Housekeeping for Beginners (Originally released as ‘Domakinstvo za pocetnici’) is an LGBTQIA+ Drama film by Macedonian born Director Goran Stolevski, who migrated to Australia in his teens.

Stolevski completed a Bachelor in Creative Arts at The University of Melbourne followed by a Master of Film and Television at The Victorian College of Arts, with Housekeeping for Beginners being his recent release following 25 previous shorts. Stolevski’s work has been played at over 200 film festival worldwide with Housekeeping for Beginners premiering at the Venice Film Festival, Orizzonti. 

Housekeeping the Beginners follows ‘a contemporary look at a makeshift band of queer misfits as they learn what it means to be a family in a world that has rejected them’. It’s a thoughtfully executed story of self discovery and a sense of belonging from the perspective of unlikely blended families and relationship dynamics. Each character shines both individually and collectively and the scenery and setting is authentic with the language and vernacular used adding to the immersive nature. 

Overall, it’s a poignant coming of age tale as uncontrollable circumstances lead to transformative character building experiences and cements their unlikely bonds.

Housekeeping for Beginners releases in Australian Cinemas on May 9th 2024.

Synopsis
Dita’s stately old house in the hills of Skopje is the unlikely home to a wild group of queer people, among them her moody friend Toni and his new, much younger boyfriend Ali. When her partner Suada is diagnosed with a terminal illness, the emotionally removed Dita is forced to promise she will raise Suada’s two girls – cheeky little Mia and temperamental, increasingly rebellious teen Vanesa. Dita doesn’t want to be a mother and the girls don’t want to be her daughters. But to save this patchwork family Dita has to act quickly and maybe even marry the only available man around.