Housekeeping for Beginners
SCREENING
At the French Institute:
SAT 08/06 ● 6 p.m
SUN 16/06 ● 10 p.m.
A highly unconventional family pulls together in this bighearted third feature from Australian-Macedonian director Goran Stolevski. When Suada, a Roma mom to two daughters, a rebellious teen and a five-year-old, receives a cancer diagnosis, her partner Dita faces difficult choices. Her house is a haven for young men and women, ostracized in Macedonian society for being Roma and LGTBQ. Tensions around sexuality and love take a surprising turn when Dita’s gay friend, Toni, unwillingly steps into the role of the girls’ father and Dita’s supposed fiancé. Their unconventional marriage is far from made in heaven, but in this brash ode to love and resilience, Stolevski treats complicated and thorny family dynamics – set against a background of ethnic, social, gender, and sexuality exclusion – with warmth and big doses of wry humour rarely encountered on the big screen.
Don’t miss Goran Stolevski’s other feature film scheduled this year at FIRE!!:
Of an Age
Goran Stolevski • Australia
Programming in collaboration with the GALACTICAT festival
Todo el silencio
Diego del Río • Mexico
Of an Age
Goran Stolevski • Australia