Skateboarding Is Not for Girls

Скејтањето не е за девојчиња
  • Dina Duma
  • North Macedonia
  • Belgium
  • Slovenia
  • Croatia
2026
82'
Screening schedule
  • Tuesday, 10 November 2026
  • 18:30
  • Kaptol Boutique Cinema

  • Buy a ticket

Eleven-year-old Adela is a Roma girl who lives in a poor neighbourhood of Skopje with her mother and older sister Zara. When the family runs into financial trouble, her mother becomes convinced that the only solution is to sell Zara at a bridal fair. Adela refuses to accept such a fate for her still underage sister and decides to take matters into her own hands. Dina Duma’s sophomore feature Skateboarding Is Not for Girls is a touching coming-of-age story about a girl torn between traditional and modern values. It had its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival, where it won the Nora Ephron Award celebrating the female perspective on film, and went on to win the Special Prize in the Youth Perspectives program at Sarajevo.

Language: MK, ROM
Subtitles: HR, EN

Dina Duma
Dina Duma

Dina Duma (Skopje, 1991) is a North Macedonian director. She graduated in Film and TV Directing from the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Skopje and participated in the Berlinale Talents program in 2016. Her debut feature Sisterhood (2021) had its world premiere at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, where it won a Special Jury Prize. Her new feature Skateboarding Is Not for Girls (2026) won the Council of Europe’s Youth Perspectives Award at Sarajevo and a Golden Mimosa Special Mention at the Montenegro Film Festival.

Film information

Director: Dina Duma

Screenplay: Dina Duma, Lidija Mojsovska, Teona Strugar Mitevska

Cast: Efkjar Abaz, Džefrina Jašari, Simonida Selimović, Ganimet Abdula, Ljiljana Bogojević

Director of photography: Frédéric Noirhomme

Editing: Alain Dessauvage, Pierpaolo Filomeno

Producer: Labina Mitevska, Sébastien Delloye, Danijel Hočevar, Vanja Sremac

Production: Sisters and Brother Mitevski, Terminal 3, Vertigo, Entre Chien et Loup, Beside Productions

Festivals and awards: Tribeca Film Festival 2026 – Nora Ephron Award; Montenegro Film Festival 2026 – Special Mention; Sarajevo Film Festival 2026 – Youth Perspectives Award; Zagreb Film Festival 2026

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