Misty field, crowded locker room. Margo belongs to neither. Maybe if she loses her virginity, she will finally find her place.
Original Title Severen pol Year of production 2021 Length 15min Country Macedonia, Serbia Shooting Format Super 16 mm Aspect Ratio 1.66:1 Dialogue Macedonian
Director Marija Apcevska Producer Robert Naskov Co- Producer Miloś Ljubomirović, Miodrag Popović, Peter Szekeres Production Kino Oko Co-Production Servia Film, Forgrade, Tivoli Production and with Financial Support Of North Macedonia Film Agency, Film Centre Serbia Writer Marija Apcevska Cinematographer Vladimir Samoilovski Editor Dragan Von Petrovic Sound Design Igor Popovski, Bojan Palikuca Production Designer Kiril Spaseski Cast Antonija Belazelkoska, Luka Mitev, Frosina Trajkovska, Andrea Noveva, Nadja Mijatovic, Teodora Kostova, Kristina Janevska, Tea Pavlova, Marija Trpevska, Marko Gjeorgievski, Vojdan Jovanovski, Leo Gacov, Teo Gacov Sales Premium Films
Festival selections Cannes Film Festival - Short Films Competition 2021 - World Premiere Sarajevo Film Festival 2021, Bosnia Herzegovina Concorto Film Festival 2021, Italy International Cinematographers’ Film Festival "Manaki Brothers" 2021, North Macedonia Batumi International Art-House Film Festival 2021, Georgia Tirana International Film Festival 2021, Albania Reykjavik International Film Festival 2021, Iceland Svaneti International Film Festival 2021, Georgia Thess International Short Film Festival 2021, Greece Cinemed - Festival International du Cinéma Méditerranéen de Montpellier 2021, France Balkans Beyond Borders Short Film Festival 2021, Greece MedFilm Festival 2021, Italy Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur 2021, Switzerland Stockholm International Film Festival 2021, Sweden ZINEBI - Festival Internacional de Cine Documental y Cortometraje de Bilbao 2021, Spain - Grand Award,Nomination For The European Film Academy Awards 2022 Zagreb Film Festival 2021, Croatia - Best International Short Film Award PÖFF Shorts (Black Nights Film Festival) 2021, Estonia Festival autorskog filma - Auteur Film Festival 2021, Serbia BOGOSHORTS - Bogotá Short Film Festival 2021, Colombia - Best International Short Film Award HiShorts! Film Festival 2021, China Les Arcs Film Festival 2021, France Minimalen Short Film Festival 2022, Norway London Short Film Festival 2022, UK Music & Cinema - Festival International du Film à Marseille 2022, France Filmfest Dresden - International Short Film Festival 2022, Germany Vilnius International Film Festival “Kino Pavasaris" 2022, Lithuania Dhaka - International Short and Independent Film Festival 2022, Bangladesh BUFF Malmö Filmfestival 2022, Sweden Akbank Short Film Festival 2022, Turkey Martovski Festival - Belgrade Documentary and Short Film Festival 2022, Serbia - Best Director Award Mecal, Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes y Animación de Barcelona 2022, Spain - International Grand Prix Award iCOFF Gasteiz 2022, Spain Go Short - International Short Film Festival Nijmegen 2022, Netherlands Brussels Short Film Festival 2022, Belgium New Directors/ New Films 2022, USA Riga International Short Film Festival 2ANNAS 2022, Latvia goEast - Festival of Central and Eastern European Film 2022, Germany Landshut Short Film Festival 2022, Germany IndieLisboa - International Film Festival 2022, Portugal South East European Film Festival Los Angeles 2022, USA Küstendorf Film & Music Festival 2022, Serbia Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia 2022, Japan Vienna Shorts 2022, Austria FILMAY short film festival Kumanovo 2022, Republic of North Macedonia - Best Cinematography Award Mieres International Short Film Festival 2022, Spain Philosophical Film Festival 2022, Republic of North Macedonia International Film Festival Kino Otok - Isola Cinema, Slovenia Master international Film Festival 2022, Tunisia Tenerife Shorts 2022, Spain Festival du Film Subversif de Metz 2022, France Figari Film Fest 2022, Italy Festival Corto Ciudad Real 2022, Spain FEST - New Directors/New Films Festival 2022, Portugal Festival Mister Vorky 2022, Serbia Cinema Jove - International Film Festival Valencia 2022, Spain Ischia Film Festival 2022, Italy - Best Short Film Award Bašta Fest 2022, Serbia - Best Short Film Award International Children Care Film Festival 2022, France ShorTS - International Film