Discoveries from Macedonia World Cinema

Macedonian issues of today. One country, many tenants, many opinions, many customs! This building, metaphorically representing Macedonia, is home to Macedonians with all their weaknesses, virtues and good qualities.

Faced with the deadly AIDS, a young man simply wants to escape from himself, to erase everything, to click "restart". What follows is a vision of another dimension, in which the encounter with the virus is a way to neutralize a negative energy...

What happens when an unexpected death occurs in a harmonious and creative family? When we are gone, the fight is left to those who live after us. This is the story of a family in which the father Boris and his little daughter Sara are left to cope with the loss of their wife and mother. They have to fulfill their roles in the new situation and continue with their lives.

Pepo (16) already 3 summers in a row is hoping, longing and trying to play on the better side of the basketball court, where the net is, and where the older guys play their hard and tough streetball games. After many attempts, obstacles and failures to get into the First league streetball game, not only that he’s been mocked by the older players, stubborn Pepo betrays his friends

Macedonian TV drama.

At the end of summer on Balkan has great drought. The migratory birds who are thirsty and cold are dying on the way to their home .Two people, father and son, are trying to make money by searching sources of water, which is old family tradition. One day they will find the gold cable. The son will cut the cable, although his father says no, but the cable was powered the Sun and the Moon. While they dig, stars like lampions are disappearing one by one. The Moon disappears last...

Hook explores the feeling of guilt which the main protagonist has after cheating at a fishing contest in his childhood. This feeling remains in his subconscious and haunts him throughout his life. Trying to compensate, not only for his childhood sin but for everything he has done that he now considers unjustified, he ends up becoming a conformist.

A child addicted to video games spends most of the time in front of his computer living in the world in which his heroes do. One day it runs into a situation that every "gamer" subconsciously wishes - to literally became part of the game.

Filmed in the old Skopje bazaar, where old jackets, trousers, shirts and other types of fabrics are still dyed, it shows the three generations of the Neziri family who practice this craft and run the shop they took over from the Bojachiev family. This is a film about the heritage of crafts and traditions in multiethnic Skopje.

Metin celebrates his birthday, his friend Hassan surprises him with a cake. He remembers his tragic, romantic, cheerful and mysterious birthday on July 25th,1963.

An 80-year-old man who loves life and behaves like a child is taken to a nursing home, where his life changes drastically. He is faced with the challenge of living by other people’s rules and tries to adapt to a world that is new and unacceptable to him.

A middle aged man who seemingly has everything he wants, escapes from his home to a hotel room where through his imaginary lover is trying to find emotional peace.

New adventures of Bibi and Bobby this time in the Magic Forest.

Eva is helping her friend Marija move out after a breakup, quietly hiding the fact that she’s going through a similar emotional struggle, until the pressure overwhelms her, leading to a panic attack and a visit to the hospital.

The 27-year old intern at the psychiatry wards Sophie, who’s just graduated from med school, faces the cruel reality and learns the story of the 45-year-old resident of the ward, Mrs. Erme. The professor, Sophie’s mentor and the medical administrator of the facility, sees Sophie’s obsession with her faces and brings the two women together. As the doctor-patient relationship develops, Sophie learns that Mrs. Erme shares her obsession with her face, and furthermore, discovers that Mrs. Erme’s illness is closely connected to this obsession. Through investigation and the torture of her own dreams, Sophie learns that Mrs. Erme had a son, who at the age of ten died from chicken pox, while his mother was too afraid to ruin her face by getting infected by the disease.

Elena, a young woman with HIV meets a young romantic man, Fillip, at a traffic intersection in the city of Skopje. They spend the next couple of days walking around the city and getting to know each other, forming a special bond. Their strong feelings for each other make them long for more time together, leading them to reveal more about themselves than they normally would, since both believe they will never see one another again. And what if their once in a lifetime encounter at the street light was just a possibility for creating a story, which might have never ever happen even happened?

Skopje, March 1943. With the help of Albanians from Macedonia, a large number of Jews have been saved. In Albania, they are accepted by Albanian families, and because of the Italian occupation, their treatment there is not as rigorous as in countries under pure German nazi occupation.

