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FINISHED: · To the Hilt · Children of the Sun · Honey Night · Lazar · Three Days in September · Word · The Judgment · Monument to Michael Jackson · Inferno · These Are the Rules · The Woman of My Life

COMING SOON: · Wait for Me · The Liberation of Skopje · Return · Nameless · When the Day Had No Name · Father · Siska Delux · Nightlife · Banat · Sierra Nevada

UPCOMING PROJECTS: · The Miss Stone Affair · Unforgettable Spring in the Forgetful Village · The Secret Ingredient · Freedom or Die · Loud · Land of Peaches · Omniblues · Tsar Samuil · Golden Five · Sugar Kid · Grandfather and Nephew · Project Happiness · The Missing One · Home Sweet Home 6 Macedonian Films 2014-2015 MacedonianFEATURE FILMS Films 2014-2015 7

PRODUCTION COMPANIES: Triangle Co-producers: Sektor Film P.O. Box 693 FX3X Albert Ajnshtajn 9/14 до балчак 1000БАЛКАНОТ Skopje, Macedonia НЕJane Sandanski Е МРТОВ108/28 1000 Skopje, Macedonia [email protected] 1000 Skopje, Macedonia Vladimir Anastasov To The Hilt [email protected] IS NOTKristijan DEAD Danilovski [email protected] [email protected]

AMacedonia group of problematic,is a small country, abandoned in the teenagersheart of the self-awareness. The film is a harsh and romantic Director’sMacedonia is a Filmographysmall country, in the heart of the The filmOriginal is a harsh Format: and 1:2,40-ARRI romantic Alexa+story in which fromBalkans, a Juvenile which for A doptionfive centuries Centre wasshare under their the yoke story in which the eternal Macedonian quest for Balkans, which for five centuries was under the the eternalYear Macedonian of Release: 2014 quest for identity and ofdestiny the Ottoman on the margins Empire. of The the action society, of holding the film To identity and independence is viewed through the •yoke 1997 of -the “ Gypsy Ottoman Magic”/ Empire. „Џипси TheМеџик“ action (feature) of the independenceRunning is Time: viewed 165` through the prism of theonly Hilt on takesthe teachings place in the of their years caring of general educator collapse prism of the relative notions of freedom, justice, •film 1991 To -the “Tattoo” Hilt takes/ „Тетовирање“ place in the(feature) years of general the relativeDirector: notions Stole of Popov freedom, justice, love, andabout “free the fall” true after values the Macedonian of life. But a seriesuprising of oftragic 1903 love, sacrifice and treason. The story dramatizes •collapse 1986 - “Happyand “free New fall” Year after ‘49” the / „Среќна Macedonian нова ‘49“ (feature)sacrificeProducer: and treason. Dancho Chevreski andevents its thatbloody culminate suppression. with theThe deathstory isof a one complex of and parodies the myth and anti-myth of West •uprising 1980 - “of The 1903 Red and Horse” its /bloody „Црвениот suppression. коњ“ (feature) Screenwriter: Goran Stefanovski The story dramatizes and parodies the myth and quadranglethe youngsters between by the an hand uncompromising of a police inspector idealist and East, of Europe and the Balkans. It brings to • 1979 - “Dae” / „ДАЕ“ (documentary) Director of Photography: Apostol Trpeski The story is a complex quadrangle between anti-myth of West and East, of Europe and the rebel,will crush a merciless their illusions Turkish for officer,a normal futurean opportunist in a boiling-point the paradoxes and absurdities of • 1976 - “Australia, Australia “/ „Австралија, Австралија“ Editor: Atanas Georgiev an uncompromising idealist rebel, a merciless Balkans. It brings to boiling-point the paradoxes richworld man’s that sonstigmatizes returning them home as outcasts.after his studiesIncited in Macedonian history. Caught in a trap, one of the (documentary feature) Principal Cast: Inti Sraj, Martin Jordanovski, Turkish officer, an opportunist rich man’s son and absurditiesSashko Kocev, of Macedonian Toni Mihajlovski, history. Miki Caught Europe,by the awakening and a lucid words and ofopen-minded the broken educatorEuropean characters declares his radical philosophy: “Fuck • 1975 - “Alkaloid” / „Алкалоид“ (documentary) returning home after his studies in Europe, and in a trap,Manojlovic, one of the Iskra characters Veterova, declares Nikola Kojo, his woman,and the emerging,who flirts ferociouswith the threeleader ofmen the and pack, sets in life if you aren’t ready to die for it!” • 1974 - “Fire” / „Оган“(documentary) a lucid and open-minded European woman, radical philosophy:Senko Velinov, “Fuck Nikola life Ristanovski if you aren’t ready trainthe boys a series take of the events path with of revenge, dire and which unforeseeable soon If the traditional American genre is the Western, • 1973 - “ 99” (documentary) who flirts with the three men and sets in train to die for it!” consequences.escalates into a The spiral characters of violence go through and takes turbulent them a story of the Wild West, this film is its eastern a series of events with dire and unforeseeable collisionsdeep into resulting the catacombs in cathartic of the experiences criminal and new counterpart – an Eastern, a story of the Wild East. Festivals: If the traditional American genre is the Western, consequences. The characters go through • International Cinematographers’ Film Festival “Manaki Brothers”,a story Macedonia, of the Wild 2014 West, this film is its eastern turbulent collisions resulting in cathartic counterpart – an Eastern, a story of the Wild experiences and new self-awareness. East. 8 Macedonian Films 2014-2015 FEATURE FILMS 9

Director’s Filmography Original Format: 2K ARRIRAW Year of Release: 2014 ДЕЦА НА СОНЦЕTO • 2003 - “Like a Bad Dream” / „Како лош сон“ (feature) Running time: 87` • 1997 - “Across the Lake” / „Преку езерото“ (feature) Director: Antonio Mitrikeski THE CHILDREN OF THE SUN • 1991 - “The Love of Koco Topencarov” / Producer: Dejan Milosevski „Љубовта на Кочо Топенчаров“ (documentary) Screenwriter: Gordan Mihic • 1987 - “Echo”/ „Ехо“ (short) Director of Photography: Jaroslaw Szoda “The Children of the Sun” is a tale of family and Good fortune smiles on the family (a bohemian • 1986 - “Time” / „Време“ (documentary) Editor: Andrija Zafranovik loyalty, love and loss, betrayal and redemption. collective of lovable eccentrics) as they find a • 1985 - “The Duel” / „Двобој“ (short) Music: Vlatko Stefanovski As the Mob destroys the life of a big family and long-lost treasure, but Angela betrays them in the • 1985 - “A Day” / „Ден“ (documentary) Principal Cast: Ivana Pavlakovik, leaves them on the brink of survival, a powerful, name of love by stealing it in order to save Marko’s Kire Dzotevski, Meto Jovanovski, yet secret love, burns between Marko (a gangster) life from the Mob. In the end, everyone reaps what Emir Hadzihafizbegovic and Angela – two high school sweethearts. they sow, and their love ends inauspiciously. AWARDS: • Best Feature Film - Macedonian Film Festival, Toronto, Canada, 2014 PRODUCTION COMPANIES: Horizon Film Co-production Companies: Living Pictures Festivals: Franklin Ruzvelt 2-8 Revolution Production Vase Carapica 5 • Beijing International Film Festival, 2015 1000 Skopje, Macedonia Blv. ASNOM 24-3/4 11000 Belgrade, Serbia • FEST International Film Festival, Belgrade, Serbia, 2015 [email protected] 1000 Skopje, Macedonia [email protected] • Beloit International Film Festival, USA, 2015 (Official competition) [email protected] [email protected] • Raindance Film Festival, London, UK, 2014 (Official competition) 10 Macedonian Films 2014-2015 FEATURE FILMS 11

PRODUCTION COMPANIES: Kaval Film d.o.o.e.l. Co-producers: i/o post s.r.o. Soundsquare Jane Sandanski 88-1/7 Aatalanta d.o.o. Dienzenhoferovysasy Ostrovní 126/30 МЕДЕНА НОЌ 1000 Skopje, Macedonia Korytkova ulica 34, 1102/1, 110 00 Praha 1, [email protected] 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia Prague 5, 15000, Czech Republic HONEY NIGHT www.kavalfilm.com www.aatalanta.si Czech Reupblic [email protected] www.iopost.cz

Skopje, the beginning of the 90’s; celebration The heated arguments between Nikola and Director’s Filmography of the national holiday of the newly established Ana, brought about by him forgetting all about independent state of the Republic of Macedonia, their anniversary, bring to the surface all of their • 2013 – “For Losers Only” / „Само за губитници“(short) coinciding with the tenth anniversary of Nikola, problems, frustrations, and secrets. The tension • 2011 - “90 Minutes - The Berlin Project” / „Проект - Берлин“ (feature) Original Format: Digital 5K 1:1,85 Deputy Minister, and his wife Ana. of this marital drama is further intensified by the • 2009 - “Wingless”/ „Созерцание“ (feature) Running Time: 89` Throughout the linear action taking place in a fear and paranoia of Nikola, who is searching for • 2007 - “Movie” (feature) Year of Release: 2015 single night - during which the marital crisis of his report on the privatization of the company, as • 2004 - “ The Great Water” / „Големата вода“ (feature) Director: Ivo Trajkov the main protagonists reaches its culmination - a result of which the Minister and several of his • 1998 - “The Past” / „Минатото“ (feature) Producer: Robert Jazadziski a flashback of sequences from the celebration associates have been arrested. They are not alone • 1996 - “The Testimony Of A Concealed Witness” Screenwriter: Ivo Trajkov takes us through the second narrative line of the on this long and exhausting night. Their home has / „Сведочењето на скриени сведоци“ (documentary) Cinematographer: Milorad Glushica story, reflecting the professional life of and the been tapped… • 1996 - “Such A Normal Marriage” Editor: Andrija Zafranovic Sound designer: Marek Hart temptations faced by Nikola, who is involved The story was inspired by the novel “Ear” by Jan / „Како нормален брак“ (documentary) Music Composer: Toni Kitanovski in a political scandal at his Ministry, related to Prochazka, one of the best screenwriters in the • 1993 - “The Canary Connection” / „Канарска врска“ (feature) Principal Cast: Nikola Ristanovski, the privatization of a state-owned company. history of the Czech cinematography. • 1992 - “Duo De Guitares” (experimental musical documentary) • “Let’s Come To Clean” / „Ајде да се исчисти“ (short) Verica Nedeska 12 Macedonian Films 2014-2015 FEATURE FILMS 13

PRODUCTION COMPANIES: Small Moves LTD Co-producers: Gala Film Arizona Films ЛАЗАР Zalevo 3-3/9, Mainframe Productions 1B Strumitza Str. 5, Boulevard Barbes 1000 Skopje, Macedonia Nova Cesta 60, Sofia, Bulgaria 75018 Paris, svetozar@ Zagreb, Croatia [email protected] France LAZAR smallmovesfilms.com igor@mainframe [email protected] www.smallmovesfilms.com production.com www.arizonafilms.net Lazar is disaffected and emotionally disconnected randomly meets. She is able to awaken his stunted from the world around him. When his father left emotional life, and Lazar starts to see a different the family, he had to grow up to be resourceful possibility for his future. The more involved he Original format: 2K and tough, and now in his mid twenties, he is gets with Katerina, the more he tries to get out of Director’s Filmography Running time: 110` involved in a smuggling ring of illegal aliens. His his criminal environment. However, he will soon Director: Svetozar Ristovski worldview starts to change when he falls in love realize that it is not easy to simply break out from • 2010 - “Dear Mr. Gacy” / „Драг г.Гејси“ (feature) Producer: Svetozar Ristovski, Igor Nola, with Katerina, an architecture student, who he the criminal world that he is part of. • 2004 - “Mirage” / „Илузија“ (feature) Galina Toneva, Guillaume de Seille • 2002 - “Joy of Life” Screenwriter: Svetozar Ristovski, Grace Lea Troje / „Радоста на животот“ (feature documentary) Director of Photography: Dejan Dimeski • 2000 - “Hunter” / „Ловец“ (short) Editor: Benoit Delbove Production Designer: Igor Tosevski Principal cast: Vedran Zivolic, Dejan Lilic, Natasha Petrovic, Goran Navojec, Aleksander Sano, Krassimira Kuzmanova Status: Post-production 14 Macedonian Films 2014-2015 FEATURE FILMS 15

PRODUCTION COMPANIES: Т Р И Д ЕН А В О С Е П Т Е М В Р И Skopje Film Studio Co-producers: Slavejko Arsov 15 Ikone Studio 1000 Skopje, Macedonia 32, Luan Haradinajnr. 17-1, Т H R E E D AY S I N S E P T E M B E R [email protected] Pristina, Republic of Kosovo www.sfs.mk [email protected] www.ikone-studio.tv Two completely different women – a prostitute The days go by in quiet melancholy, and the and an avenger, are forced by destiny to help each suspicion between the two women as to their true other in clearing their pasts. Marika kills a man intentions gets stronger. “Three Days in September” in self-defense. She runs off to a train where she is a chamber, character driven thriller that deals with Director’s Filmography meets Jana - a quiet and shy woman in her late 30s. the consequences of sexual abuse in our society. It is Director: Darijan Pejovski Jana travels to her cottage, deep in the mountains. most of all a character study where the two women • 2013 - “409” (short) Producer: Tomi Salkovski That’s a chance for Marika to take a refuge. retrieve, through their mutual relationship, step by • 2012 - “Skopje Remixed” – omnibus (segment Co-producers: Valon Bajgora, Yll Uka step, their secrets and traumas. “Opera”) / „Скопје ремикс“ – омнибус Screenwriter: Darijan Pejovski (краткометражен филм „Опера“) Director of Photography: Dimo Popov • 2011 – “V-Man” (short animation) Editor: Vladimir Pavlovski • 2006 - “A Message” / „Порака“ (short) Art Director: Snezana Ponjavic Muca • 2004 – “15 seconds” / „15 секунди“ Sound Design: Igor Popovski • 2003 – „City Bus Symphony“ (short) Music: Aleksandar Pejovski • 2002 – “About 3 minutes” Principal Cast: Irena Ristic, Kamka Tocinovski / „Околу 3 минути“ (short) Status: Post-production 16 Macedonian Films 2014-2015 FEATURE FILMS 17

ЗБОР WORD

Current times. A story about Arno, a man who way. Arno knows only one law - his promise, the knows no law or faith. He gave his word to always only thing that according to him differentiates help his friend Gordy and does it in his own bloody humans from animals.

