Neon Hearts
A middle aged truck driver spends a lot of time away from home and his family. On the road where nobody knows him, he is free to be himself and live as he wants, without judgement. However, one night when he comes back from a tour to Bucharest, he finds out that his son has gone missing. He is determined to find him and bring him back, no matter the consequences.
Produced by: FDA Skopje
Supported by Macedonian Film Agency
Year of production: 2019
Running time: 16:15'
CAST
Jordan SIMONOV
Gordana ENDROVSKA
Simeon Moni DAMEVSKI
Gezim ZHERKA
CREW
Directed by: Ana JAKIMSKA
Producers: Lazar SEKULOVSKI, Petar ANTEVSKI
Written by: Diana VOINEA, Ana JAKIMSKA
Director of Photography: Aleksandar RISTESKI
Editor: Gorjan ATANASOV
Composer: Matej MERLIĆ
Sound Designers: Dragan SPASOV, Risto ALCINOV
AWARDS
- Best LGBT Movie at Under the Stars IFF (Italy) 2019
- Best Short Film at Short Film Factory (Romania) 2019
- Best Regional Film at Vox Feminae Festival (Croatia) 2020
- Special Mention in Student Category at KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival (India) 2020
- Best Short Film in National Category at FILMAY Short Film Festival (Macedonia) 2021
SELECTED FESTIVALS
- Montenegro Film Festival (Montenegro) 2019
- CineDays European Film Festival (Macedonia) 2019
- Short to the Point (Romania) 2019
- International Student Film Festival New Wave (Bulgaria) 2019
- Figari Film Fest (Italy) 2019
- DRIM Short Film Festival (Macedonia) 2019
- Film Front International Short Film Festival (Serbia) 2019
- International Queer Film Festival Merlinka (Serbia) 2019
- Dumbo Film Festival (USA) 2020
- Westminster Film Festival (UK) 2020
- Linear International Film Festival (UK) 2020
- HER International Film Festival (Ireland) 2020
- Image+Nation Film Festival (Canada) 2020
- Swindon Independent International Film Festival (UK) 2021