FNE at Cannes 2018: Macedonian Cinema in Cannes
Meet Macedonian Film Agency in Cannes - SEE Pavilion #135 - Village International Riviera Dear friends, with one film in the official competitive program, and four screenings on the film market, as well as with several significant promotional activities, Macedonian cinematography will be part of the 71st Cannes Film Festival. Through the Production Company Sisters & Brother Mitevski Macedonia participates in Cannes Programme Main Competition with the latest film by Nuri Bilge Ceylan - The Wild Pear Tree / Ahlat Agaci. "Th…
Macedonia to pitch films and filming locations at 71st Cannes Film Festival
The Macedonian Film Agency will be promoting Macedonia and its cinematography at the 71st edition of the Cannes Film Festival, which begins Tuesday evening. One Macedonian co-production will be screened as part of the official competition, and four of the latest Macedonian films will be shown at the film market. According to the press release by the Macedonian Film Agency, the official festival competition includes The Wild Pear, a film directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan and co-produced by Turkey, Macedonia, France, Germany, Bosnia and Her…
Year of the Monkey to make its world premiere at Moscow Film Festival
Year of the Monkey, directed and written by Vladimir Blaževski, will make its world premiere at the Moscow International Film Festival on Monday. The Moscow International Film Festival is the second oldest film festival in the world. It was founded in 1935 and is ranked on the 'A' list of film festivals. Year of the Monkey will be shown as part of the festival's official Special Screenings selection today at 6 pm and tomorrow at 4 pm. The movie had its Macedonian premiere last Thursday at the 21st Skopje Film Festi…
Three Macedonian shorts to compete in Austria's LET'S CEE festival
Three Macedonian short films have made the official shorts shortlist of this year's International LET'S CEE Film Festival, which runs from April 13 to 22 in Austria. The 15 finalists chosen for the Short Film competition include Éclair directed by Marko Gjokovikj, They Come from the Center of the World by Dina Duma, and Would You Look at Her by Goran Stolevski. Gjokovikj and Duma will also participate in LET'S CEE's Talent Academy. Avec l'amour by Macedonian producer Atanas Georgiev is vying for the Best Docum…
Stolevski's Would You Look at Her wins Grand Prix in Belgrade
Would You Look at Her, directed by Goran Stolevski, won the Grand Prix for the best international short film at the 65th edition of The March Festival of documentary and short films that yesterday wrapped up in Belgrade. The jury described the short as "a telling critique of the current political climate and psychology expressed through an uncompromising portrayal of the independent and positive heroine, who goes through life with determination and dignity. "Directed with precision, the film is an example of a powerful, …
Macedonian premiere of Milco Mancevski's Bikini Moon
The Macedonian premiere of Milcho Manchevski's fifth feature film, Bikini Moon, will take place Thursday evening at Skopje's Millenium movie theater. Bikini Moon had its world premiere at the São Paulo International Film Festival in Brazil, and US audiences first saw it during the Cinequest Film Festival in San Jose, California. The first European screening of Manchevski's fifth film was at the 38. Fantasporto International Film Festival in Portugal, where it won the Jury's Special Award. The movie was shown at…
Macedonian ‘Secret Ingredients' at Prague ’Febiofest’
Macedonian feature movie ‘The Secret Ingredients’ by the young filmmaker, screenwriter and producer Gjorce Stavreski will be screened at Prague International Film Festival ‘Febiofest’ on March 18, 19 and 20 within the ‘Balkan Echoes’ program. Febifest was founded in 1993 by FEBIO, an independent film and TV company. Starting as an enthusiastically organized, basically no-budget event for a couple of friends and film buffs, Febiofest has grown during the past years into one of the largest film festivals in the Czech Republic, which nev…
Bikini Moon to have its Macedonian premiere on March 22
Milcho Manchevski's fifth feature film, Bikini Moon, will have its Macedonian premiere at Skopje's Millenium movie theater on March 22 at 8 pm. Bikini Moon had its world premiere at the São Paulo International Film Festival in Brazil, and US audiences first saw it during the Cinequest Film Festival in San Jose, California. The first European screening of Manchevski's fifth film was at the 38. Fantasporto International Film Festival in Portugal, where it won the Jury's Special Award. The movie was shown at the …
Macedonian director wins Sundance short film award
'Would You Look At Her', a film written and directed by Goran Stolevski, won the award for best international short film at the 34th Sundance Film Festival in the United States. The short movie vied alongside 17 films from all over the world in the festival's Shorts Program. The film was picked by a three-member jury comprised of screenwriter, director and producer Sharine Davis, Shirley Manson, musician and frontman of the indie rock band Garbage, and the cartoonist Chris Ware. Presenting the award to Stolevski, Ware …
Macedonian Film Agency Announces New Call for Production Support
The Macedonian Film Agency announced a new call for production support for feature films, documentaries, short films and animated films. The new call which was announced on 22 November 2017 follows the cancellation of the previous call two weeks ago. Producers can apply by 7 December 2017. The previous call, which was announced in February 2017 by the previous director of the Agency Mimi Gjorgoska-Ilievska, was annulled by the current acting director Gorjan Tozija. In the introductory note of the new call it is stated that “d…