Original Format: 1.85:1 Production CompanY: Year of Release: 2015 SD Produkcija Running Time: 90` Vera Jocik no.23/2-7 Director: Slobodan Despotovski 1000 Skopje, Macedonia Producer: Slobodan Despotovski, Dejan Iliev [email protected] Screenwriter: Slobodan Despotovski Editor: Vladimir Pavlovski Production Design: Zoran Nikolovski Costume Design: Hristina Despotovska Director of Photography: Dejan Dimeski Music: Goran Trajkoski Principal Cast: Senko Velinov, Dime Iliev, Igor Stojcevski, Katerina Sehtanska, Ana Stojanovska, Ilber Murtezi, Vanco Petrusevski, Goce Todorovski, Gorast Cvetkovski, Robert Veljanovski

Director’s Filmography

• 2011 - “Macedonia During the Ottoman Rule” / „Македонија во време на османслиската власт“ (documentary series) • 2001 - “Vengeance” / „Одмазда“ (feature) • 2001 - “Inside my soul” / „Во душата моја“ (documentary) • 1982 - “The Mystery Object” / „Мистериозен предмет“ (short) 18 Macedonian Films 2014-2015 FEATURE FILMS 19

ПРЕСУДА ТHE JUDGMENT

“The Judgment” is a story about Mityo and his work, the confidence of his son, Vasko. In order to son Vasko, who live in a poor area, near to the get him back, Mityo has to find forgiveness and Bulgarian-Turkish-Greek border. Mityo had lost pay for his sin, done 25 years ago. everything that has mattered to him - his wife, his

PRODUCTION COMPANIES: Argo Film Ltd Co-producers: Neue Mediopolis Propeler Film Yantra Str, No5B, ap.11 Sektor Film Filmproduction Gmbh Varšavska 3 1124 Sofia, Bulgaria Albert Ajnshtajn 9/14, Kochstrase 130 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia [email protected] 1000 Skopje, Macedonia Leipzig, Germany [email protected] Director’s Filmography Original Format: 2K, Arri Alexa www.argofilm.eu [email protected] leipzig.office@ www.propelerfilm.com Year of Release: 2014 Running Time: 107` www.sektor.com.mk ediopolis-online.de • 2012 – “Volunteers” (documentary) Director: Stephan Komandarev www.neue-mediopolis.de • 2010 - “Rouse Blood Wedding” (documentary) Producers: Stephan Komandarev, • 2010 - “The Town of Badante Women” (documentary) Katya Trichkova, Vladimir Anastasov, • 2008 - “The War” (short) Angela Nestorovska, Alexander Ris, • 2008 - “The World Is Big and Salvation Lurks Around AWARDS: Christine Haupt, Boris T. Matic the Corner” (feature) • Best Bulgarian Feature Film – Sofia International Film Festival, Bulgaria, 2014 Screenwriter: Marin Damyanov, Emil • 2004 - „Alphabet of Hope“ (documentary) • Best Bulgarian Film – Bulgarian Film Festival “Golden rose”, Bulgaria, 2014 Spahiyski, Stephan Komandarev • 2002 - “Bread Over the Fence” (documentary) • Best Male role - Bulgarian Film Festival “Golden rose”, Bulgaria, 2014 Director of Photography: Krasimir Andonov • 2001 - “The Way of Harmony” (short documentary) • Best Bulgarian Film - Jury prize of Jameson Golden blend, Bulgaria, 2014 Production Designer: Rossitza Bakeva • 2000 - “Dogs’ Home” (feature) Editor: Nina Altaparmakova • 1997 - “The Balloon” (short) Sound Designer: Sebastian Schmidt, Kai Tebbel Festivals: Music: Stefan Valdobrev • Warsaw Film Festival, Poland, 2014 - International competition Principal Cast: Assen Blatechki, • Haifa International Film Festival, Israel, 2014 - East of the West Miki Manojlovic, Ovanes Torosian, Ina Nikolova, • CinEast Central and Eastern European Film Festival, Luxembourg, 2014 - Cinéscope Paraskeva Djukelova, Meto Jovanovski • ALTCINE Panorama of European Cinema, Greece, 2014 • Mostra Internacional de Cinema Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2014 • Arras Film Festival, France, 2014 - Visions de l’Est 20 Macedonian Films 2014-2015 FEATURE FILMS 21

AWARDS: • Special Mention (for Best Script) - Monte Carlo Festival Du Comedie, Monaco, 2015 СП О МЕНИ К Н А М А Ј к л Џ Е К С О Н • Eastern European Film Award - Santa Barbara International Film Festival, USA, 2015 • Honorable Jury Mention (for Best Film) - Let`s CEE, Vienna, Austria, 2014 MONUMENT TO MICHAEL JACКSON • Fipresci Award (Serbia) - Festival of Actors, Nis, Serbia, 2014 • Gran Prix for Best Actor - Festival of Actors, Nis, Serbia, 2014 • Gran Prix for Best Film – Montenegro Film Festival, Herceg Novi, Montenegro, 2014 In a dying town in Serbia, an old communist-era the communist-era statue with a monument to monument is removed from the Square. Marko, Michael Jackson in order to save his dying town daydreamer, is on the verge of divorce from the and seduce his wife again. Marko convinces his love of his life, Ljubinka. She is disappointed in close friends to help him. But the town’s mayor Festivals: him and the life in Serbian small-town. Out of has his own plans and uses right-wing group Original Format: 4K despair, he comes up with the idea to replace “Clean Serbia” to crash Marko’s dream. • Pune International Film Festival, India, 2015 • Goteborg Film Festival, Sweden, 2015 Year of Release: 2014 • Trieste Film Festival, Italy, (new filmmaker program), 2015 Running time: 90` • Fribourg International Film Festival, Switzerland, 2015 Director: Darko Lungulov PRODUCTION COMPANIES: • Cleveland International Film Festival, USA, 2015 Producer: Snezana Penev, Ognen Antov, Papa Films Dream Factory Macedonia Penrose Film GmbH & Co.KG • Jameson Dublin International Film Festival, Ireland, 2015 Feliz Eisele Višnjićeva 4a Kej 13 Noemvri 5/8 Rungestr. 20 • Febiofest, Prague, Czech Republic, 2015 Screen Writer: Darko Lungulov 11 000 Belgrade, Serbia 1000 Skopje, Macedonia 10179 Berlin • International Film Festival Love & Anarchy, Helsinki, Finland, 2014 Director of Photography: Mathias Schöningh [email protected] [email protected] www.penrosefilm.de • Raindance Film Festival, UK, 2014 Production Designer: Kiril Spaseski [email protected] www.dfm.mk • Filmfest Hamburg, Germany, (competition), 2014 Editor: Dejan Uroshevich • International Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival, Turkey, 2014 Sound Designer: Hrvoje Stefotich • Minsk International Film Festival “Listapad”, Music: Dejan Pejovich Belarus, (competition), 2014 Principal Cast: Boris Milivojevic, Dragan • Arras Film Festival, France, (competition), 2014 Bjelogrlic, Toni Mihajlovski • Bangalore International Film Festival, India, 2014 • Chennai International Film Festival, India, 2014 • Tallin Black Nights Film Festival, Estonia, 2014 • International Film Festival of India, Goa, 2014 • “Eastern Neighbours” Film Festival, the Hague, Netherlands, 2014 Director’s Filmography • Avvantura Festival Film Forum Zadar, Croatia, 2014 • Sarajevo Film Festival, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2014 • 2009 - “Here and There” (feature) • Pula Film Festival, Croatia, 2014 • 2005 - “2005” (short) • Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Czech Republic, 2014 • 2004 - “Escape” (documentary) 22 Macedonian Films 2014-2015 FEATURE FILMS 23

ИНФЕРНО INFERNO

The film focuses on a young unemployed working alley. Everything looks as if there is no way out. class family (father, mother and two children) and Those individuals cannot fight against injustice, their everyday struggle for survival. The family is misery, the unseen authority of the capital... like any ordinary European family, trying to make However ... Granite cubes, torn out of streets, are a living with the work of their hands. Due to the waiting... Have waited... For centuries. Inferno global economic crisis their life ends up in a blind exists. But only temporarily.

PRODUCTION COMPANIES: Forum Ljubljana Co-producers: Kinorama Delirium Metelkova 6 Sektor Film Štoosova 25 Palackova 8/II SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenija Albert Ajnshtajn 9/14 10000 Zagreb, 11000 Belgrade, eva.rohrman@mail. 1000 Skopje, Macedonia Hrvatska Serbia ljudmila.org [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] www.filminferno.si www.sektor.com.mk www.kinorama.hr Original Format: DCP AWARDS: (Shooting format: ARRI RAW 3K) Year of Release: 2014 • Award for Best Sound Design, Festival of Slovenian Film, Portoroz, Slovenia, 2014 Running time: 113` • Award for Best Make-up design, Festival of Slovenian Film, Portoroz, Slovenia, 2014 Director: Vinko Möderndorfer Producers: Eva Rohrman, Ankica Jurić Tilić, Festivals: Director’s Filmography Vladimir Anastasov, Angela Nestorovska, • Bussan International Film Festival, Korea, 2015 Biljana Prvanović, Srdjan Dragojević • Pune International Film Festival, India, 2015 • 2004 – “Suburbs” (feature) Screenwriter: Vinko Möderndorfer • Belgrade International Film Festival FEST, Serbia, 2015 • 2008 – “Landscape No.2” (feature) Director of Photography: Mirko Pivčević • Cinemed - Festival du cinéma méditerranéen de Montpellier, Production designer: Dušan Milavec France, 2014 Costume designer: Alenka Korla • Black Nights Film Festival in Tallinn (PÖFF), Estonia, 2014 Sound designer: Julij Zornik • Annual European Union Film Festival, Chicago, USA, 2014 Cast: Marko Mandić, Medea Novak, Renato • Cleveland International Film Festival, USA, 2014 Jenček, Jernej Šugman, Marko Bukvič, • Tiburon International Film Festival, USA, 2014 Lara Volavšek 24 Macedonian Films 2014-2015 FEATURE FILMS 25

AWARDS: • Best Actor Award in Orrizonti Competition - Venice Film Festival, Italy, 2014 • Best Director Award - Warsaw Film Festival, Poland, 2014 Т а к В И С Е П РА ВИ л аТ А • Best Actor - Film Festival Cottbus, Germany, 2014 • Best Cinematography - Stockholm Film Festival, Sweden, 2014 • Best Actress - Stockholm Film Festival, Sweden, 2014 THESE ARE THE RULES • Best Actor - Stockholm Film Festival, Sweden, 2014 • Best Actor - Minsk Film Festival, Belarus, 2014 Ivo is a bus driver in his fifties. His wife Maja is law. But even as he is living an ordinary life, he has Original Format: 2K stay-at-home mom because she has problems strong principles. He thinks that nobody has the Festivals: Year of Release: 2014 with high pressure. Their son Tomica is about to right to hurt another human being, and that every • Palm Springs International Film Festival, USA, 2015 Running Time: 78’ graduate. They live in Zagreb in a big building crime should be punished. That’s how he makes • Tromso International Film Festival, Norway, 2015 Director: Ognjen Svilicic from the socialist period. They are satisfied with distinction between good and bad and that’s • Sofia International Film Festival, Bulgaria, 2015 Producers: Damir Teresak, Janja Kranj, Svetozar their normal and somehow low profile lives. Ivo how he lives his simple life until one day their son • Vilnius International Film Festival, Lithuania, 2015 Ristovski, Nikolina Vucetic is a gentle and quiet man, always obeying the Tomica comes home all beaten up... • Busan International Film Festival, South Korea, 2014 Screenwriter: Ognjen Svilicic • Haifa International Film Festival, Israel, 2014 Director of photography: Crystel Fournier • Festival of Mediterranean Film – Cinemed, Montpellier, Production designer: Ivan Veljaca PRODUCTION COMPANIES: France, 2014 Editor: Atanas Georgiev Maxima Film Kinoelektron Biberche Productions Tris Films Skopje • Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Greece, 2014 Sound designer: Jean-Guy Veran B. Adzije 22 40, rue de paradis Brance Jerkovic 80 Vladimir Komarov 33/2-1 • Kolkata International Film Festival, India, 2014 Music: Music track: “Kud Plovi Ovaj brod” Radojka 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia 75010 Paris, 11000 Belgrade, 1000 Skopje, Macedonia • Tallinn “Black Nights” Film Festival, Estonia, 2014 Sverko (Esad Arnautlic/Arsen Dedic) [email protected] France Serbia kornelija.ristovska@ • Singapore International Film Festival, Singapore,2014 Principal Cast: Emir Hadzihavizbegovic, Jasna Zalica www.maxima-film.hr www.kinoelektron.com [email protected] gmail.com • Dubai International Film Festival, UAE, 2014 Status: In Distribution

Director’s Filmography

• 2010 – “Two Sunny Days” • 2007 – “Armin” (feature) • 2004 – “Sorry for Kung Fu” (feature) • 2000 – “Wish I Were a Shark” (feature) 26 Macedonian Films 2014-2015 FEATURE FILMS 27

ЖЕН АТА Н А М О Ј О Т Ж И В О Т THE WOMAN OF MY LIFE

Six year old Azad (a Kurd from Iraq) was engaged went to Germany; he had to remain in Bulgaria to his cousin Vian but after that the two kids were due to a false ID. Azad did enormous efforts to separated due to the political circumstances. At find Vian and he finally succeeded. This time she 19, Azad accidentally witnessed the murder of revealed herself to him because her love proved Vian’s father and had to leave the country. On to be stronger than her doubts. Unfortunately board the ship to Europe he met a beautiful girl Vian was already involved in a deadly game being and fell in love with her without recognizing that obsessed with the aim to revenge for her father. she was his fiancée Vian. Vian, on her part, did not Azad made everything to stop and save her even reveal herself to him because she thought he had if the price paid for that would be that the two been involved in the murder of her father and she of them separate forever. Is love going to prevail tried to suppress her feelings towards Azad. She once again over terrorism? Director’s Filmography PRODUCTION COMPANIES: ARS Ltd. Co-producers: Hawena Peter Film • 2010 – “The Mayor” (fiction/documentary) 58 Yanko Sakazov blvd. KT Film & Media Erbil/Hamren Production SRL • 2008 – “Private Investigation” (documentary) 1505 Sofia, Kliment Ohridski 96 Republic of Iraq Str. Crisan nr.30 70000 • 2004 – “Return Ticket for Free” (documentary) Bulgaria 7000 Bitola, Macedonia Buftea Ilfov, • 2002 – “Muslim Labyrinths” (documentary) [email protected] [email protected] Romania • 1999 – “A Month in the Life of Ephtim D.” (documentary) www.arsdigital.org www.ktfilmedia.mk • 1996 – “I Am Gypsy, I Plead Guilty” (documentary) • 1994 – “A Turkish March(NATO Armies as Seen By a Bulgarian)” (short documentary) Original Format: DCP / 35mm Kire Gjorevski, Selim Akgűl, Yilmaz Yalcin, Year of Release: 2015 Mihail Bilalov, Silvia Petkova, Violeta Running time: 103` Markovska Director: Antoniy Donchev Director of photography: Ivan Tonev Producer: Ivan Tonev. Dimitar Nikolov, Production designer: Dragomir Ganev Shakhawan Idrees, Peter Velciov Editor: Ognyan Ivanov Screenwriter: Antoniy Donchev, Ivan Tonev, Sound designer: Blagomir Alexiev, Georgi Ali Talib Tsvetkov Cast: Soran Ebrahim, Violeta Markovska, Music (Composer): Vladimir Djambazov Kristina Hristova Nikolova, Blazhe Dimitrov, 28 Macedonian Films 2014-2015 FEATURE FILMS 29

PRODUCTION COMPANIES: Pirej Film Co-producers: Samson Films In collaboration with: Ч Е к а Ј М Е / С В Е д о к Mile Pop Jordanov 66A Tipimages Productions The Barracks, Mainframe Production 1000 Skopje, Rue Maunoir 15, 76 Irishtown rd. Nova Cesta 60, Macedonia, 1207 Geneva, Dublin 4, 10000 Zagreb, WA I T F O R M E / T H E W I T N E S S [email protected] Switzerland Ireland Croatia

“Wait For Me” aka “The Witness” is a political (Padraic Delaney) comes looking for an internal thriller about an enthusiastic junior officer from witness – Nikola Radin, alas The General (Bruno Director: Mitko Panov Director’s Filmography The Hague War Tribunal in pursuit of justice. The Ganz) - the problems begin. Getting out of the Producers: Francine Lisser, Gerard Monier, Mitko arrest of General Miro Pantic ends a decade-long wilderness is not easy as no one wants The General Panov, Jean-Luc Ormiéres, David Collins • 2010 - “The War Is Over” / „Војната заврши“ (feature) Associate Producer: Igor Nola manhunt that had frustrated his Western pursuers to testify against Pantic, whom they perceive as • 2002 - “Comrades” / „Другари“ (feature documentary) Screenwriters: Mitko Panov, Wladyslaw Pasikowski, and left festering one of the bloodiest chapters in their national hero. The bloody men-hunt will give • 1998 - “Meadow” / „Ливада“ (short) David Riker Europe’s recent history. He had been indicted by a life-changing lesson to the young envoy who will • 1993/94 - “Yield” / „Бериќет“ (creative documentary) Editors: Dimitar Grbevski, Lazar Sekulovski • 1986/87 - “Bread & Salt” a War Crimes Tribunal on charges of crimes against understand that there are many more shades to Production Design: Owen Power humanity, but when an envoy from The Hague what he thought was a black and white picture. / „Леб и сол“ (creative documentary) Location Sound: Patrick Becker • 1986 - “With Hands Raised”/ „Со кренати раце“ (short) Principal Cast: Padraic Delaney, Bruno Ganz, Marhe Keller, Gary Whelan, Natasha Petrovic, Emir Hadzihafizbegovic, Velibor Topic Status: Post-production 30 Macedonian Films 2014-2015 FEATURE FILMS 31

