Macedonian film producer Ivana Shekutkoska has been selected to participate in the prestigious Emerging Producers 2026 program organized by the Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival, one of Europe’s leading initiatives dedicated to documentary film professionals.
The selection places Shekutkoska among 18 emerging producers from across Europe and Ethiopia, recognized for their contribution to contemporary European cinema and their potential to shape the future of documentary storytelling.
Based in Skopje, Shekutkoska is the founder of Minimal Collective, a production company focused on auteur-driven fiction and documentary films. Since beginning her producing career in 2016, she has worked on a range of internationally recognized projects across short fiction, documentaries, and feature films.
Shekutkoska gained wider international attention as producer of the feature film DJ Ahmet, directed by Georgi M. Unkovski, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2025 and won the Audience Award in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition.