MOTHER
Feature Film Selection 2026
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1h 43m
North Macedonia, Belgium
Fiction
Kolkata, India, August 1948. Teresa, Mother Superior of the convent of the Sisters of Loreto, is anxiously waiting for the letter that will finally allow her to leave her monastery and create a new order in response to the call she has received from God. And just as everything seems ready, she finds herself faced with a dilemma that challenges her own ambitions and faith at a major turning point in her life.
Directed by: Teona Strugar Mitevska
Written by: Goce Smilevski, Teona Strugar Mitevska, Elma Tataragić
Produced by: Labina Mitevska, Sébastien Delloye
Cinematography: Virginie Saint-Martin
Editing: Per K. Kirkegaard
Production Design: Vuk Mitevski
Costume Design: Claudine Tychon
Make-Up & Hair: Linda Boije Af Gennäs
Original Score: Magali Gruselle, Flemming Nordkrog
Sound: Gregory Lannoy, Ingrid Simon, Kristoffer Salting, Peter Albrechtsen
Visual Effects: Andreas Hylander
Casting: Sebastian Moradiellos
Cast: Noomi Rapace (Mother), Sylvia Hoeks (Sister Agnieszka), Nikola Ristanovski (Father Friedrich)
Production:
Sisters and brother Mitevski
https://www.sistersandbrothermitevski.com/
World Sales:
Kinology
https://www.kinology.eu/
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