PRODUCTION COMPANIES: Partysans Production Co –producers: Art Films production AFP Ltd MP Film Production О С л о б о д УВ А Њ Е Н А С к о П Ј Е Georgi Dimitrov, 46 Lijeni Film Merimiehenkatu, 10 Nova Cesta 60 1000 Skopje, Macedonia Tomasiceva,11 00150 Helsinki, Finland 10000, Zagreb, Croatia T H E L I B E R AT I O N O F S K O P J E [email protected] 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia [email protected] [email protected] www.partysans.com.mk [email protected] www.artfilmsproduction.com www.mp-films.com

Zoran, an eight-year old boy, is the hero of this resistance who plays a part in the assassination Director: Rade Sherbedzija, Danilo Sherbedzija story. It is through his eyes that we experience of a high-ranking German officer, as well as in Producers: Robert Naskov, Gorjan Tozija, Igor Nola, Vladimir Anastasov all the cruelty of war, the poverty, suffering and the evacuation and transport of Jews to the Co-Producers: Arto Halonnen, Danilo Sherbedzija the images of the occupation of Skopje, the free territories. However, he fails to save from Screenwriter: Dushan Jovanovik, Rade Sherbedzija city which the Germans occupied in 1942 with deportation his neighbors and close friends, Director of Photography: Dejan Dimeski the help of their Bulgarian allies. Zoran’s father, the Jewish family Rossman. Zoran’s little friend Editor: Nicolas Gaster Dushan is a member of the partisan forces. Renata Rossman and her family are lead away by Production Design: Ivan Bartling His uncle, Gheorgiy is also a member of the the Germans to a concentration camp. Make Up Design: Ana Bulajic Crcek Costume Design: Zeljka Franulovic Sound Design: Ivica Sljivaric Music: Tuomas Kantelinen, Vlatko Stefanovski Principal Cast: Rade Sherbedzija, Silvija Stojanovska, Lucija Sherbedzija, David Todosovski, Nebojsha Glogovac Status: Post-production 32 Macedonian Films 2014-2015 FEATURE FILMS 33

PRODUCTION COMPANIES: Dardania Film Shkupi Film ВРА Ќ А Њ Е Metodija Mitevski 13/5-2 24 Maji N; 117 1000 Skopje, R. Macedonia 10 000 Pristina, R. Kosovo RETURN [email protected] [email protected]

Original Format: HD The event is placed in the Balkans (Macedonia), in in uncle Uka’s house until they get marry. The old Year of Release: 2015 2000, time where the old and the new are interlaced; woman, uncle Uka’s spouse and Ilir’s mother, founds Running Time: 97 min. traditional with modern, western with Balkan, herself in a triangle; her husband, who in the same Director: Kastriot Abdyli patriarchal with globalization. Iliri, an Albanian who time is her God, her only son Ilir, and Sabine, who even Producer: Kastriot Abdyli have migrated in the western countries, in Germany, though is not an Albanian woman as she wanted her Screen Writer: Kastriot Abdyli meets there and decides to marry a French woman, to be, she is her son’s chosen one. Iliri’s return after Co-Writer: Isa Qosja Sabine. Because of the procedures, they decide this seven years of absence brings to difficulties not just Director of photography: Vladimir Samoilovski act of marriage to be done in Macedonia where Ilir for the uncle but for Bardha as well, a girl of his birth Production Design: Zeni Ballazi will present his spouse to his family. Uncle Uka, Iliri’s town, to whom he promised to marry before leaving Sound designer: Igor Popovski father, a traditional old man, faces with what he never for Germany. On the other side, Ilir’s act to marry a Editor: Kastriot Saqipi wanted to be faced with; his only son to marry a non- German woman, all the youths of the village admire Music: Dren Abazi Albanian woman. Facing in one side with the paternity because they all dream for such marriage as a solution Principal cast: Deplphine Depardieu, Selman Lokaj, Hazir Haziri, Safete Rogova, Liridona Shehu, feeling and on the other side with tradition, uncle Uka to the social problems. Sabina, who for the first time Sefedin Nuredinie, Xhevat allows Ilir and Sabine to come home, but according comes in Macedonia, is curious to know how she’s Qoraj, Ismail Kasumi, Labinot Lajqi, etc. to the Albanian tradition, they cannot sleep together going to be welcomed by Ilir’s family. Status: Post-production 34 Macedonian Films 2014-2015 FEATURE FILMS 35

Sorin Nainer © Mandragora 2015

БЕЗИМЕНИ к о ГА Д ЕН О Т Н Е М А Ш Е И М Е NAMELESS WHEN THE DAY HAD NO NAME

A group of problematic, abandoned teenagers crush their illusions for a normal future in a world This is a story that focuses on a generation of Cvetan, Elena, Vojdan, Ace and Vladan ... as the from a Juvenile Adoption Centre share their that stigmatizes them as outcasts. Incited by the lost youth that grew up in the age of transition, a day goes by we gradually get to know more destiny on the margins of the society, holding awakening words of the broken educator and the time of distorted values when the local becomes about the protagonists of this story, their lives, only on the teachings of their caring educator emerging, ferocious leader of the pack, the boys universal and kitsch and trash rule. Petar, Rape, truths, lies and secrets. about the true values of life. But a series of tragic take the path of revenge, which soon escalates events that culminate with the death of one of the into a spiral of violence and takes them deep into youngsters by the hand of a police inspector will the catacombs of the criminal underworld. Director’s Filmography

Director’s Filmography • 2012 - “The Woman Who Brushed off Her Tears” / „Жената која ги избриша своите солзи“ (feature) • 2008 - “I Am From Titov Veles” / „Јас сум од Титов Велес“ (feature) • 2012 - “There Is A Man With A Strange Habit Of Hitting Me With An Umbrella” • 2004 - “How I killed a Saint” / „Како убив светец“ (feature) / „Човекот со чудна навика да ме мава со чадор по глава“ (short) • 2001 - “Amer” / „Амер во Америка“ (documentary) • 2012 - “Skopje Remixed”- omnibus (segment “The Whistler”) • 2000 - “Veta” / „Вета“ (short) / „Скопје ремикс“ – омнибус (краткометражен филм „Свиркачот“) • 1998 - “Why is Betty Boop angry?” / „Зошто е лута Бети Буп?“ (short) • 2011 - “The Decision” / „Одлука“ (short) • 2011 - “Macedonian History” / „Македонската борба“ (10 middle lenght documentaries) Director: Teona Strugar Mitevska • 2009 - “ONE” / „Еден“ (short) Producer: Labina Mitevska • 2008 - “Kokino Observatory” / „Опсерваторија“(middle lenght documentary) Co-producers: Sebastien Delloy, Diana Elbaum • 2007 - “Exception” / „Исклучок“ (short) Screenwriter: Danijel Hocevar, • 2005 - “Home...?” / „Дом...?“ (middle lenght documentary) Teona Strugar Mitevska & Elma Tataragic • 2004 - “Northern Flight”/ „Северен лет“ (short) Director of photography: Agnes Godard • 2003 - “Bobby” / „Боби“ (short documentary) Production Design: Vuk Mitevski • 2003 - “Waiting For GODOT”/ „Чекајќи го Годо“ (short) Status: Pre-production

PRODUCTION COMPANIES: PRODUCTION COMPANIES: Dream Factory Macedonia Sisters and Brother Mitevski Co-producers: Entre Chien et Loup Kej 13 Noemvri 5/8 Director: Vardan Tozija F. Ruzvelt 4-38 Vertigo Rue de la Luzerne, 40-42 1000 Skopje, Macedonia Producer: Ognen Antov 1000 Skopje, Macedonia Metelkova 6 1030 Brussels, [email protected] Screenwriter: Vardan Tozija [email protected] SI - 1000 Ljubljana Belgium www.dmf.mk Status: In production www.sistersandbrothermitevski.com Slovenija 36 Macedonian Films 2014-2015 FEATURE FILMS 37

ТАТКО ШИШ к а Д Е Л У К С FATHER SISKA DELUX

Through the eyes of 10-year-old Nori FATHER (MEIN childish consistency shows a kind of extremely Three male childhood friends are not quite so character, who seems to be the friends’ arch enemy VATER) offers a very special view of Kosovo in the profoundness. Something which reaches above the young anymore but cannot seem to grow up but is ultimately transformed into their closest and nineteen nineties. Nori suffers a lot of losses and political context of Kosovo or a story of refugees. completely. When the aunt of one of them dies, most trusted friend. All the while, an intense family tolerates strokes of fate without lamenting. But The story is driven by the unique character of Nori she leaves him a small commercial property and drama underlines the story and finally shakes it to after the early death of his mother he is unwilling who has to undergo his coming of age as 10-year- the three friends immediately decide to open its core. The impetus for the sudden plot twists is to accept being left by his father Gezim, too. Nori’s old boy already. a pizzeria. In the beginning, it seems as if this is a 5-year-old girl, who one day decides to simply another project doomed to fail. However, just leave her parents. In the end, the missing and in the nick of time, a mysterious woman comes scattered pieces of the puzzle start to form an along and offers to help. There is another curious almost idyllic picture of their world.

Director: Jan Cvitković Producer: Aleš Pavlin, Andrej Štritof Director’s Filmography Co-Producer: Robert Naskov, Ondrej Zima, Pavel Bercik Director: Visar Morina Director’s Filmography Screenwriter: Jan Cvitkovič • 2012 - “Hundred dogs” (short) Producer: Nicole Gerhards, Tomi Salkovski Director of Photography: Jure Černec • 2011 - “Archeo” (feature) Editor: Dafne Jemeršić, Miloš Kalusek • 2010 - “Total gambit” (documentary) Screenwriter: Visar Morina • 2013 - “Of Dogs and Wallpaper” (short) Production Design: Vasja Kokelj, Ivan Bartling • 2009 - “This is Earth, my Brother” (short) Director of Photography: Matteo Cocco • 2009 – “Death by Suffocation” (short) Costume: Emil Cerar, Žaklina Krstevska • 2007 - “I know” (short) Status: Post-production • 2008 – “Sirens” (short) Make-up artist: Anja Godina, Goran Ignjatovski • 2005 - “Grave hopping” (feature) • 2006 - “A Safe Place for Everyone” (short) Sound Design: Igor Iskra • 2003 - “Heart is a Piece of Meat” (short) • 2006 - “The Professor and my Dog” (short) Music: Aleksander Pešut-Shatzi • 2001 – “Bread and Milk” (feature) Principal Cast: Žiga Födransberg, Marko Miladinović, David Furlan, Jana Prepeluh, Marjuta Slamič, Aleksander Rusić, Marijana Brecelj, Petre Arsovski Status: Post production PRODUCTION COMPANIES: PRODUCTION COMPANIES: NikoFilm Skopje Film Studio Perfo Co-production Company: Evoilution Films Prinzessinnenstraße 16, Slavejko Arsov 15 Trg MDB, 4 Kino Oko, Nobelova 12a/6 Soukenická 1196/11 D-10969 Berlin 1000 Skopje, Macedonia 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia 1000 Skopje, Macedonia 11 000 Prague 1, Czech Republic [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] www.sfs.mk www.perfo.si www.kinooko.com.mk www.evolutionfilms.cz 38 Macedonian Films 2014-2015 FEATURE FILMS 39

Н О Ќ Е Н Ж И В О Т БАНАТ NIGHTLIFE BANAT

Late on a Friday night, a dying lawyer is found by the is a film about people, about the fear of, as Franzen The word crisis not only seems to threaten Ivo and and Clara, who met in Rome, to Romania, where Ivo, Ljubljana radial road. He is naked, showing marks puts it, “ultimately irresponsible media”, of the media Clara, but actually weighs on them and makes it the reversed immigrant, has been welcomed with of numerous dog bites, and a wooden dildo is lynching. A film about corruption that we are not impossible for their dreams to come true. They open arms. Ivo will fight to make his dreams come strapped around his belt, so the case is reminiscent aware of at all and about the modern Slovenian are two strangers, sharing their thirty years and true thanks to Don Ion’s help, his uncle’s ex-right- of the infamous Slovenian bullmastiff affair. Nobody society. However, more than a film about the discontent for what surrounds them. hand-man and ex-goalkeeper for the legendary knows what happened. While they are fighting for investigation itself it is a film about our inner lives, They meet by chance and seem to recognize each Steaua Bucarest, European Champions. Clara is in the lawyer’s life in the hospital, his wife Lea fights for about the beautiful and dirty thoughts, simmering other, in the precarious balance of their lives. So, a love with him, but in another country: is this exile his dignity, as she is afraid of media frenzy. “Nightlife” inside us all. series of seemingly unexpected events will take Ivo actually their only way to happiness?

Director: Damjan Kozole Director’s Filmography Producer: Danijel Hocevar • 2013 – ‘’Project Cancer’’ (documentary) Screenwriter: Damjan Kozole, Ognjen Svilicic • 2012 – ‘’The Long Vacation’’ (documentary) Principal Cast: Pia Zemljič, Jernej Šugman, • 2011 – ‘’House D’’ (short) Marko Mandić, Petre Arsovski, Jana Zupančič Director: Adriano Valerio • 2011 – ‘’This is not me’’ (documentary) Director’s Filmography Status: Post-production Producers: Emanuele Nespeca, Mario Mazzarotto, • 2009 – ‘’Dve ali tri stvari, ki jih vem o njej’’ (doc.) Adriana Solomon, Dimitar Nikolov, Ivan Tonev • 2009 – ‘’Bogdan Grom’’ (documentary) • 2013 - “37°4” (short) Screenwriter: Adriano Valerio, Ezio Abate • 2010 – “Curling” (short) • 2009 – ‘’A Call Girl’’ (feature) Cast: Luca Marinelli, Isabela Aragonese, • 2008 – ‘’Forever’’ (feature) • 2008 - “Orbite” (short) Hristo Mutafchiev • 2007 – “Da Lontano” (short) • 2008 – ‘’Jesenice: Detroit’’ (documentary) Status: In production • 2007 – ‘’Postman’’ (documentary) • 2004 – “Claire” (short) PRODUCTION COMPANIES: • 2005 – ‘’Labour Equals Freedom’’ (feature) • 2004 – ‘’Visions of Europe’’ (short) Vertigo • 2003 – ‘’Spare Parts’’ (feature) Metelkova 6, SI-1000 • 2000 – ‘’Porn Film’’ (feature) Ljubljana, Slovenia • 1997 – ‘’Deklica s frnikulami’’ (documentary) [email protected] • 1997 – ‘’Stereotype’’ (feature) PRODUCTION COMPANIES: www.vertigo.si • 1996 – ‘’Premor ob glasbi’’ (short) Movimento Film S.r.l. Parada Film Productions KT Film & Media Ars Digital Sisters and Brother Mitevski • 1995 –’’ Neme podobe slovenskega filma’’ (short) Via Mastro Georgio 15, Str. Constantin Bosianu nr. 23 Str. Kliment Ohridski 96 Str. Popova Shapka 19 Ruzvelt 4-38 • 1993 – ‘’Rojevanje Leara’’ (documentary) Rome 040505 Bucharest, 7000 Bitola, 1505 Sofia, Skopje, Macedonia • 1992 – ‘’Zdravljica’’ (short) Italy, 00153 Romania Macedonia Bulgaria [email protected] • 1988 – ‘’Remington’’ (feature) [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] www.sistersandbrothermitevski.com • 1987 – ‘’The Fatal Telephone’’ (feature) www.movimentofilm.it www.paradafilm.ro www.ktfilmedia.mk www.arsdigital.org 40 Macedonian Films 2014-2015 FEATURE FILMS 41 АФЕРАТА М И С С ТО Н THE MISS STONE AFFAIR

On September 3, 1901, a Protestant missionary unheard amount of money from the White House named Ellen Stone set out on horseback across the in order to finance their revolution against the mountainous hinterlands of Balkan Macedonia... Ottoman Empire. And a day later she was ambushed and abducted That’s how began the first hostage crisis in by a band of armed brigands, who demanded an America’s modern history!

