Skopje Sisterhood: Dina Duma in Production with “Skateboarding Is Not for Girls”

A fresh, new talent in North Macedonia cinema, Dina Duma is currently in go kick-flip mode with her sophomore feature. FilmNewEurope report that production began this past month (in Skopje) on Skateboarding Is Not for Girls — and will wrap in a couple of weeks from now. The North Macedonia, Belgium, Slovenia and Croatia coproduction was selected for the 2022 Session of the 44th Cannes Residence. Her debut, Sisterhood, was selected to represent her country in 2021. Efqar Abaz, Jefrina Jashari, Simonida Selimović and Ganimet Abdula star. Producers include Macedonian’s Sisters and Brother Mitevski’s Labina Mitevska, Terminal 3’s Vanja Sremac, Vertigo’s Danijel Hočevar, Entre Chien et Loup’s Sébastien Delloye. The cinematographer here is Belge DP Frédéric Noirhomme (of Laura Wandel’s intimate Playground fame).

Co-written by Duma, Lidija Mojsovska and Teona Strugar Mitevska, this follows three generations of women as they navigate the clash between tradition and the challenges of modern times. Through the worldview of 12-year-old Adela, the film opens a world in which three generations of women dare to rewrite their own destinies and challenge the boundaries of a society shaped by tradition.