22-10-2024

PRODUCTION: Macedonian Director Gjorche Stavreski Shoots Sophomore Feature Swaps

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    Swaps by Gjorche Stavreski shooting Swaps by Gjorche Stavreski shooting credit: Fragment Film

    SKOPJE: Macedonian director Gjorche Stavreski is currently in production with his sophomore feature Swaps / Trampi. The film is a Macedonian/Czech coproduction supported by the North Macedonia Film Agency and the Czech Film Fund.

    Following a self-help method prescribed by an offbeat psychiatrist, a heartbroken mathematician persuades people to swap objects. It leads him to strange experiences, novel feelings and once in a lifetime love with a physicist.

    The main cast consists of Sergej Dimovski and Stefanija Nachevska, and the other roles include Aleksandar Mikić, Igor Angelov, Petar Mirchevski, Dusica Nastova, Naum Gjorgievski, Ana Dimitrova and Grigor Jovanovski.

    Stavreski, who also penned the script, is producing together with Ivana Shekutkoska through Fragment Film in coproduction with Minimal Collective and Alžběta Janáčková through Czech Silk Films s.r.o.

    The North Macedonia Film Agency supported the project with 487,800 EUR, while the Czech Film Fund gave it 116,000 EUR.

    The shooting started on 25 September 2024. The 38 shooting days are set between September and November 2024 on several locations in Skopje.

    The film is planned to premiere in the second half of 2025.

    Stavreski's debut film Secret Ingredient / Iscelitel, produced by Fragment Film in coproduction with GRAAL S.A.,premiered in 2017 and received numerous awards at festivals around the world.

    Production Information:

    Swaps by Gjorche Stavreski, credit: Silk FilmsProducer:
    Fragment Film (North Macedonia)
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    Coproducer:
    Silk Films s.r.o. (Czech Republic)

    Credits:
    Director: Gjorche Stavreski
    Scriptwriter: Gjorche Stavreski
    DoP: Dejan Dimeski
    Sound designer: Luka Šuto
    Set designer: Simo Branov
    Costume designer: Zaklina Krstevska
    Make-up artist: Jasmina Mina Lilić
    Cast: Sergej Dimovski, Stefanija Nachevska, Aleksandar Mikić, Igor Angelov, Petar Mirchevski, Dusica Nastova, Naum Gjorgievski, Ana Dimitrova, Grigor Jovanovski