Director: Darko Mitrevski Director’s Filmography Sasho Alushevski © Sisters and Brother Mitevski 2015 Producer: Robert Naskov, Darko Mitrevski, Sunmin Park, Ethan Park • 2012 - “The Third Half” / „Трето полувреме“ (feature) Screenwriter: Darko Mitrevski • 2007 - “Devils” / „Ѓаволи“ (short) Status: Pre-production • 2005 - “Balkancan” / „Бал-кан-кан“ (feature) • 1998 - “Good Bye 20th Century” / „Збогум на 20-от век“ (feature) СИЕРА Н Е Ва д а • 1993 - “Light, Gray” / „Светло сиво“ (short) Production CompanY: SIERRA NEVADA Kino Oko Max- Media Nobelova, 12a/6 1620 Broadway, Santa Monica, CA 90404, United 1000 Skopje, Macedonia States “Sierra Nevada” is the story of a commemoration “We are not from the North [email protected] [email protected] that never gets to take place. “Sierra Nevada” is Nor from the South. www.kinooko.com.mk www.maxmedia.org the story of those who choose to escape into Not from the East, fiction and hide their fears behind the “concrete And not from the West. reality” when overwhelmed by a grief they cannot understand. “Sierra Nevada” is the imperfect We are not even from the center. НЕЗАБОРАВНА ПРОЛЕТ ВО ЗАБОРАВЕНО СЕЛО restitution of an unorthodox requiem. We know how to celebrate the seasons. “Sierra Nevada” is the attempt to put into film And how to bend the iron with our teeth.” AN UNFORGETTABLE SPRING IN THE FORGETFUL VILLAGE Aurel Rau’s poem, “The Agathirsoi”:

The ordinary and calm life of a ‘forgetful’ village XAJA’s narcissism. Their verbal provocations end up is disturbed by the arrival of three prostitutes in in a physical fight, but soon enough the situation is the illegal bar of two pimp brothers – XHINGA pacified and the bar is able to go on with business Director: Cristi Puiu Director’s Filmography and MURSEL. The news about the arrival of the as usual. Among other regular clients of the bar is Producer: Anca Puiu three prostitutes raises the interest of the village the unemployed XHARRA, who has three little kids Co-producer: Labina Mitevska • 2013 – “Three Exercises of Interpretation” (feature) men. They – despite their poverty – spend their with his currently pregnant wife, HANA. The bar Screenwriter: Cristi Puiu • 2010 – “Aurora” (feature) last money on alcohol and sex. As the bar’s most starts to attract the children of the village as well, Status: In production • 2008 – “Seven Sketches” (feature) regular clients, the biggest ‘louts’ and their rivalry who spend all evenings eavesdropping on the • 2005 – “The Death of Mr. Lazarescu” (feature) are revealed: KICA cannot in any way cope with events inside and outside of the bar. • 2004 – “Coffee and Cigarettes” (short) • 2001 – “Stuff and Dough” (feature) Director: Kushtrim Bekteshi Producer: Sasho Pavlovski Executive Producer: Riste Tanevski Screenwriter: Kushtrim Bekteshi Status: Pre-production PRODUCTION COMPANIES: Mandragora Sisters and Brother Mitevski Production CompanY: Director’s Filmography 4 Ghe. Bratianu St, Apt.2, F. Ruzvelt 4-38 Manufaktura 011413 - Bucharest, S 1, Romania 1000 Skopje, Macedonia Ognjan Prica 1/3 - 22 • 2013 - “Dilettantes” / „Дилетанти“ (short) [email protected] [email protected] 1000 Skopje, Macedonia • 2011 - “Death of a Swan” / „Смртта на лебедот“ (short) www.mandragora.ro www.sistersandbrothermitevski.com [email protected] 42 Macedonian Films 2014-2015 FEATURE FILMS 43 Т А ЈН АТ А С О СТ О Ј к а БУЧНО THE SECRET INGREDIENT LOUD

A young man is on a quest to save his father with What do you do when the world gets too loud? His on-off world gets disturbed once his girlfriend the help of a secret ingredient. Phillip, a sensitive young boy, impulsively chooses to gets her biological clock ticking and wants him to become deaf to keep his peace of mind. As a grown conceive a child. His switching off does not help up, his deafness turns out to be an ideal protection anymore. He needs to make a decision. He asks his from the loudness of the world. Every time things shrink for advice and that sets him off to a journey get too loud or too much Philip just switches off that will make him turn up the volume on the Director: Gjorce Stavreski Director’s Filmography his hearing aid and is able to retreat in his silence. humor, pain and absurdity of life. Producer: Emilija Cockova Director: Aneta Lesnikovska Screenwriter: Gjorce Stavreski Director’s Filmography • 2013 - “Audition Material” / „Материјал за аудиција“ Producer: Nicole Ackerman, Aneta Lesnikovska Status: Pre-production (short) Co-producer: Floor Onrust • 2010 – “Mine” / „Мое“ (short) Screenwriter: Aneta Lesnikovska • 2012 - “Skopje Remixed” - omnibus (segment • 2007 - “Does It Hurt?” / „Боли ли? – Прва балканска Director of photography: Jasper Wolf “Skopje Lovers” ) / „Скопје ремикс“ – омнибус догма“ (mockumentary) Principal Cast: Jeroen Spitzenberger, Miki Manojlovic • 2007 - “Bless You”/ „На здравје“ (short) (краткометражен филм „Скопски љубовџии“) Status: Pre-production • 2008 - “At Daybreak” / „На изгрејсонце“ (short) • 2003 – “We and them” / „Ние и тие“ (short Production CompanY: • 2007 - “Home” / „Дома“ (documentary) PRODUCTION COMPANIES: documentary) Fragment Film • 2005 - “Adam And Eve” / „Адам и Ева“ ( AKA Film Mouna GmbH Samoilova 142а documentary) Jane Sandanski 22/1-5 Boskopweg 28 1000 Skopje, Macedonia • 2003 - “A Pink Movie” / „Розов филм“ (short) 1000 Skopje, Macedonia 70329 Stuttgart, Germany [email protected] • 2002 - “Misho” „Мишо“ (documentary) [email protected] [email protected] www.fragmentfilm.com www.akafilm.com www.mounamouna.com С л о б од а И Л И С М Р Т ЗЕМЈ АТА Н А П РАС К И Т Е FREEDOM OR DIE THE LAND OF PEACHES

A “soft” political satire about a peculiar Director’s Filmography When a young Russian with Macedonian roots among some of the villagers, while helping some friendship between a lonesome monkey and an Sasha Rusilov, a Moscow fruit trade businessman, to re-examine and re-evaluate their lives. At the (impoverished) zoo warden, and about an upside • 2011 - “Punk’s Not Dead” (feature) decides to expand his business out of Russia, one end, the empty spaces of the historical mosaic of down world in transition as seen by a chimpanzee • 2009 – “The Mystery of Wagner’s Tuba”/ gets the impression that his mission is exclusively the village are filled in, and imposed inhumanity is who succeeds in escaping from a zoo and „Мистеријата на Вагнеровата туба“ (feature business mission. He will buy a fertile land on south, banished for good. “Some things that you own, you becomes a rebellious hero in the cheerless documentary) in the village with two names. During his mission, over paid, but you still earn, because they don’t have environment of the Balkans... • 2003 - “Bake-house Fable”/ „Приказна за пекарата“ the memories awoke of the post-war 1946-1949 a price, priceless they are because they are yours” (feature documentary) Director’s Filmography • 2002 - “Dozen Tales About Wine” / „Дузина Director: Jane Kortoshev Director: Vladimir Blazevski приказни за виното“ (feature documentary) Producer: Vladimir Krstevski • 2005 – „How I Made the First Balkan Movie“ Producer: Darko Popov • 2001 - “The Chinese market” / „Кинески маркет“ Screenwriter: Mina Špela Stepančič / „Возови...или како го снимив првиот Screenwriter: Vladimir Blazevski (feature documentary) Director of photography: Dejan Dimeski игран филм на Балканот“ (feature) Status: Pre-production • 1992 - “Boulevard of Revolution” / „Булевар на Music: Risto Katevenovski, Ljuben Dimkaroski • 2004 – „AIR MAIL“ (short) револуцијата“ (feature) Status: Pre-production • 2002 – „Short“ / „Кратко“ (short) • 1987 - “Hi-Fi” / „Хај-Фај“ (feature) • 2001 – „Pression …or How From Time To Time • 1983 - “Hard Labour Keeps the Hunger Away” / „Кој the Balloon Pops“ / „Пресија...или како од Production CompanY: работи не се плаши од глад“ (documentary) време на време балонот пука“ (short) Punk Film • 1981 - “Gate to Eternity” / „Врати на бескрајот“ Production CompanY: • 2000 – „Phil…or Substitute to Love“/„Фил ... Vladimir Komarov 33, 2/1 (documentary) NKV Production или замена за љубовта“ (short) 1000 Skopje, Macedonia • 1979 - “Icarus” / „Икар“ (documentary) Debarca 74/2-2а • 1999 – „Six Days Left till the Lottery“ [email protected] • 1978 - “Happy New Year” / „Среќна Нова Година“ 1000 Skopje, Macedonia / „Шест дена остануваат до извлекувањето“ www.pankfilm.mk (documentary) [email protected] (short documentary) 44 Macedonian Films 2014-2015 FEATURE FILMS 45 ОМНИБЛУЗ ЗЛАТНА ПЕТОРКА OMNIBLUES GOLDEN FIVE

The story of “OMNIBLUES” deals with human with the help of their mysterious friend Petar. As Jiji, Kata and Maki are friends living in 1951 matter of weeks Maki and his friends are killed trafficking. Story develops in two parallel time the net around Ivan is getting tighter we learn Strumica. When Maki and Kata announce their by the Secret service. Fifty years later, Jiji and Kata lines, were trough the reality we are reveling the about the tragic destinies of the three girls, all engagement, Jiji is engulfed by jealousy. In a are married, but Jiji’s fragile present is disturbed past. Three girls Nora, Marija and Jasmina are victims of human trafficking, where they meet an drunken moment, he snitches on Maki and his when a man from Strumica comes in their town plotting a net around a corrupt policeman Ivan, undercover cop infiltrated in the criminal gang. friends, denouncing them as state enemies. In threatening to unravel Jiji’s dark secrets...

Director’s Filmography Director: Aleksandar Rusjakov Director’s Filmography Producer: Dejan Iliev Revolution Production Blv. ASNOM 24-3/4 • 2013 - “Play and Save” / „Игра и спас“ (short) Screenwriter: Aleksandar Rusjakov • 2008 - “Differently” / „Поинаку“ (short) 1000 Skopje, Macedonia • 2012 - “The Spirit of My Father” / „Духот на татко Director of Photography: Dushan Kardalevski • 2003 - “Third Zone” / „Трета зона“ (short) [email protected] ми“ (documentary) Status: Pre-production • 1999 - “Puppet Show” / „Папет шоу“ (short) • 2007 - “Adieus”/ „Разделби“ (short) • 2007 - “I Believe in Macedonia” / „Верувам во Македонија“(documentary) Production CompanY: Production CompanY: • 2003 - “The Lakeland of Nicola K.” / „Езерската земја DMF на Никола К.“ (documentary) Director: Goran Trenchovski Zhdanec 48b • 2003 - “Slander” / „Клевета“ (short) Producer: Dejan Miloshevski 1000 Skopje, Macedonia • 2002 - “Ghoul Quest” / „Вампирџија“ (feature) Screenwriter: Eleonora Veninova, Goran Trenchovski [email protected] • 2000 - “Krecho” / „Кречо“ (docudrama) (Based on the motives by novel and play www.dmf.mk • 1994 - “Beggars and Placards”/ „Клошари и by Bratislav Tashkovski) плакати“ (documentary) Director of Photography: Apostol Trpeski • 1993 - “Timer“/ „Временик“ (short documentary) Ц А Р СА М О И Л Status: Pre-production • 1987 - “Alter Variations” / „Алтер варијации“ (short) TSAR SAMOIL

“Tsar Samoil” is a historic spectacle with a medieval Director’s Filmography ШЕЌЕРН О Т О Д Е Т Е giant as its main character, the tsar Samoil, who created the first Macedonian - Slavic country in the • 2003 - “Like a Bad Dream” / „Како лош сон“ (feature) 11th century, in bloody battles with the famous • 1997 - “Across the Lake” / „Преку езерото“ (feature) SUGAR KID historical colossus, Vasily the Second, the leader of • 1991 - “The Love of Koco Topencarov” the Byzantine Empire. / „Љубовта на Кочо Топенчаров“ (documentary) • 1987 - “Echo”/ „Ехо“ (short) Marko the Candy Man, in order to make his Director’s Filmography • 1986 - “Time” / „Време“ (documentary) beloved wife happy, creates a boy made of Director: Antonio Mitrikeski • 1985 - “The Duel” / „Двобој“ (short) sugar. Sugar Kid inspires desire, and desire brings • 2013 - “Piano Room” / „Соба со пијано“ (feature) Producer: Dejan Miloshevski, Rob Heydon • 1985 - “A Day” / „Ден“ (documentary) evil about, which must be destroyed. Sugar Kid • 2011 - “The Future Today”/ „Иднината Screenwriter: Venko Andonovski, Antonio Mitrikeski, becomes a hero… денес“(documentary) Oliver Romevski • 2007 - “Upside down” / „Превртено“(feature) Status: Pre-production Production CompanY: • 2004 - “Bugs” / „Бубачки“ (short) Skopje Film Studio • 2000 - “Flute” / „Кавал“ (short) SlavejkoArsov 15, • 2000 - “Bagpipe” / „Гајда“ (short) PRODUCTION COMPANIES: 1000 Skopje, Macedonia • 1997 - “The Clock” / „Часовник“ (short) • 1995 - “NEP”/ „НЕП“ (documentary) Horizon Film Co-producers: Princ Film [email protected] Franklin Ruzvelt 2-8 Red Production 9106 Cold Stream Lane www.sfs.mk • 1995 - “The Blanket” / „Ќебе“ (short) 1000 Skopje, Macedonia www.redproduction.rs Eden Prairie, MN 55347 [email protected] United States of America Director: Igor Ivanov www.revolutionmkd.com 763.458.1967, [email protected] Producer:TomiSalkovski www.princfilms.com Status:Pre-production 46 Macedonian Films 2014-2015 FEATURE FILMS 47 ДЕДО И ВНУК ИСЧЕЗНАТИОТ GRANDFATHER AND NEPHEW THE MISSING ONE