A couple is locked in the toilet of the National Opera. While waiting their friend to release them, they're forced to face the problems they have.

A young Italian actress goes to visit her lover in Macedonia during the world war two. Her playfulness and nonchalant behavior leads to a tragic end.

A documentary about Romani people who, through their work, have made efforts to eliminate stereotypes towards this community, and all of these characters come from the oldest Romani settlement in the Balkans and beyond - Topaana, and are internationally known personalities.

Two elderly musicians in search of a sweetheart from their younger days cross paths with an up-and-coming young singer. Together, they embark on a once-in-a-lifetime adventure.

The film describes the life of the last Macedonian nomadic ethnic group, so called Karakachani. In 18th century, their ancestors, ants of the Traco-Illyrian, leaded by Papucoroshi, as a result of the Turkish oppression withdrew from Gramos, passing through the Macedonian mountains. They settled the surroundings of the mountain Osogovo, particularly the village Vrbica, in Kochani’s district. Nowadays, they can be seen dressed in black, on market days through the towns of Eastern Macedonia. In spring, before they leave on their nomadic trip with the flocks of sheep, at first they fleece the sheep and make various handmade products for domestic use. During their stay in the mountains, they are occupied with milk production and manufacturing. They live a quiet nomadic life, moving themselves from one pasture to another with their whole equipment. They spend the winter period in the warmer districts, along the valley of the Vardar River.

Two aging inhabitants of a remote village lead a bitter fight over who dies first and gets the only remaining grave in the village.

The story speaks about the people who want to work, or want to change the world into a better place to live. All the characters in this film have no existence outside the imagination of the author and are inspired by the Balkan way of living. This is a story about the illusions of the Don Quixotes of the Balkans and their life style. Georgij is one of these. He is young, enthusiastic, well-mannered and a charming and committed teacher with an invincible spirit who wants to bring all innovations from the New World, which is Europe, to the Balkans. He opposes traditional Balkan skepticism and does not accept the status quo.

A psychological thriller that tells the emotional roller coaster of Robert, a writer, as he waits for an answer as to whether his script will finally end up on the screen.

A failed circus artist managed to regain his beloved and to pull her from the embrace of her new lover, using the acrobatic skills she once fell in love with.

On what seems like an ordinary day, a young doctor faces an unexpected challenge that disrupts her routine. As she struggles to protect a young child from the dysfunctional healthcare system, she risks her career and her own well- being. Trained to accept the flaws of the system, the doctor is forced to confront a deeper, more personal question: can one individual make a change, or is it necessary to have support from others?

An experimental, documentary film, dedicated to Skopje's Old Bazaar. In one day and night, through several craftsmen, we follow their everyday life, the diversity of cultures and the rich history, in the only place in the city of Skopje, which has kept its authentic appearance throughout the centuries.

Andrej and Kala, a couple with a broken relationship lives in the grey city, in a desolated pandemic time. One night Andrej sees a mysterious girl named Bella and starts following her, not knowing that he is following the death personally.

A history TV film.

The story about how K-15, the most famous comedy show in Macedonia, was created.

In The Lower Prespa region, especially in the village of Nakolec, but also in the surrounding villages, for decades (and perhaps centuries) there has been a tradition of organically created coexistence based on mutual understanding and respect. The everyday life of the protagonists there and their mutual relations is actually a kind of model in which a certain code for togetherness and social cohesion between people of different ethnic, religious and other profiles is hidden.

Macedonian amateur feature production.

At the ball organized by the most respected man in Bitola in 1973, for the popular people in the city, something happened that no one expected.

Early Balkan footage.

Garip, a 40-year-old doctor leaving in Germany faces the depth of his imagination and subconciousness.

Two worlds. One day. One man that breaks two limits. From the depths of Krštalna cave to the mountain top of Kamena glava.

Macedonian TV drama.

Two girls wait around the town of Skopje for something neither of them know. An introspective journey peppered with invented etymology, fake philosophy, and rocks.

2 August 1903, on a night of the revolution, Manoil, the only son of a bourgeois family decides to go to the battle. His father and his wife want to stop him!

The film is based on the story FATHER by Petre M. Andreevski. An excerpt from life that weaves like a spider web around human destinies. The questions will hardly ever get the right answers.

