Focus Features’ ‘Housekeeping for Beginners’ Slated for January Theatrical Release

variety.com:

Jaden Thompson Focus Features‘ upcoming title “Housekeeping for Beginners” is scheduled for a limited theatrical release on Jan.

26 and will expand to more theaters in subsequent weeks. Per the film’s synopsis, Goran Stolevski‘s latest feature “revolves around Dita, who, despite never aspiring to be a mother, finds herself compelled to raise her girlfriend’s two daughters — Mia, a tiny troublemaker, and Vanesa, a rebellious teenager.

As their individual wills clash, a heartwarming story unfolds about an unlikely family’s struggle to stay together.” “Housekeeping for Beginners” had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival in the official “Orrizonti” (Horizons) section, taking home the Queer Lion Award.

It has also been selected as North Macedonia’s international Oscar submission. In Guy Lodge’s review for Variety, he wrote, “This study of domestic, romantic and generational conflicts in a crowded queer household (instead) embraces a spirit of antic chaos, both in subject matter and jagged, hit-the-ground-running execution.” The cast of “Housekeeping for Beginners” includes Anamaria Marinca, Alina Serban, Samson Selim, Vladimir Tintor, Mia Mustafa, Dzada Selim, Sara Klimoska, Rozafë Çelaj, and Ajse Useini.