The story is told through the eyes of a man who Director’s Filmography The nostalgia and the longing for his homeland has his homeland, his misfortunes and his dilemmas, gets to appreciate his grandfather’s values and made Beqir to be withdrawn into himself during his starting from his childhood up to the fatal moment struggles to live upon it. • 2014 - “Super Boy” / ‘‘Супер дете‘‘ (short) elderly years while making his inner voice his only which will push him to escape from his land. By • 2013 - “The short way, too far away” / “Краткиот пат companion. Marga, his Swiss wife, cannot stand his reading the memoires Marga finally understands the за далеку” (documentary) lack of communication, and even more his refusal truth about her husband’s despair and now she has • 2013 - „Tikves Rebelion“ / ‘‘Тиквешко Востание‘‘ to visit his homeland and his family. By the proposal to decide whether to live with him as such or to leave Director: Ilija Piperkoski (documentary) of Marga, Beqir decides to write his memoirs as a her homeland and go back with him. Producer: Ognen Antov • 2013 – „Ohrid Rebelion“ / ‘‘Охридско Востание‘‘ method for overcoming his depressive state. Through Screenwriter: Ilija Piperkoski (documentary) a retrospective we are introduced to Beqir’s life in Status: Pre-production • 2013 - “Hristo Matov” / “Христо Матов” Director’s Filmography (documentary) Director: Arben Thachi • 2013 - “Petar Shandanov” / “Петар Шанданов” Screenwriter: Arben Thachi • 2010 - “Sunshine Over Sharr Mountain - The Balcan (documentary) Producer: Arben Thachi Alps” / „Шарски зраци“ (documentary) • 2013 - “Pere Tosev” / “Пере Тошев” (documentary) Status: Pre-production • 2007 - “Behind The Darkness” / „Зад темнината“ (short) • 2013 - “Purification of the soul” / “Чистилиште на • “A Dying Life” / „Живот во изумирање“ (short Production CompanY: Душата” (documentary) documentary) Pandora’s Box Production • 2012 - “Matasari” / “Матасари” (short) Production CompanY: • “Whispers” / „Шепоти“ (short) Dame Gruev 299 • 2007 - “Me and my life without some things” / “Јас и Arbfilm • “Last View” / „Последен поглед“ (short) 1000 Skopje, Macedonia мојот живот без некои работи” (documentary) Ljube B. Pish 31 • “Photographer” / „Фотограф“ (short) [email protected] • 2006 - “Why I committed my sin” / “Зошто го Tetovo 1200, Macedonia • “Amnesia” / „Амнезија“ (short) www.pbox.mk направив својот грев” (short) [email protected] • “Forger” / „Фалсификатор“ (short) ПР О Е К Т Х Е П И Н Е С ДОМЕ СЛАТКИ ДОМЕ PROJECT HAPPINESS HOME SWEET HOME

Leo 20 years of age, diagnosed with leukemia, as much as possible about people and the world AGRON, disappeared for years during the war. in public, or to wait for the projects to end. A month decides to devote the last months of his life to that he soon has to leave. One night, he returns home. This shocks his family. passes and Agron is inside. In the school yard that a project in which by creating a video diary and Among them, a dilemma arises: how will they tell the bears his name, they unveil his statue. By now he conducting interviews he researches what makes others about his return! Many projects in the village has made a decision! people happy. Given that he has little time left, he Director’s Filmography have been done in the name of his “heroic death”. If begins recognizing the beauty of each day, whilst he shows up alive, the project benefiters will have Director’s Filmography people are opening up to him about their most • 2012 - “Skopje Remixed” - omnibus (segment “The many problems. His family receives financial help • 2013 – ‘’Morea’’ (feature) intimate moments of happiness. Through those Colors of Love”) / „Скопје ремикс“ – омнибус as family of the martyr, and that income has been • 2011 – ‘’SOS’’ (short) shared moments, Leo, in short time strives to learn (краткометражен филм „Боите на љубовта“) credited. Now Agron has two choices; to show up • 2012 – ‘’The war’’ (short) • 2006 - “Haiku 1, 2, 3”/ „Хаику 1, 2, 3“ Director: Faton Bajraktari • 2010 – ‘’The Valley of Llapushnik’’ (documentary) • 2005 - “Aleph” / „Алеф“ (short) Director: Borjan Zafirovski Producer: Trim Musliu • 2010 – ‘’Travel to the Depth of Soil’’ (documentary) • 2003-2004 - “Mirror” / „Огледало“ (short) Producer: Novo Makedonsko Video Screenwriter: Zimber Kelmendi • 2010 – ‘’Three Windows’’ (short) • 2001/2002 - “The portrait of the young artist in the Screenwriter: Borjan Zafirovski Cast: Donat Qosja • 2008 – ‘’I See the World’’ (short) 21st century” / Портретот на младиот уметник во Status: Pre-production Status: Pre-production • 2008 – ‘’The Treasure’’ (short) 21от век (short) • 2007 – ‘’The Escape’’ (short) • 2001 - “Goldfish”/ „Златна рипка“ (documentary) PRODUCTION COMPANIES: • 2007 – ‘’The Attempt’’ (short) Production CompanY: • 1999/2000 - “Exit” / „Егзит“ (short) • 1997 - “ Inner City Life” (documentary) CIP – Cineproduction Co-production Company: Novo Makedonsko Video • 1996 - “Colors” / „Бои“ (short) Rruga Muhamet Fejza Arnel Production Karaorman 26 • 1995 - “... Are Dead” / „... Се мртви“ (documentary) banesat e Royalit hyrja c15/13 BLOK 82 BA / 12 1000 Skopje, Macedonia • 1990 - “The Dead Pigeon” / „Мртвиот гулаб“ nr 3 dhe 4 1200 Tetovo, Macedonia [email protected] (documentary) [email protected] [email protected] 48 Macedonian Films 2014-2015 МАЈСТОРОТ DOCUMENTARY FILMS THE MASTER

All Christian churches in the Ottoman Empire Turkish Lord, who despises the Sultan, arrests had to be built one step below the ground, so him and orders him to back off and lower the as to be lower than Muslim mosques. Prompted church’s floor. Out of fear of the Lord’s reprisal, by the just announced Decree of Equality of all the village Priest demands the same. The Master, Citizens of the Ottoman Empire, the Master, a who is dedicated to raising his young son as a well renowned Orthodox Church builder and person of integrity, faces an impossible choice - • Do Not Touch It with Dirty Hands painter, decides, for the first time in the history of to stop before the threat and, thus, destroy his • Child in the World his people, to build in his own village a church on young boy’s trust in everything he has taught • A Day To Be Happy the same level as the mosques. Totally opposite him, or to “practice what he preaches” and thus, to the actual Shаria low! The powerful local endanger everything he loves and cares about. • The Old Man’s Last Resistance • Macedonia Mon Amour • Shining Darkness Director: Ivo Trajkov Production CompanY: Producer: Simeon Damevski, LjupchoTodorovski-Upa • Muci, the Fireman ProdukcijaVidik Screenwriter: LjupchoTodorovski-Upa • Opera DichoPetrov 2 Status: Pre-production 1000 Skopje, Macedonia • The Children of My Father [email protected] • My American Pilgrimage • Manaki – A story Through Pictures • VanjaLazarova (Born In Pain) • Dionis’ Museum • My World Is Upside Down • Why Me? • Uncle Georgia Travels to Bagram • Elina • DODA • Story of One Building • Caimo • TAT • 8/Macedonian Calgija Tradition • The Road of Turkish Delight • The Theatre of Skupi • Bern Bern • How Do You Define Arrogance? • Love Room • The Man With Two Faces • The Renaissance Embryo • Voice From Bucharest 50 Macedonian Films 2014-2015 DOCUMENTARY FILMS 51

Н Е Ч ЕП к а Ј С О В а л к а Н И РА Ц Е ДЕТЕТО ВО СВЕТОТ DO NOT TOUCH IT WITH DIRTY HANDS CHILD IN THE WORLD

In this documentary we stress the excitement of fears, artistic concept of “white” life journey and Heartwarming childhood memories of a acclaimed for his humorous and poetic style, the need for artistic expression even in the toughest the suffering of his family from his native Zhelevo, documentary filmmaker, illustrated with images Ljube Cvetanovski takes us on an unforgettable and saddest moments in the life of painter Tanas Macedonia through Yugoslavia to Bucharest and from his travels in over 20 countries. An iconic journey. Lulovski. Those who knew him unconditionally back to Macedonia. The memories are painful but figure of travel documentary in Macedonia, respected his free, unwavering spirit, his undeniably precious gift of Tane that Jana brings with it. Here great talent and his work which is certainly part of are the photos, his papers and reminders, slippers our national artistic cultural heritage. Through his and his legacy not be forgotten that “art must be Original Format: HD Director of Photography: Viktor Joncevski last and perhaps the only interview Tanas Lulovski carried from birth, if not so you will only bother Running Time: 78` Editor: Goce Cvetanovski with unique style of expression reveals his desires, yourself and others around you!” Year of Release: 2015 Production Designer: Viktor Joncevski Director: Goce Cvetanovski Sound Designer: Milan Simovski Producer: Andrej Cvetanovski Music: Milan Simovski, Oliver Josifovski Screenwriter: Vlado Cvetanovski, Ljube Cvetanovski Principal Cast: Trajanka Cvetanovska, Jordan Plevnes Original Format: 16:9 Year of Release: 2014 Running Time: 52` Production CompanY: Director: Vencislav Ristov Enoh Production Producer: Bogdan Jonchevski Blv. Vidoe Smilevski Bato no.77-2-47 Screenwriter: Gena Teodosievska 1000 Skopje, Macedonia Director of Photography: Viktor Jonchevski [email protected] Editor: Bogdan Jonchevski, Kole Jovanovski Sound Designer: Kole Jovanovski Music: Tanaskov Boris Principal Cast: Tanas Lulovski

Production CompanY: FESTIVALS: Citystar Production • International Cinematographers’ Film festival Belishka 13a “Manaki Brothers”, Macedonia, 2014 1000 Skopje, Macedonia [email protected] 52 Macedonian Films 2014-2015 DOCUMENTARY FILMS 53

Д ЕН О Т д а Е Ра д о С Е Н П О С Л Е Д Е Н О ТП О Р Н А С Т А РЕЦ О Т A DAY TO BE HAPPY THE OLD MAN’S LAST RESISTANCE

The question whether the punk is dead is constantly an intimate conversation with some of the most Garip is 89 years old man, he is among the last to as if he doesn’t know the period in which he lives, thrown around, as well as what is punk and if this or important figures of the Macedonian alternative make wooden spoons as his primary source of sometimes he reminds them that his spoons that is punk enough. “A Day to Be Happy” is a movie scene. What is meaning of the word in-law”? How is income. As he walks down the bazaar’s old streets keep the mouth and teeth clean, sometimes he in the shape of a testimony about the constant fight Thursday more important from the rest of the days in various cities of Macedonia he wonders why the is begging them to buy. But his real drama begins of few musical individuals not to be put in the bin in the week? Who is in charge for making “turshija” people are not interested in his wooden spoons, when he’s back home. where music has some purpose, some genre, some and who is in charge of rakija, during their 15 years of goal or some fee. The film uses the band Kulturno making music? One is for sure: It’s easy to get in KUR, Original Format: 5K Umetnicki Rabotnici as the main protagonist to show but getting out is trickier. So, A Day to Be Happy. Production CompanY: Running Time: 35` Arb Film Year of Release: 2014 Ljube B. Pish 31 Director: Arben Thachi 1220 Tetovo, Macedonia Producer: Arben Thachi [email protected] Screenwriter: Arben Thachi Original Format: HD Editor: Tode Kocev Director of Photography: Halim Luta Year of Release: 2014 Director of Photography: Igor Angelovski Editor: Shpetim Ameti Running time: 65’ Sound designer: Darko Spasovski Sound Designer: Raif Zeneli Director: Ljubica Popovska Music: Kulturno Umetnicki Rabotnici Music: Fatos Lumani Producer: Goran Stojilkovic, Vladimir Stojcevski Principal Cast: Kulturno Umetnicki Rabotnici Cast: Garip Ibrahimi, Rafi Halili, Mile Tanevski-Kukulj Screenwriter: Ljubica Popovska

Production CompanY: FESTIVALS: Award Film&Video Cinedays Festival of European Film, Skopje, Kosta Novakovic, 1A/32 Macedonia, 2014 1000 Skopje, Macedonia Festival of Documentary Rock Film “DORF”, Vinkovci, [email protected] Croatia, 2015 [email protected] Festival of Documentary Rock Film “DORF”, Osijek, www.award-film.com Croatia, 2015 54 Macedonian Films 2014-2015 DOCUMENTARY FILMS 55

М а к Е д о НИЈ А Љ У б о В М О Ј А О СВЕТ Л ЕН АТ А Т Е М Н И Н А MACEDONIA MON AMOUR SHINING DARKNESS

Past and present melt together. A picture of antique period, the medieval Ohrid theological Berisha family from Prizren, Republic of Kosovo are especially for the mother who from housewife has to Macedonia and it’s diversity of civilizations and school and monastic life to the first global holy the heroes of this documentary film. They are six become a pedagogue and a teacher, while she reads cultural influences. The film follows the very - Mother Theresa. The film also explores the members, Nebi – the father, Zelije – the mother and all the school lessons for the children so they can important Christian life in Macedonia from the young Macedonian generation discovering this four children, Valbona, Valon, Valmira and Diellza. know and remember them. The success is already days of Saint Paul, the Christian towns in the late Christian heritage. Besides Valbona, the other children of this family from evident, as Valon Valmira are too close for gaining a the age of 7-8, have completely lost their sight due to Masters Degree at State University of Tetovo, while a disease that causes the extinction of the eye stem Diellza the younger daughter is in University of cell. The subject of this documentary is the ambition Prizren – Faculty of Law. of this family to overcome this great challenge, Original Format: HD Editor: Klemens Radke Year of Release: 2014 Director of Photography: Tanja Koop Running Time: 60` Sound Designer: Martin Grube Original Format: HD (1080-1920) Director: Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Stockm, Andreas Raab Music: Synthesis Year of Release: 2015 Producer: Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Stock, Ljube Cvetanovski, Principal Cast: Bojana Stojmenovska Running time: 23` Vladimir Stojcevski Director: Arsim Fazlija Producer: Muzafer Etemi Screenwriter: Arsim Fazlija Director of Photography: Rexhep Ibrahimi Editor: Shpetim Ameti Production CompanY: Sound designer: Qenan Mamuti Convincet GmbH EFA Production Sales Agent: Music: Ilir Bajrami Cine plus Media Service GmbH & Nikola Rusinski 1 Convincet GmbH Cast: Zelije Berisha, Nebi Berisha, Valbona Berisha, Co. KG, Unter den Linden 21 1000 Skopje, Cine plus Media Service GmbH & Vallon Berisha, Valmira Berisha, Diellza Berisha. 10117 Berlin, Macedonia Co. KG, Unter den Linden 21 Germany [email protected] 10117 Berlin, Germany

Production CompanY: FESTIVALS: Sejvi Production • Macedonian Film Festival, Toronto, Canada, 2014 Str. 146 no.31 1200 Tetovo, Macedonia [email protected] 56 Macedonian Films 2014-2015 DOCUMENTARY FILMS 57

П О Ж А РНИ к а Р О Т М У Ц И ОПЕРА MUCI, THE FIREMAN OPERA

In his 32-years of professional involvement he focusing on his choice of profession, which is not In this documentary we will show the position of public and the artists. The professional life of the has participated in over 2000 interventions on only humane, but also very dangerous. the professional musician and the difficulties that different artists from different profiles will be buildings, over 150 interventions of extinguishing Besides that he has saved many lives from certain he faces every day. Furthermore, will be studied shown simultaneously in this documentary. large scale forest fires, and saved 23 lives. He death during a fire, he is also trying to help his the fact why there is a lack of a link between the was wounded in action seven times, including fellow citizens by training them what to do when one with serious injuries and burns. Yes, he is confronted with fire. the fireman Sam, Muzafer Shabanov - the only His idea - to open a fire station in the neighborhood Original Format: Full HD professional fireman-Rom in Macedonia. where he lives - has not yet encountered the Year of Release: 2015 Through the words of the protagonist and his possibility of realization. Running time: 37` family and colleagues the story is developed Producer: Afrim Farizi Director: Bajram Bajrami Production CompanY: Screenwriter: Lejla Halimi Lumani DEA Production Editor: Muhamer Mustafa 178/14 Mala Rechica Director of Photography: Ibrahim Mahmuti Original Format: AVI 1200 Tetovo, Macedonia Sound designer: Fatos Lumani Year of Release: 2015 [email protected] Music: Fatos Lumani Running time: 15’18” Director: Sasha Stanishik Producer: Vangel Michevski Screenwriter: Zoran Dimov Director of Photography: Igor Dimov Sound designer: Vladimir Ovcharovski Music: Emilio Muarem

Production CompanY: TV Studio 7 doo Blvd. Jane Sandanski, 112/1-17 1000 Skopje, Macedonia P.Box 59, 1000 Skopje, Macedonia [email protected] www.tv-studio7.com.mk 58 Macedonian Films 2014-2015 DOCUMENTARY FILMS 59

Д ЕЦ АТ А Н А М О Ј О Т Т АТ к о М О Ј О Т А МЕРИ к а НС К И А ЏИ л а к THE CHILDREN OF MY FATHER MY AMERICAN PILGRIMAGE

The documentary film “The Children of My Father” students, who were influenced by his pedagogic This biographical documentary tells the story of Balkan affairs and the American immigrant is a story about the life and work of Sureja Imami, work. But, after his death we started to discover Stoyan Christowe, a peasant boy born in Ottoman experience and the process of becoming an who he was and what was his impact on Albanian details about his life and his importance in the Macedonia in 1898 who as a thirteen-year-old American. Although he became a great American education and music. community that we weren’t aware of before. That orphan immigrated to America embarking on patriot most of his life he struggled with the idea This is a search by his 3 sons about their father’s was the initial moment for starting of this film, a relentless quest to become an American. He of being only half American, torn by his loyalty life. We knew that he was the first Albanian music where I will show my journey during the process of became a journalist, author, and a state legislator. towards his adoptive country and a sentimental teacher in Macedonia and that he had a lot of discovering unknown details about my father’s life. Much of what he wrote about had to do with attachment to his native Macedonia.