Macedonian TV drama.

Macedonian TV film.

Тwo real life stories of solved murders, one of which resulted in the last death sentence imposed in Yugoslavia, during the 1970s.

Nothing could be further from the mind of young, rebellious Romani woman Valentina than getting married. But when her beloved sister Jasmina moves to Germany with her husband Robby and her family in Macedonia finds itself in dire straits, marriage seems to be the only way out. In her desperation, Valentina snatches up a long-time admirer – but on her wedding night, she is unable to consummate the marriage.

The film circles around our lonely girl Ema and her friends. Not long after she gets caught up in the world of drugs, Ema finally figures out who she is and what she wants to do. Tough ride for her best friend Marko, running after her and trying to make sure she doesn't jump over the cliff.

After the death of their father, Biljana tries to sell the house and help her sister Vicky leave the small town in search of a better future. But first, she has to go through the dysfunctional maze of bureaucracy to prove that their father is really dead. And the clock is ticking.

A young man must write a suicide letter before his candlelight goes out.

It follows detective Mirjana, who goes to eastern Serbia to investigate a girl's disappearance. Over the course of time, her police investigation turns into a personal quest. The film explores through elements of detective film, thriller and fantasy, the culture, beliefs, Christian tradition and superstitions of the region.

Through the prism of his own local position, the young artist views the circumstances, conditions, and rules of the game — how to become a successful artist.

In a poor Macedonian village, overwhelmed by the daily duties of a typical housewife, DANA's life revolves around her mother, husband and three children. On the day of the traditional pig slaughter, instead of the usual butcher, the appearance of her former lover MARKO, draws her deeply buried secrets and fears back to the surface.

"Oh My Love" is a film about a famous singer, who comes to a hotel to rest in peace and quiet, away from the fans and journalists, after completing a successful tour in Turkey. Also she wants to get over her turbulent emotional problems, including the breakup of a longstanding love affair. However, her former lover comes to see her for one last time and from this point on everything goes wrong. Surprising meetings, unexpected personalities, comic and burlesque situations...

This is a short and poignant story about the life of the main heroine Anna and her hellish journey from dream to become a film actress, through communist torture, to the monastic quarters. A story of double standards, hypocrisy and cruelty of the past and present.

Every summer, at an altitude of 2,000 metres, grow the blueberries in the southern part of Macedonia - or as they call it down there ‘the mountain caviar’. Telling the story about Mile from the city of Gevgelija, who believes that Kozhuf Mountain is the best office one could ask for, the film captures the tiring work of the blueberry pickers whose livelihood depends on the annual harvest of these “black perls”.

A documentary about the life of Vera Foteva, a hero partisan from Macedonia. Picturing her life story during the civil war in Greece, terrible interrogation in Soviet Russia, and agony in Siberia gulags after the war reflects the destiny of a whole nation. This is a story about people which ideals were betrayed because of the bargaining of the big nations. At the end those people lost everything, including their homeland.

Two friends are going on an adventure trip through Macedonia. Starting from Skopje, with the ultimate goal to reach the Prespa Lake, and climb a few mountains. They are following the notes from a travelogue written by other two friends that walked the same route in 1969.

The Lake is about the threatening forces of nature and the inevitable human fate. The image distorted by the human psyche comes to life when the main character encounters different unexplained situations that challenge his logic. Forced to act upon his instincts, his actions lead to his demise.

Lost in a cycle of collective apathy, a young man remains trapped in a soul-crushing job he’s too paralyzed to quit.

Although he was only forty-four when he died, Igor Isakovski left behind sixteen published books, ten of which are poetry collections. He was not only a prolific author, a tireless translator from English, Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian, he was also the founder of "Blesok" cultural institution and publishing house. Igor was the creator of "Blesok" electronic magazine, one of the oldest electronic magazines on culture in Europe; via it, as a pioneer and visionary, he spread the Macedonian culture in the world, and brought the world culture to Macedonia.

Olti after being released from prison,he sets out on the way home.But along the way he is facing another big obstacle.Olti is denied its entrance in his village.He remains in dilemma about his family's dangerous situation or run away and start a new life.