Sugar People
TITLE
Sugar People
DIRECTOR
Suzana Dinevski
COUNTRY
North Macedonia
YEAR
2022
DURATION
25′
GENRE
Fiction
Sugar People
Elena, a young HIV positive woman meets Fillip, a young romantic man at an intersection in the city of Skopje. They spend the next couple of days walking around the city and getting to know each other while forming a special bond. Their strong feelings for each other makes their limited time together longing for more and leads to revealing more about themselves than they normally would, since both believe they will never see one another again.
DIRECTOR BIOGRAPHY - Suzana Dinevski
Suzana Dinevski was born in Canada, but grew up in Skopje, North Macedonia, where at twelve years of age she became fascinated with filmmaking, inspired by the old, John Wayne western movies she loved to watch with her father. Suzana has a degree in film studies (BFA) from Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada and a Master's degree in film and video production (MFA) from York University in Toronto, Canada and is a Berlinale Talent (2007) and IDFAcademy Alumni (2022). Suzana has written, produced and directed several award-winning films and formed her own production company SUZI KJU in 2013 in Skopje.
- Director Suzana Dinevski
- Screenplay Suzana Dinevski, Vladimir Jankovski
- CinematographyDimitar Popov, Dejan Dimeski
- Editing Goce Kralevski
- Cast Sara Klimoska, Filip Trajkovic
- Producer/s Suzana Dinevski, Goce Kralevski, Tanja Dinevski
- Production Company Suzi Kju Production
- Distributor/s
- Project Title Sugar People
- Project Type Fiction
- Completion Date January 6, 2022
- Country of origin North Macedonia
- Country of filming North Macedonia
- Language Macedonian
- First-time Filmmaker No
- Student Project No
Suzana Dinevski
Suzana Dinevski was born in Canada, but grew up in Skopje, North Macedonia, where at twelve years of age she became fascinated with filmmaking, inspired by the old, John Wayne western movies she loved to watch with her father. Suzana has a degree in film studies (BFA) from Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada and a Master's degree in film and video production (MFA) from York University in Toronto, Canada and is a Berlinale Talent (2007) and IDFAcademy Alumni (2022). Suzana has written, produced and directed several award-winning films and formed her own production company SUZI KJU in 2013 in Skopje.
Tirana International Film Festival
Balkan Short Film Competition, 2022