Iceland's Heartstone named best film of 16th CineDays
Heartstone, an Icelandic drama film directed by Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson, was voted best film of the 16th CineDays Festival of European Cinema that took place on Nov. 9-19 in Skopje. "The coming-of-age film is a heartfelt, deep insight into the problems facing teenagers," the 3-member jury said in its elaboration of the decision to pick Heartsone out of eight movies. György Kristóf for his work on Out (Slovakia-France-Hungary-Czech Republic co-production) won the best director award. Amerika Square, written by Van…
Macedonian premiere of "The Secret Ingredient", award presentation ceremony close "Cinedays"
Macedonian premiere of film "The Secret Ingredient" by Gjorce Stavreski and the presentation of best film awards will close the 16. European film festival "Cinedays" in Skopje-based cinema "Millennium" on Sunday. The world premiere of "The Secret Ingredient" was held at the recent 58. Thessaloniki International Film Festival, where the film won the audience award in programme "Balkan Survey". "Cinedays" closes with the presentation of the best film awards, selected by a j…
16th CineDays film festival opens in Skopje
Swedish comedy 'The Square' - recipient of this year Cannes Film Festival Palme d’Or, had the honor late Thursday to open the 16th edition of the European Film Festival CineDays at Skopje cinema 'Millennium'. On 19 November, the movie 'Secret Ingredient' by signed by Macedonian director Gjorce Stavrevski closes the festival's official part, which is to be followed by a 10-day film marathon. The festival will present 135 movies to compete in several categories, namely 20 titles - part of the gala prog…
World premiere of “Secret Ingredient” at Thessaloniki film festival
Film “Secret Ingredient” by Macedonian director Gjorce Stavreski will have its world premiere at the 58. Thessaloniki International Film Festival on Thursday. Vele can’t afford to buy the expensive medications for his father, who has cancer. Desperate, he steals marijuana from some criminals, makes a cake with it and gives it to him, hoping it will reduce his pain. His father’s health miraculously improves, but Vele is suddenly confronted by their neighbors, who demand the recipe for the “remedial” cake, and by the criminals, who want…
British amateur film wins top prize at FADF in Bitola
James Chalmers from the United Kingdom won the top prize of the Festival of Amateur Documentary Film (FADF) for his work 'Eulogy for the Red Telephone', it was announced Friday. The festival's 25th edition is opening Friday evening in Bitola with an awards ceremony. Namely, Golden Camera 300 will be presented to Radovan Dzeric from Serbia for his documentary 'Village in the Heart of the City', Silver Camera 300 goes to two authors from Serbia - Drago Latinovic and Ilija Galonja. A Macedonian author, i.e. Petre Chap…
The Effect of Happiness starts shooting in Skopje
The Effect of Happiness, the latest Macedonian feature film, started shooting Thursday on locations in Skopje. The film, written and directed by Macedonian director Borjan Zafirovski, is an urban drama about the universal quest for happiness to find the meaning of life. "The film tells the story of Lea, a young girl fighting for her health. While questioning her life, she starts an unusual quest for happiness and can see the effects it makes on other people," the production company New Macedonian Video said Thursday. …
Youth film festival 'Giffoni Macedonia' begins
Screening of film "Hunting Flies" of Izer Aliu will mark the opening of the 5th Youth Film Festival "Giffoni Macedonia" in Skopje-based cinema "Millennium" on Wednesday. "Giffoni Macedonia" director Darko Basevski said at today's press conference that besides 15 films in the official programme, the festival also includes an accompanying programme, selection of best youth films from Korea, films related to music and jazz etc. "As before, there are three age groups - juniors, cadets a…
13th Festival of New German Film kicks off
“Tschick” film by famous director Fatih Akin will open the 13th Festival of New German Film in Skopje-based Millennium Cinema on Wednesday. German Ambassador Thomas Gerberich will open the festival, which will be held in Frosina cinema in the Youth Cultural Centre until Oct. 9. The festival will feature ten contemporary films from German cinema production. Besides Skopje, the films will also be screened in Bitola, Prilep, Ohrid, Veles, Tetovo, Kavadarci, Stip and Strumica. DEUTSCH
Macedonian Movie Golden Five wins Award at Mumbai Festival
The Golden Five film directed by Goran Trencovski won the Best Foreign Feature Film Award at the festival in Mumbai, India. Goran Trencovski’s impressive feature film The Golden Five premiered in the USA at the 36th New Jersey Film Festival on Friday (Sept. 22). The film was greeted with a long applause, and the director responded to questions from the audience. The premiere was attended by numerous representatives from the American film industry, as well as from the Macedonian community in the United States. On Saturday, (Sept. …
Macedonia: 38th Manaki Brothers film festival opens in Bitola
With the Macedonian premiere of the short film "Krajot na vremeto" by Macedonian director Milcho Manchevski, and later with the premiere of the Bulgarian - Macedonian co - production "Nasoki" by the Bulgarian director Stephen Komandarev, the first of the films in the official selection will start the 38th International Film Camera Festival "Manaki Brothers" in Bitola. The organizers inform that the preparations for the gala opening in the Bitola Culture Center have been completed and the city is full of …
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