ANA JAKIMSKA

Ana Jakimska is a Macedonian film director and writer. She is the co-founder and Head of production and development at Suteren, a creative studio for video production based in Skopje.

Her debut film, the Macedonian folklore-inspired short film The Children Will Come, competed for the prestigious Golden Goblet Award at the Shanghai International Film Festival in 2017 and received wide international acclaim. In 2018, Ana wrote the script for a feature-length film titled Midnight Train, which won multiple pitching competitions and received development funding from the Macedonian Film Agency. In 2022, Ana wrote and directed the short fiction film Blue Hour.

Ana holds a master's degree in Directing Fiction from Goldsmiths, University of London.  Complementary to her studies in film in both the UK and Macedonia, are her three short student films: No Ghosts in Strange Lands, Gaida, and Neon Hearts. 

Ana is a recipient of the prestigious Chevening scholarship, awarded by the UK government's Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office (FCDO) to future leaders globally. She is also an alumna of multiple eminent film programmes, including Talents Sarajevo, the MIDPOINT Institute, and First Films First Young Director's Academy.