Jägermeyr  •  Paul Faßnacht  •  Labina Mitevska  •  Hanuš Bor

Koliva (2017)

In a poor Macedonian village, overwhelmed by the daily duties of a typical housewife, DANA's life revolves around her mother, husband and three children. On the day of the traditional pig slaughter, instead of the usual butcher, the appearance of her former lover ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrey Volkashin
CAST:  Labina Mitevska  •  Simeon 'Moni' Damevski  •  Dejan Lilikj  •  Joana Popovska

In a poor Macedonian village, overwhelmed by the daily duties of a typical housewife, DANA's life revolves around her mother, husband and three children. On the day of the traditional pig slaughter, instead of the usual butcher, the appearance of her former lover ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrey Volkashin
CAST:  Labina Mitevska  •  Simeon 'Moni' Damevski  •  Dejan Lilikj  •  Joana Popovska

When the Day Had No Name (2017)

On the day before Easter 2012, the bodies of four teenagers were found by the edge of a lake just outside Skopje. The bodies had been lined up, each with a bullet hole in their head. The boys had been on a fishing trip. The nation was shocked. Rumours run wild. It ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Teona Strugar Mitevska
CAST:  Leon Ristov  •  Hanis Bagashov  •  Labina Mitevska  •  Nikolina Kujača

On the day before Easter 2012, the bodies of four teenagers were found by the edge of a lake just outside Skopje. The bodies had been lined up, each with a bullet hole in their head. The boys had been on a fishing trip. The nation was shocked. Rumours run wild. It ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Teona Strugar Mitevska
CAST:  Leon Ristov  •  Hanis Bagashov  •  Labina Mitevska  •  Nikolina Kujača

God Exists, Her Name Is Petrunya (2019)

In Stip, a small town in Macedonia, every January the local priest throws a wooden cross into the river and hundreds of men dive after it. Good fortune and prosperity are guaranteed to the man who retrieves it. This time, Petrunya dives into the water on a whim and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Teona Strugar Mitevska
CAST:  Zorica Nusheva  •  Labina Mitevska  •  Stefan Vujisić  •  Simeon 'Moni' Damevski

In Stip, a small town in Macedonia, every January the local priest throws a wooden cross into the river and hundreds of men dive after it. Good fortune and prosperity are guaranteed to the man who retrieves it. This time, Petrunya dives into the water on a whim and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Teona Strugar Mitevska
CAST:  Zorica Nusheva  •  Labina Mitevska  •  Stefan Vujisić  •  Simeon 'Moni' Damevski

A Mermaid in Paris (2020)

A man rescues a mermaid in Paris and slowly falls in love with her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mathias Malzieu
CAST:  Tchéky Karyo  •  Rossy de Palma  •  Marilyn Lima  •  Romane Bohringer

A man rescues a mermaid in Paris and slowly falls in love with her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mathias Malzieu
CAST:  Tchéky Karyo  •  Rossy de Palma  •  Marilyn Lima  •  Romane Bohringer
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