Festival 2022, Italy Manlleu Film Festival 2022, Spain Aegean Film Festival 2022, Greece European Film Festival Palić 2022, Serbia Cisterna Film Festival - International Short Film Festival 2022, Italy DokuFest, International Documentary and Short Film Festival 2022, Kosovo La Guarimba Film Festival 2022, Italy ANONIMUL - International Independent Film Festival 2022, Romania Drim Short Film Festival 2022, North Macedonia Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival 2022, USA Calabria Movie International Short Film Festival 2022, Italy - Punto di RitornoAward HollyShorts Film Festival 2022, USA - Kodak Best Shot on Film Award Hong Kong International Film Festival 2022 Castrovillari Film Festival 2022, Italy - Best Actress Award for Antonija Belazelkoska, Best Cinematography Award for Vladimir Samoilovski Nevada City Film Festival 2022, USA TIFF ODA - Tetova International Film Festival 2022, Republic of North Macedonia -Jury Special Mention Festival international du film de Nancy 2022, France Minikino Film Week – Bali International Short Film Festival 2022, Indonesia Busan Inter-City Film Festival 2022, South Korea Festival Internacional de Cinema de Bueu 2022, Spain HIVE International Short Film Days 2022, Germany Seanema Film Festival 2022, Montenegro - Best Short Film Award LIFE AFTER OIL International Film Festival 2022, Italy Visioni Corte Film Festival 2022, Italy - Best Actress Award for Antonija Belazelkoska (Kiddos Section) PriFest, Prishtina International Film Festival 2022, Kosovo - Best Short Film Award Helsinki International Film Festival - Love & Anarchy 2022, Finland Tripoli Film Festival 2022, Lebanon Festival Internacional de Cine Corto de Cali 2022, Colombia ASUFICC - Festival Internacional de Cine Contemporáneo de Asunción 2022, Paraguay International Young Audience Film Festival Ale Kino! 2022, Germany Donosskino Short Film Festival 2022, Spain - Best Performance Award for Antonija Belazelkoska Un Festival C'est Trop Court - Festival Européen du Court Métrage de Nice 2022, France Lima Alterna International Film Festival 2022, Peru BRNO16, International Short Film Festival 2022 - Czech Republic Kaohsiung Film Festival 2022, Taiwan Linea d’Ombra Festival 2022, Italy - Best Short Film Award SESIFF - Seoul Yeongdeungpo International Extreme-Short Image & Film Festival 2022, South Korea Festival Internacional De Cortometrajes Cine A La Calle 2022, Colombia FestiFreak - La Plata International Independent Film Festival 2022, Argentina Lobo Fest - Festival Internacional de Filmes 2022, Brazil - Special Mention for Antonija Belazelkoska Film Front - International Short Film 2022, Serbia Still Voices Short Film Festival 2022, Ireland 24fps International Short Film Festival 2022, USA -Best Actress Award for Antonija Belazelkoska Antofacine - The Antofagasta International Film Festival 2022, Chile - Special Mention Young Jury Baku International Short Film Festival 2022, Azerbaijan - Special Jury Prize Izmir International Short Film Festival 2022, Turkey 20minmax International Short Film Festival Ingolstadt 2022, Germany Planos Film Festival 2022, Portugal Budapest Film Awards 2022, Hungary - Best Short Film Award Cortogenial - Festival De Cine y Cortometrajes 2022, Spain Macau International Short Film Festival 2022 Zubroffka Short Film Festival 2022, Poland International Usak Short Film Festival 2022, Turkey Cairo Shorts Film Festival 2022, Egypt Winter Apricots International Film Festival 2022, Republic of North Macedonia Smita Patil International Short Film Festival 2022, India - Best International Short Film Award Festival de Cine Global de Santo Domingo 2023 Festival Internacional Dona i Cinema, Mujer y Cine - Woman & Film 2023, Spain - Best Short Fiction Award Sanfici - Santander Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente 2023, Colombia Tampere Film Festival 2023, Finland Beirut International Women Film Festival 2023, Lebanon Website Kino Oko
Director's Statement North Pole is an intimate story about acceptance and belonging, told from the perspective of a teenager girl named Margo, played by an amazing young actress, Antonija Belazelkoska. Although the film is set among teenagers, I believe that the questions it poses are relevant for any age, as identity and it shifts and changes as well as the influence of the others over it, are a lifelong process.