Original Format: HD Year of Release: 2015 Running time: 20` / 52` Original Format: Beta SP & DV & HD Director of Photography: Branf Ferro, Director: Besfort Imami Running Time: 68’ Nehru Sulejman, Janko Virant Producer: Goran Stojilkovic, Vladimir Stojcevski Narrated by: John Wray Music: Bojan Gjoshevski Screenwriter: Besfort Imami Director: Pavlina Proevska Sound Design: Hollie Bennett Assistant director: Biljana Garvanlieva Producer: Pavlina Proevska Language: English Assistant screenwriter: Katerina Momeva Editors: Marion Delarche, Ciaran Waumsley Status: Completed Editor: Qazim Milaimi Screenwriter: Pavlina Proevska Director of Photography: Besfort Imami Music: Ermalj Mehmeti

Production CompanY: PRODUCTION COMPANIES: Award Film & Video Macedonian Arts Council Coproducer Kosta Novakovic, 1A/32 380 Rector Pl. Suite 21E FilmsZaNas DOOEL 1000 Skopje, Macedonia New York City, NY 10280, USA 29 Noemvri GTC 19 [email protected] [email protected] 7310 Resen, Macedonia www.award-film.com www.macedonianarts.org [email protected] 60 Macedonian Films 2014-2015 DOCUMENTARY FILMS 61

М А Н а к И – П Р И к а ЗН А В О С Л И К И ВАЊА ЛАЗАРОВА (СО МАКИ СУМ СЕ РОДИЛА) MANAKI – A STORY THROUGH PICTURES VANJALAZAROVA (BORN IN PAIN)

The film incorporates the photographic and film the film “Manaki – A story through pictures” has The film is a presentation of her current old age professionally and in private, interwoven with work of Janaki and Milton Manaki, the first Balkan been carefully researched and reconfirmed with life, intermingled with her career of sixty years. her life today in the institution which represents cinematographers. Over the years the Manaki presented artifacts. The film’s narrative begins Composed of statements made by the living the last station in life, enriched with the archive brothers have been mythologized and additional at their birthplace of Janina where the Manaki witnesses of her long career, archive footage material, will create a vivid, dynamic and rich attributions to their legacy have been made brothers have spent their childhood and part of and photos, “Nursing Home Diva” is a portrait of biographical film. In the twilight of her life, the in order to further eulogize their undisputed their youth. The story is told through animating the biggest living voice of the Macedonian folk song continues to be her constant preoccupation. importance. However, tendencies to add new original documentary photographs and follows song. The film unites her stellar moments of life. She sings every day, filling the long retirement and unconfirmed information, is unnecessary them as they make their first professional studio The testimonies of the people who knew her days with the beauty of the Macedonian music. and harmful since their legacy is already of great work in 1898, and later move to Bitola, known as cultural value not only to Macedonia, but also ‘the city’ of the Manaki brothers. the wider Balkan context. Therefore, each and Production CompanY: Director: Sinisa Eftimov every information, fact and opinion presented in Media Broadcasting Producer: Media Broadcasting Ul. Nikola Parapunov No.41 Screenwriter: Sinisa Eftimov 1000 Skopje, Macedonia Original Format: Full HD Music: Vanja Lazarova [email protected] Running Time: 60` Status: Post-production Year of Release: 2015 Director: Robert Jankuloski Screen Writer: Ilindenka Petrusheva Producer: Robert Jankuloski Editor: Blaze Dulev Director of Photography: Robert Jankuloski Production Designer: Monika Moteska Sound Designer: Darko Spasovski Music: Darko Spasovski

Production CompanY: MCF Film Production Zeleznicka 18 1000 Skopje, Macedonia [email protected] 62 Macedonian Films 2014-2015 DOCUMENTARY FILMS 63

Музејот на Дионис М О Ј О Т П Р Е В Р Т Е Н С В Е Т Dionis’ Museum MY WORLD IS UPSIDE DOWN

Dionis’ Museum is an earnest story about world.By virtue of the tragicomic, the film wrecks “My world is upside down“ is a creative music Basile, Hugo Race, Bernays Propaganda, Kimmo DionisPashlakov, a teacher and passionate collector the dominant, patriarchic role of man in traditional documentary film that features songs of Frane Pohjonen, John Bonnar, Toni Kitanovski & Cherkezi of vintage cars, and his wife with whom he lives in family. While Dionis daydreams to open a museum Milcinski Jezek interpreted by world’s leading Orkestra, Robert Fisher ... Jezek remains the most harmony. Settled in a small Macedonian province, of vintage cars, his wife makes cakes to support the musicians such as Teresa Salgueiro, Chris Eckman, important Slovene humorist and satirist. this story illustrates the position of the ordinary family and his dream. John Parish, Tomaž Pengov, Josipa Lisac, Cesare man in a specific community and generallyin the Director: IlijaCvetkovski, AtanasGeorgiev Director of Photography: PakovskiDragan, Producer: AtanasGeorgiev SamirLjuma, Dimo Popov Editor: AtanasGeorgiev Status: In production Screen Writer: MarijanaKotevska Original Format: HD Sound Designer: Vladimir Rakic PRODUCTION COMPANIES: Running Time: 80` Music & Cast: Frane Miličinski-Ježek, Kimmo Pohjonen, Trice Films BDC Bulgaria Director: Petra Selishkar Tomaž Pengov, Cezare Basile, John Bonnar, Robert MihailChakov no.7a, 1/28 68 BudapestaStr, 1202 Sofia, Bulgaria Producer: Brand Ferro, Petra Selishkar Fisher, Hugo Race & True Spirit, Chris Eckman, Bernays 1000 Skopje, Macedonia tel/fax: + 359 (2) 983 14 11, 983 19 29 Screenwriter: Petra Selishkar Propaganda, Toni Kitanovski & Cherkezi Orkestra, [email protected] View Gallery Director of Photography: Brand Ferro Josipa Lisac, John Parish & Teresa Salgueiro. Editor: Dorijan Milovanovic, Blagoja Nedelkovski Status: Post-production

PRODUCTION COMPANIES: Petra Pan Film Co-production Restart Golden Girls Movimenta Production Dunajska 195 Companies: PPFP Ltd. Trg Vladka Mačeka 1 Filmproduktion GmbH Via 3 Febbario 7/a 1000 Ljubljana, Mihail Chakov no.9/5-16 10000 Zagreb, Siedengasse 15/3/20 41012 Carpi, Slovenia 1000 Skopje, Macedonia Croatia 1070 Vienna, Austria Italy [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] www.petrapan.com www.petrapan.com www.restarted.hr www.goldengirls.at www.movimenta.it 64 Macedonian Films 2014-2015 DOCUMENTARY FILMS 65

ЗОШТО ЈАС? БАТКО ЃОРЃИЈА ПАТУВА ЗА БАГРАМ WHY ME? UNCLE GEORGE TRAVELS TO BAGRAM

The Chernobyl disaster was one of the most people affected with radiation in Macedonia Disoriented and unemployed young man different kinds of personalities with different horrible man-made disasters on the European from different points of view. The documentary from Kumanovo tries to find a connection attitudes about this unique working-abroad continent of the last century. This event left illustrates the bad effects of nuclear energy and for Afghanistan war-zone jobs, where most phenomenon. We witness cultural conflicts in the many undesired consensus, both physical and shows that its consequences do not recognize Kumanovo people go to work in hope to solve battle for a better life. psychological. Chernobyl affected people all over the color, nation, or religion of people. the actual economic crises. On his way, he meets the world, including the Balkans. In Macedonia, Original Format: Full HD 16:9 the Chernobyl disaster affected different people Running Time: 30` in different ways. The documentary “Why Me?” Director: Senad Abduli examines the Chernobyl disaster by interviewing Producer: Senad Abduli Screenwriter: Salajdin Salihi Director of Photography: Robert Jankulovski Production CompanY: Editor: Blazhe Dulev Production CompanY: Director: Frosina Naumovska Arnel Production Production Designer: Sabidin Ali Light production Producer: Aleksandar Krstevski Block 82 БА/12 Sound Designer: Darko Spasovski-Packi Stokholmska no.10/2-3 Executive Producer: Elena Stanisheva 1220 Tetovo, Macedonia Music: Bajram Cupi 1000 Skopje, Macedonia Screenwriter: Frosina Naumovska [email protected] Status: In production [email protected] Status: Pre-production 66 Macedonian Films 2014-2015 DOCUMENTARY FILMS 67 ЕЛИНА ПРИ к а ЗН А З А Е Д Н А З Г Ра д а ELINA STORY OF ONE BUILDING

Elina is the main character in this documentary symbiosis between European jazz and Balkan One seven story building stands near the Centre Macedonians, Gypsies, Romanians, Hungarians, film. But, who exactly is this girl Elina? All Albanians folklore, and with her song, to praise the cultural of the small town of Tetovo, located in the west Serbs and Bosnians. They live in the same building would give the same answer to this question: Elina treasury and tradition of one generation of Albanian part of Macedonia, as a “border” between one part for years and they are all in some kind of a silent is the symbol of the Albanian folklore, a singer with artists in her second homeland Switzerland… Elina of the city where Macedonian population lives conflict with each other, but still they live common a magnificent voice! However, she has crossed the is a true story about the spirit of Albanian artists… and the other where Albanian population lives. life as neighbors. boundaries of her homeland. Her voice enchanted In the building, like in a beehive live Albanians, the people of Switzerland who proclaimed her Original Format: HD as the greatest invention of the 20th century Year of Release:2014 in Switzerland! One might ask why? Well, with Running Time:52 min. her amazing artistic gift, she managed to create Director: Merita Cocoli- Sali Producer: Vegim Кamberi Screen Writer: Merita Cocoli- Sali Executive Producer: Vegim Kamberi Editor: Besa Miftiu Original Format: HD Director of Photography: Spartak Papadhimitri Director: Biljana Garvanlieva Producer: Ognen Antov Sound designer:Senad Jashari Production CompanY: Production CompanY: Music:Sara Kadrii Screen Writer: Biljana Garvanlieva Director of Photography: Manuel Zimmer Ars Media Club Principal Cast: Elina Duni, Dream Factory Macedonia Editor: Filip Grchevski Ohridska no.43 Rexhep Rifati,Blerim Bunjaku, Kej 13 Noemvri 5/8 Sound Designer: Darko Boshkovski 1220 Tetovo, Macedonia Admir Mehmedi,Ismail Murati 1000 Skopje, Macedonia Principal Cast: Samir Ljuma, Ana Marija Blazevski [email protected] Status: Post-production [email protected] www.dfm.mk Status: Post-production ДОДА КAЈМO DODA CÁIMÒ

On 26 April 1933, the Neue Freie Presse in Vienna the desk of his study by shooting himself through Traditionally nomadic shepherds, Aromanians - or Using an observational and poetic style, it published the following article: Bloody drama in the mouth. A letter to police…”The reason for my Vlachs - are an ethnic group with a Latin-based depicts the everyday routine, the dysfunctions, the Singerstrasse, Scholar commits murder and suicide is my nervous system which is at its end. The language that can be found in different parts of the poverty, the music and the ambivalent suicide. “As we have already reported, the fifty- fact that I killed my long-term friend and secretary, the Balkans. CÁIMÒ, meaning ‘BITTER REGRET’, attachment to the past of a ruptured family that five year old lecturer Baron Franz Nopcsa shot Mr Bajazid Elmaz Doda, in his sleep, without him follows one of the few remaining Aromanian struggles to maintain its identity in a world that his longtime secretary, the forty-five year old having an inkling as to what was going on, was family in a village of Eastern Macedonia (FYROM). has no use for its traditional values. Albanian Bayazid Elmas Doda, yesterday morning because I did not want to leave him behind sick, in in his fourth-story apartment in house No. 1 of misery and in poverty because since he could have Singerstrasse 12 and then committed suicide at suffered too much. I wish to be cremated.” Original Format: 2K, FULL HD Running time: 85’ Director & Producer: Aleksandar Zikov Original Format: HD video Screen Writer: Lydia Papadimitriou Running Time: 108` Executive Producer: Ilija Cvetkovski Director: Visar Vishka Film consultant: Prof. Dr. Stefan Sidovski Screen Writer: Visar Vishka Editor: Aleksandar Zikov Producer: Visar Vishka Director of Photography: Ivan Zoroski Production CompanY: Director of Photography: Filip Kondovski Production CompanY: Camera & Steadycam op.: Sotir Ivanovski VIS Production Editor: Zoran Canchevski Arka Media Sound designer: Igor Naumov Belicica 53, Sound Editor: Darko Spasovski Orce Nikolov 109 Music: Atanase Jorjica, Marija Zikova 1230 Gostivar, Macedonia Music: Darko Spasovski 1000 Skopje, Macedonia Principal Cast: Nako, Maria, Mite, Lena [email protected] Status: Post-production [email protected] Status: Post-production 68 Macedonian Films 2014-2015 DOCUMENTARY FILMS 69 ТАТ- транзициска еуфорија или национална измама П АТ О Т Н А л о к УМ О Т TАТ- Transitional euphoriа or national fraud THE ROAD OF TURKISH DELIGHT

The project is a documentary related to one of the “treated” and might never be overcome. “Reviving” Comparative view of historical way of lokum – cultural heritage. Also, the rule of the masters as largest banking financial scandals that rocked Bitola, this topic at a time when many living witnesses the Turkish delight and contemporary using in a main subject on this cultural habits and keepers where the affair “TAT” happened, as well as the lives speak openly about what happened in TAT, and the context of globalization. The main point will of traditions. Besides Macedonia, the research will of the many savers from Macedonia and abroad. “who were the main protagonists in the film”. Some be put on this delight in Republic of Macedonia include the other neighboring countries too. Trying to recover already lost money in Pyramid of the “living” actors will give their own statements, where this product is important segment of the savings, savers were faced with many personal and which is rarity in documentaries, the documented family dramas. In some cases, the consequences to be confirmed by the witnesses of the event. were death, suicide and murder as a result of the After all, this is one of the goals of the film, the truth unsettled credit-debt accounts. But the most of the “TAT” to come to light, a privilege yet to be tragic thing is that the consequences are still being experienced. Original Format: HD 720p 50fps Year of Release: 2014 Running time: 47’56” Original Format: Full HD Director: Sasho Milenkovski Director: Elizabeta Koneska Producer: Ofelija Novakovik Producer: Robert Jankuloski Production CompanY: Screenwriter: Petar Atanasoski Production CompanY: Screenwriter: Elizabeta Koneska Video Mosaic Editor: Nikolina Kelesovska-Pavlovska MCF Film Production Director of Photography: Robert Jankuloski Str. 1 bb - Trnovo Director of Photography: Dejan Mladenovik Zeleznicka 18 Editor: Blazhe Dulev 7000 Bitola, Macedonia Sound designer: Blagoj Krstanov 1000 Skopje, Macedonia Sound Designer: Darko Spasovski [email protected] Music: Sasho Milenkovski [email protected] Status: In production МАКЕДОНСКА ЧАЛГИСКА ТРАДИЦИЈА ТЕАТАРОТ НА СКУПИ MACEDONIAN CALGIJA TRADITION THE THEATRE OF SKUPI

Chalgija blends the difference between Eastern in the application of this inheritance In the film On the outskirts of Skopje, (the capital of the amphitheater and reopen it for public use. The and Western musical heritage. It touches and together through digitization of old archival Macedonia) the archeologists discovered reconstruction project is estimated to last for three clarifies the difference in the music systems footage of performances of the bards of this remnants of an ancient city called Scupi. The years. The idea of the film is to follow and document and 8th beats in Macedonian chalgija system type of music and performance saved another amphitheater is one among many other public the activities but also define the meeting point and church singing. This film follows the same important segment of the Macedonian music buildings, witnessing the shine and glory of what between distant past and present times. Human time in history and the beginnings of chalgija of traditions for future generations. sometimes used to be a vivid and noisy city on curiosity often manifests and satisfies itself through Constantinople/Istanbul to Macedonia through Parallel to follow the action and the creation and Via Egnatia crossroad. It was a place for social the phenomenon of “scenium”. Contemporary a century. Follow the history of the Macedonian development of Chalgia Sound System arising gatherings, festivals, games and theatre plays, so man shares the same desires and urges for more music groups founded in Ohrid, Veles, Bitola and from this school and today is the survival of this the Skopje City Council would like to reconstruct or less similar objectives. Turkish classical music and contemporary music musical style to us.

