Focus Features picks up on Goran Stolevski’s second feature film ‘Of An Age’

Focus functions collected an age, The second film by writer / director Goran Stolevski.

The announcement comes as the distributor introduces Helmer’s first feature film, You will not be alone – About a witch fighting for human union in rural Macedonia in the 19th century: a limited edition this weekend.

an age The action takes place in the summer of 1999, when a 17-year-old Australian amateur dancer born in Serbia experiences a sudden and intense 24-hour relationship with a friend’s older brother. In the cast Elijah Anthony, Tom Green and Hattie Hooke.

Production on the film was completed last December in Australia by Causeway Films producers Christina Seaton and Samantha Jennings.

International sales partners are Bankside Films; Investors are Screen Australia, VicScreen, Melbourne International Film Festival Premiere Fund, Kojo Studios and Head Gear Films.

Bankside Films and UTA reached an agreement on behalf of the directors.

Stolewski, Seaton and Jennings said: “We are very excited about our second film. an age With a fantastic team of Focus Features. “They called the film” very different, but no less unique. ” You will not be alone, which premiered at Sundance for the first time and aired on 147 screens. It tells the story of a teenager named Nevena (Sarah Klimoska) who is transformed into an evil spirit by a sorceress named Anamaria Marinka. The “sorceress mother” becomes more and more vengeful as they roam the mountains, and it is obvious that her protégé prefers the company of people. Nevena learns more with every organ she receives: two women and a man (Numi Rapas, Ali Englert, Carloto Cotta).

Stolvesky, who studied at the Victorian College of Art in Australia, said he was inspired by Eastern European folk tales. You will not be alone. Check out Deadline Sundance Studio’s interview with Stolewski and Numi Rapa and the movie reviews.