Production CompanY: Award Film&Video Kosta Novakovic, 1A/32 Production CompanY: 1000 Skopje, Macedonia Director: Blazhe Dulev Focus Pocus Director: Vladimir Blazevski [email protected] Producer: Goran Stojilkovic, Vladimir Stojcevski Vladimir Komarov 33-2/11b Producer: Darko Popov [email protected] Screenwriter: Risto Soluncev 1000 Skopje, Macedonia Screenwriter: Vladimir Blazevski www.award-film.com Status: In production [email protected] Status: In production 70 Macedonian Films 2014-2015 DOCUMENTARY FILMS 71 БЕРН БЕРН ЉУБОВНАТА СОБА BERN BERN LOVE ROOM

Cultural and religious diversity, mixed families, The story of several culturally diverse women, and elimination of prejudices for good and bad their emotional, social and psychological journey nations is going to be a main motive of the movie while their husbands and partners are serving Bern Bern. The movie shows a real life story of prison sentences. The film focuses on the impact mixed marriages and new concepts of European the conjugal visits have on several Balkan women society. and it explores the effects it has on family as it paints the portraits of these extraordinary women and their transformations.

Production CompanY: Director: Sabedin Ali Production CompanY: Vizioni Plus Producer: Sabedin Ali Suzi Kju Production Director: Suzana Dinevski Str. 101, Poroj 25 Screenwriter: Nusret Emurlai Bulevar Ilinden 5/24 Producer: Suzana Dinevski 1200 Tetovo, Macedonia Director of Photography: Robert Jankuloski 1000 Skopje, Macedonia Screenwriter: Suzana Dinevski [email protected] Status: In Production [email protected] Status: Pre-Production

HOW DO YOU DEFINE ARROGANCE? ч о ВЕ к о Т С О Д В Е Л ИЦ А THE MAN WITH TWO FACES

Professional negligence, infantile stubbornness the beneficiaries’ reality, “creative and innocent” yet, Venko Markovski is without doubt one of the most death - Goli Otok, to his emergence as a new star and indigenous casualness and resourcefulness according to norms-fraudulent practices of the controversial figures in Macedonian history. From of the Bulgarian literary and political sky, makes on the side of the candidates to the EU. On the beneficiaries followed by the communication of the founder of the Macedonian language and the character of this Macedonian, interesting and other, “rigidity and unbearable routine and pose” rules in an EU-overbearing manner, problematizes literature, through the suffering on the island of long-awaited theme for documentary movie. of the “Borganism of the massive European the perception of values in the modern, European administration”. The movie pictures two, far and world. Which form of arrogance is the one that almost untouchable, worlds. The world of the can harness core European and human values?! beneficiaries of the European financial help and, as described by them, the “Golgotha”, they go through while managing projects following EU standards, and the world of the EU officers Director: Nebojsa Ilijevski handling candidates while practicing detailed yet Producer: Aleksandra Iloska endlessly sterile European procedures, developed Screenwriter: Nebojsa Ilijevski to guard European values. Comic situations from Status: Pre-production Production CompanY: Award Film&Video Kosta Novakovic, 1A/32 Original Format: HD Production CompanY: 1000 Skopje, Macedonia Director: Marija Dzidzeva HOLISTIK film 1000 Skopje, Macedonia [email protected] Producer: Goran Stojilkovic, Vladimir Stojcevski Ul. Ljuba Ivanovik 7A [email protected] [email protected] Screenwriter: Dime Ratajkovski (postal, Rudi Cajavec 10/8) www.holistik.mk www.award-film.com Status: Pre-production 72 Macedonian Films 2014-2015 SHORT FILMS РЕНЕСА Н С Е Н Е М Б РИ О Н THE RENAISSANCE EMBRYO

The documentary film “Renaissance embryo” a new way of fresco painting that is part of the FINISHED: elaborated the mystery of the origin of the Macedonian cultural heritage of the 12th century Renaissance fresco painting. The film explains the and displays similarities with the painting of the · The Cave opposite way of the Renaissance fresco painting Italian painter Giotto di Bondone from Florence, · Fairytale starting from Macedonia 200 years earlier than the who worked in the 14th century. · Karma world famous Renaissance. The film represents

COMING SOON: · Birthday · Down from Heaven · Uncertain Death · Rules of Art · The Field Production CompanY: UPCOMING PROJECTS: Lavirint production Director: Milan Jaksic Blv. Mitropolit Teodosij Gologanov 43/1-2 Producer: Petar Dzurovski · Aida 1000 Skopje, Macedonia Screenwriter: Milan Jaksic · Ambush [email protected] Status: Pre-production · Color Negative · The Dream about the Blood and Soul · Every Day You Have To Eat Гл аС ОД БУ К У Р Е Ш Т · Pepi and Muto · The Butcher VOICE OF BUCHAREST · Father · Fight for Death · Shoes Who is the man that astonishes with its creative · Us and Them energy and its artistic soul? In Bucharest, you can constantly found him among the most popular · Sneakers figures, respectively, among the elite of the · Yellow Tulips Only personalities of science, culture, theater, film... If you seek a personality that has special affinities to build bridges of friendship between people, by cultural values and creative exalted as a spiritual treasure shaft, this will be Baki Ymeri, carrier for affirmation of these values.

Production CompanY: Leoid film Director: Leotrim Idrizi Blagoja Toska Br. BL 82/BA-17 Producer: Leotrim Idrizi 1200 Tetovo, Macedonia Screenwriter: Muarem Idrizi [email protected] Status: Pre-production 74 Macedonian Films 2014-2015 SHORT FILMS 75

ПЕШТЕРАТА ПРИКАЗНА THE CAVE THE FAIRYTALE

The film follows angry young musician Adham When he reaches out to an old friend, he finds he A sad love story between Agron and Lena will be through the contrasting landscapes of an ever- has moved on - and up - and the foundation of the next story that grandfather Beni will tell to his Original Format: Full HD 16:9 evolving Cairo. For Adham, working class with their relationship is not what it once was. A sharp, niece Rona. Year of Release: 2015 limited opportunities, the city is an arena where poignant comment on the rapidly transforming Running Time: 13` the strong survive and the weak fall by the wayside. social environment that is contemporary Egypt. Director: Sabidin Ali Producer: Sabidin Ali Screenwriter: Haqif Mulliqi Director of Photography: Robert Jankuloski Production CompanY: Editor: Blaze Dulev Vizioni Plus Sound Designer: Darko Spasovski-Packi Original Format: HD Director of Photography: Dimo Popov, Islam Kamal Str. 101, Poroj 25 Music: Darko Spasovski-Packi Year of Release: 2014 Editor: Mohammad Shawky Hassan 1200 Tetovo, Macedonia Principal Cast: Sefedin Nuredini, Arnela Shabani, Running Time: 23` Production Designer: Sophia Ahmed [email protected] Shpëtim Beadini. Director: Ahmed Ghoneimy Sound Designer: Ivica Jankulovski Producer: Tamer Elsaid, Darko Popov Principal Cast: Adham Fazary, Amr Wishahy Screenwriter: Ahmed Ghoneimy

PRODUCTION COMPANIES: Zero Production Focus Pocus Films 19a Adly Street 7/37 Vladimir Komarov no.33-2/11b Downtown, Cairo, 1000 Skopje, Macedonia Egypt [email protected]

FESTIVALS: • Rotterdam International Film Festival, Netherlands, 2014 • Santa Barbara International Film Festival, USA, 2014 • International Cinematographers’ Film Festival “Manaki Brothers”, Bitola, Macedonia, 2014 76 Macedonian Films 2014-2015 SHORT FILMS 77

КАРМА РОДЕНДЕН KARMA BIRTHDAY

“Karma” is a short story about the faith of several involved as a getaway driver in a bank robbery “Birthday” is a film about a group of teenagers people, mixed up in a chain of events. The main with his friends, convinced that it’s the only way who find a bizarre way for entertainment. One character is Boby, a young husband and a father, to provide the money for his son surgery. His evening, Markо and Kecko joined to celebrate Original Format: HD who`s child suffers from a rare disease. His goal is decision is also supported by his wife. She also the coming of age of their friend Milan. Knowing (Shooting format: ARRI RAW 2K) to provide money for his son’s surgery, no matter thinks that the bank robbery is the only way to that Milan is still a virgin and is desperately in love Director: Kosara Mitic what the consequences are. He agrees to be provide the money for their son’s surgery. with their class teacher Nevena, Marko decides to Producers: Vladimir Anastasov, Angela Nestorovska make him an offer he can’t refuse. Screenwriter: Kosara Mitic Director of Photography: Dejan Dimeski Editor: Vladimir Pavlovski Production CompanY: Production Designer: Kiril Spaseski Sektor Film Costume Designer: Emilija I. Atanasovska Albert Ajnshtajn 9/14, Sound Designer: Igor Popovski Original Format: 2.5 K Director of Photography: Naum Doksevski 1000 Skopje, Macedonia Principal Cast: Nikola Kolev, Deniz Abdula, Aleksandar Year of Release: 2015 Editor: Filip Grcevski [email protected] Mihajlovski, Silvija Stojanovska Running Time: 18` Production Designer: Martin Spasovski www.sektor.com.mk Status: Post Production Director: Vladimir Mitrevski Sound Designer: Igor Popovski Producer: Dejan Krajcevski Principal Cast: Dimitrija Doksevski, Akesl Mehmed, Screenwriter: Vladimir Mitrevski Milan Tocinovski, Simona Spirovska

PRODUCTION COMPANIES: Krug Film Co-producers: Light Production Video House Audio Haus 8 Mart No. 1 Living Pictures Ul. Stokholmska br. Pigmento Visual Studio Bul. AVNOJ 106/1-14, [email protected] Vase Carapica 5 10/2-3, 1000 Skopje, Ul. Kairska br. 4A 1000 Skopje, www.krugfilm.mk 11 000 Beograd, Macedonia 1000 Skopje, Macedonia Macedonia Serbia, pigmentovisualstudio@ [email protected] [email protected] gmail.com www.lp.co.rs www.pigmento.mk 78 Macedonian Films 2014-2015 SHORT FILMS 79

д ол У ОД РА Ј О Т НЕСИГУРН А С М Р Т DOWN FROM HEAVEN UNCERTAIN DEATH

Ana, a 15 year old girl, replaces the SIM card from Do you believe in fate? In “So it was written ...”? Do Original Format: 2K - ProRes 4444 her phone, with that of her late grandfather. you think that our fate is destined when we are Running Time: 18 She starts to send messages to her family, using born? And you can’t escape from it? Or do you Director: Petar his number. But the seemingly naive joke turns think that every human alone creates its destiny? Producer: Petar Dzurovski against Anna. That every choice we make changes the course of Screenwriter: Petar Dzurovski our life. Irreversibly... Director of Photography: Goran Naumovski Production Designer: Bojan Atanasovski Sound Designer: Ivica Jankulovski Original Format: HD Production CompanY: Music: Dzijan Emin Director: Sasha Stanisic Lavirint production Editor: Petar Dzurovski Producer: Bojan Stanisic Mitropolit Teodosij Gologanov 43/1-2 Principal Cast: Dragana kostadinovska, Dimitar Screenwriter: Kristina Hristova Nikolova 1000 Skopje, Macedonia Gjorgievski, Vladimir Tuliev, Igor Donevski, Dejan lilic, Director of Photography: Goran Naumovski [email protected] Martin Jovcevski and Gjorgi Neskovski Production Designer: Vlatko Zafirkovski [email protected] Status: In production Editor: Blaze Dulev Sound Designer: Music: Baba Zula Principal Cast: Ana Osavkova, Zoran Bojarovski, Kristina Hristova Nikolova, Sonja Osavkova Status: Post-production

PRODUCTION COMPANIES: Cutaway Ltd. Co-producers: Prashka no.23 Ars Digital – Sofia 1000 Skopje, Macedonia Popova shapka 19 str. [email protected] Sofia 1505, Bulgaria www.cutaway.mk www.arsdigital.org 80 Macedonian Films 2014-2015 SHORT FILMS 81

ПРА ВИ л а Н А У М Е Т Н О СТ А ЗЕМЈА RULES OF ART THE FIELD

“Rules of Art” is a thriller as a genre, as well as love “The Field” is a story about a traditional Albanian to sell part of the family land to pay off his debt melodrama. Main character of the film is Daniel, a family that lives in Macedonia, in which tradition to some people from the underworld. This story private investigator, who has his own agency in the and the way of life is being passed on from is actually a conflict of personal interests, and at city. During several cases related to infidelity, we grandfather, to father, to son. The father, who is the same time a conflict between the old and the discover the detective’s true passion, his lifetime Director: Sabedin Selmani, Aleksandar Rusjakov old and in death bed, calls his oldest son Bardi. new way of life, which secretly is being admired obsession which is not directed on voyeuristic Producer: Metin Muharemi, Sabedin Selmani He gives him advice how trough effort and hard by other family members. spying of other people’s lives, but towards capturing Screenwriter: Aleksandar Rusjakov work, he will ensure a better future for his family. fragments of human destinies, moments which Director of Photography: Latif Hasolli For him, the land is priceless. Just after the death Original Format: FULL HD 24fps cinema he freezes with his camera. This short film is a Editor: Latif Hasolli of the father, the younger brother Dritan appears Running Time: 25` presentation of modern and estranged life, and on Production Designer: Nehat Beqiri who lives for eight years in a west European Director: Ibrahim Deari Sound Designer: Bratislav Zafirovski Producers: Arben Fejzullai, Goran Cvetkovic the other hand, true ode for the art. country, and in the meantime has lost contact Music: Fatos Lumani, Teuta Halimi Screenwriter: Ibrahim Deari with his family. He, actually, returns to his village Principal Cast: Sabedin Selmani, Adrian Aziri, Amernis Director of Photography: Ilija Zogovski Production CompanY: Nukshiqi Jovanovska, Luran Ameti, Xhevdet Jashari, Editor: Erman Memedi, ODA Agnes Nukshiqi, Majlinda Kosumovic, Blagica Production CompanY: Production Designer: Ardian Kadria Ilirija, 1220 Tetovo Trpkovska, Muzafer Hetemi, Mirlinda Hasani, Ziba Framein Production Sound Designer: Erman Memedi Macedonia Radoncic, Elita Ziberi, Sokol Hajrullai, Berat Mahmuti, Otlja – Lipkovo Principal Cast: Adem Karaga, Afrim Mucaj, Amernis [email protected] Arian Ejupi ... Kumanovo, Macedonia Nukshichi www.oda.mk Status: Post production [email protected] Status: Post production 82 Macedonian Films 2014-2015 SHORT FILMS 83 АИДА КОЛОР НЕГАТИВ AIDA COLOR NEGATIVE

Arban is a child at the age of 12-13 and as many his father is going every night to see the young In photography or film, the negative is actually a film director of photography turns into color negative, children he fell in love with one young seller girl beautiful seller Aida. One day his father fell on his tape in which the brightest parts of the recorded when in the peak of his career he turns blind. Man Aida who works opposite of his father’s place own trap and had an accident. He was 6 months subject appear as dark colors, while the darkest who paints with light his whole life suddenly is left where he often helps his father. Aida is a young, in a hospital and after this Luan decided to work parts appear as bright. This reverse order is due to into a total darkness. Color negative is a story about attractive girl, but with no attention to attract the in a right way. Everyone who tries to make a trap the chemical composition of the film track which is the will and identity. Who we are when we lose the young teenager Arban. Love will raise in a huge to others, he fells in his own trap. hyper-sensitive to light. Life of Ivan, the renowned most important thing, the one that defines us? jealousy, where Arban will show it against all people who are close to Aida also and against his own father. The business of Luan, Arban’s father, is very good, but to increase the number of his customers, Luan is going every night out secretly Original Format: Full HD 16:9 to throw nails on the streets. The jealous teenager Running Time: 20` Arban discovers this by accident thinking that Director: Senad Abduli Producer: Senad Abduli Screen Writer: Zymber Kelmendi Editor: Blaze Dulev Production CompanY: Director: Marija Apchevska Production CompanY: Director of Photography: Robert Jankulovski Quasar Film Producer: Blaze Dulev Arnel Production Production Designer: Sabidin Ali Leninova no.67 Screenwriter: Marija Apchevska Blok 82 BA/12 Sound Designer: Darko Spasovski - Packi 1000 Skopje, Macedonia Director of Photography: Vladimir Samoilovski 1200 Tetovo, Macedonia Music: Bajram Cupi [email protected] Sound Designer: Darko Spasovski [email protected] Status: Pre-production www.quasarfilm.mk Status: Pre-production ЗАСЕДА С О Н О Т Н А К РВТА И Д УШ АТА AMBUSH THE DREAM ABOUT THE BLOOD AND SOUL

During the conflict in Macedonia in 2001, events is the professional soldier. He tries to lead Strange things are starting to happen to Marko Borce, a guitar student who aspires to have other soldiers to safety, but their inexperience who is a vampire. He starts to wake up before the a music career, is mobilized to active duty. leads many to their deaths. Borce is constantly sunset… During transport he is placed in a truck along in a near death situation, while he tries to save with other inexperienced young soldiers and other soldiers. Promises are made, but will they one professional soldier. While on the road, the be kept? The helicopter comes, but is it too late convoy is ambushed and all hell breaks loose to save somebody? The story ends at the base, over the group. Panic takes over and people with another convoy of soldiers preparing to start dying. The only person not affected by the depart. The evil cycle of the war starts again.

Production CompanY: Director: Filip Matevski Production CompanY: Boomerang AVE Producer: Miodrag Magyar Quasar Film Director: Igor Aleksov Vidoe Smilevski Bato 7-4/ 3 Screenwriter: Ivana Nelkoska, Filip Matevski Leninova 67, 1000 Skopje, Macedonia Producer: Blaze Dulev 1000 Skopje, Macedonia Cast: Nenad Nacev, Aleksandar Mihajlovski [email protected] Screenwriter: Aleksandar Rusjakov [email protected] Status: Pre-production www.quasarfilm.mk Status: Pre-production 84 Macedonian Films 2014-2015 SHORT FILMS 85 СЕ к о Ј Д Е Н М О РА д а С Е Ј а д Е КАСАПОТ EVERY DAY YOU HAVE TO EAT THE BUTCHER

Ohrid, Tito’s Vila, 4th of May 1980. With the Todor is a young butcher working at the meat the butchery and secretly sends them to her so Marshal’s death, the main chef’s son gets a chance section of a big supermarket. Marika is a young they end up in her dog’s bowl. The house painter to finally taste the food that was prepared in front cashier working in the supermarket. She is reveals the butcher’s intention and expels him of his eyes for ten years. married to the young house painter Stamen. from their lives. But the butcher comes back, The butcher goes on a quest to conquer the when he is needed the most, when the cashier’s fragile heart of the cashier. He steals bones from heart gives up.

Production CompanY: Fragment Film Production CompanY: Samoilova 142а Director: Marko Gjokovik SIDOR Production Director: Ilcho Carovski 1000 Skopje, Macedonia Producer: Emilija Cockova Atanas Mitrev no.22 Producer: Aleksandar Sidorovski [email protected] Screenwriter: Marko Gjokovik 1000 Skopje, Macedonia Screenwriter: Ilcho Carovski www.fragmentfilm.com Status: Pre-production [email protected] Status: Pre-production ПЕПИ И МУТО ТАТКО PEPI AND MUTO FATHER

When genius cadet (Muto) joins forces with an Father is a real time portrayal of a moment in him. The son’s confession challenges, not only the old grumpy detective (Pepi), Skopje gets its own one patriarch’s life that challenges all his rooted reality as the father perceived it, and the system crime-fighting duo. Will the unlikely partnership values. It is a moment of deep shame, and of values that he lived by up to that moment, but of those detectives bring the local criminals internal conflict to be able to grasp and accept it also changes the father’s future life in the small to justice and put the city of Skopje at peace? the shocking, “unacceptable” fact, that his son is traditional village. Will he be able to “bear that Probably not, but their friendship might still have “different” than his own false perception about cross”? a chance.

Director: Georgi Unkovski Producer: Darko Popov Production CompanY: Screenwriter: Georgi Unkovski Small Moves Production CompanY: Director of Photography: Dimo Popov Kosturski Heroi, 57 L.1 Focus Pocus Editor: Blagoja Nedelkovski 1000 Skopje, Macedonia Director: Svetozar Ristovski Vladimir Komarov 33-2/11b Sound Designer: Atanas Georgiev [email protected], Producer: Svetozar Ristovski 1000 Skopje, Macedonia Principal Cast: Sasko Kocev, Pepi Mircevski [email protected] Screenwriter: Svetozar Ristovski [email protected] Status: Pre-production www.smallmovesfilms.com Status: Pre-production 86 Macedonian Films 2014-2015 SHORT FILMS 87 БОРБА ЗА СМРТ НИЕ И ТИЕ FIGHT FOR DEATH US AND THEM

In a deserted Macedonian village, the last remaining side of the open grave. Janko claims that the open “Us and them” is the story of our city, our streets, a time, no nerves to explain with her so she gets occupant, grandpa Milojko, goes to his deceased grave belongs to his parents and he has the right our neighborhood. And, it can happen anywhere. what she wants, so they can “buy some peace”. wife’s grave. He carefully plans his own death in to inhabit it. The two men start arguing about who A thoroughly modern family of three members, “Us and them” - at the first glance appears to be a empty grave next to his wife’s. His plan seems gets to die in the last grave. In an absurd twist of fate, in a race against time and money devoted little story of different nationalities. In fact, us or them, perfect until one morning he faces an even older Milojko’s fight for death turns into a battle for the life time to his 5 year old daughter, Anja. There is not refer to the child’s world and the world of adults. man than him, grandpa Janko, sitting on the other of a man he doesn’t even know.

Production CompanY: Production CompanY: DNF Films Director: Eleonora Veninova Lunar produkcija Director: Stojan Vujicik Njegosheva 18 Producer: Goce Kralevski Mihail Cakov 13/2/10 Producer: Ognen Antov 1000 Skopje, Macedonia Screenwriter: Eleonora Veninova 1000 Skopje, Macedonia Screenwriter: Eva Kamceva [email protected] Status: Pre-production [email protected] Status: Pre-production ЧЕВЛИ ПАТИКИ SHOES SNEAKERS

Jovan inherits shoes from his late father. From that This is a story about Amir, a six year old Albanian and his classmates as an award for a religious moment on, his everyday life-routine is disrupted. Muslim kid who lives with his impoverished competition celebrated in honor of the sacred Jovan blames his father’s shoes for this, but the mother. He has a strong desire to replace his old Christian holiday - Epiphany. It seems as the actual reason for his unfulfilled life is one crucial shoes with a pair of new ones. Unfortunately, he is best and the only opportunity for Amir to realize event from his past. well aware that his mother does not have enough his dream and he decides to take part in the money to fulfill his wish. One day at school two competition. But where does that absurd event little kids present a pair of shoes in front of Amir lead and what are the consequences of it?

Production CompanY: Krug Film Production CompanY: 8 mart 1 Director: Branko Kosteski Lavirint Production Director: Lidija Mojsovska 1000 Skopje, Macedonia Producer: Dejan Krajcevski Bul. Mitropolit Teodosij Gologanov 43/1-2 Producer: Petar Dzurovski [email protected] Screenwriter: Branko Kosteski 1000 Skopje, Macedonia Screenwriter: Lidija Mojsovska www.krugfilm.mk Status: Pre-production [email protected] Status: Pre-production 88 Macedonian Films 2014-2015 ANIMATION FILMS ИС к л У Ч ИВ О Ж о л Т И л а л ИЊ А YELLOW TULIPS ONLY

Gigo (45) is a writer, independent artist. He lives this appointment. He has heard that this woman COMING SOON: a single life as an introvert and shy person. Once loves yellow tulips, and trying to make a good · Mary’s Round Trip he’s been invited to coffee by a female friend, and impression, he decides to find yellow tulips no it gives him hope that he won’t be alone after matter what. · The Girl Who Falls · Gottlieb · XO · The Boy with a Torn Sock in the Right Hand

UPCOMING PROJECTS: · ACT · The Silent Mira · The Pipe Production CompanY: Auripigment production Director: Kuzman Kuzmanovski Venijain Maukovski 17/1-1 Producer: Kalina Kuzmanovska 1000 Skopje, Macedonia Screenwriter: Eva Kamcevska [email protected] Status: Pre-production www.animaxskopjefest.mk 90 Macedonian Films 2014-2015 ANIMATION FILMS 91

К РУЖН О П А ТУВ А Њ Е Н А М А РЕТ О Д ЕВ О Ј к аТА Ш Т О П А Ѓ А MARY’S ROUND TRIP THE GIRL WHO FALS

In a small village near Bitola, young shepherd city she is attracted by a man in the middle of A girl stands on top of a building looking down at middle of the pond, while being watched by girl is closing the sheep and preparing herself the street, calling people inside, to see the new the city. She jumps. She falls with her eyes closed unfriendly creatures from the bushes. She is for a trip to the city. On her way there she meets miracle “moving pictures”. The girl enters for a first and eventually finds herself in a pond surrounded chased by the creatures to the edge of an abyss, different people in different sceneries. In the time the cinema… by bizarre faces. One of the characters, playing whereby she starts to fall again. She lands on the with a hula hoop, throws it towards the girl and stage of a theater and finds a creature holding her she starts to play with it. The number of hula head. The curtains behind the creature open and hoops multiplies as the girl is broken down into the headless girl flies with an umbrella in a storm. pieces. The pieces of the girl in the pond are The girl falls again and lands in a forest, where she found and brought back together by a creature is chased by monsters that surround her. Director: Zharko Ivanov who then throws the girl into the distance. The Producer: Zharko Ivanov girl falls again, landing on a moving lane in the Director: Vladimir Lukash Screenwriter: Zharko Ivanov, Aleksandar Prokopiev Producer: Zharko Ivanov Lead Animator: Aleksandar Zafirovski Screenwriter: Ivan Shopov Production CompanY: Director of Animation: Krste Gospodinovski Production CompanY: Director of Photography: Zharko Ivanov Flip Book Production Editor: Goce Cvetanovski Flip Book Production Editor: Vladimir Lukash, Zharko Ivanov Bagdatska 26/1-3 Sound Designer: Milan Simovski Bagdatska 26/1-3 Sound Designer: Vladimir Lukash 1000 Skopje, Macedonia Music: Oliver Josifovski 1000 Skopje, Macedonia Music: Vladimir Lukash [email protected] Status: Post-production [email protected] Status: Post-production 92 Macedonian Films 2014-2015 ANIMATION FILMS 93

ГОТЛИБ XO GOTTLIEB

Gottlieb is a human-like wine cork living the life girlfriend Helga and as this idyllic day comes The film will be an artistic representation of people’s work so the Status Quo remains. At the of an everyday person in a house on the hill of to its conclusion, a wave clashes on to the pear, people in the everyday life and work. In one case same time it will be shown as a game of Tic tac toe a small Mediterranean town. He starts his day followed by a blackout. Gottlieb wakes up in a there will be people doing their work in wane, or X&O. Workers are turning into machines while with a walk to the town coast. As he walks down cardboard box full of striped down wine corks, in other their work is in opposition with other they are doing their repetitive work. the narrow cobblestone streets, surrounded by where no one recalls the idyllic life, living us colorful Mediterranean architecture, he enjoys wondering if any of it was real. the pleasantry of his fellow wine corks greeting him with joy and great respect. He finds himself Original Format: 2.35:1 in almost surreal situations where he helps out Running Time: 15` Director: Krste Gospodinovski everyone as he passes by. He finally reaches the Original Format: 2K 16:9 coast, where on one of the pears he meets his Producer: Krste Gospodinovski Screenwriter: Krste Gospodinovski, Kristina Hristova- Running Time: 7` Nikolova, Viktorija Dineva Production CompanY: Director: Ivan Ivanovski Production CompanY: Director of Photography: Goran Naumovski Producer: Elena Stanisheva Uzengija Production Designer: Viktorija Dineva Veda Film Productions Screenwriter: Ivan Ivanovski 50 Divizija 35/27 Sound Designer: Goran Petrovski Socijalisticka zora no. 36/1-3 Director of Photography: Ivan Ivanovski 1000 Skopje, Macedonia Music: Goran Petrovski 1000 Skopje, Macedonia Editor: Dorijan Milovanovikj [email protected] Status: In production [email protected] Status: In production 94 Macedonian Films 2014-2015 ANIMATION FILMS 95 МОМЧЕТО СО СКИНАТА ЧОРАПА ВО ДЕСНАТА РАКА ТИВКАТА МИРА THE BOY WITH A TORN SOCK IN THE RIGHT HAND THE SILENT MIRA

“The boy with a torn sock in the right hand” is a of them are skeptical, some of them are scared, A lonely fisherman, Pavle, sees a woman, silent poetic story about the desire to continue to live some of them want to escape. We follow two Mira, sitting on the fence of a bridge, appearing as on. It talks about few characters who are preparing characters, a young man and a woman, and we if she is about to jump in the river. In order to help to leave this world. Some of them are ready some travel through their desires. Mira get rid of her negative thoughts, Pavle starts teaching her how to catch fish.

Production CompanY: Production CompanY: Sisters and Brother Mitevski Production Fragment Film F. Ruzvelt 4-38 Director: Teona Strugar Mitevska, Vuk Mitevski Samoilova 142a Director: Gjorce Stavreski 1000 Skopje, Macedonia Producer: Labina Mitevska 1000 Skopje, Macedonia Producer: Emilija Chochkova [email protected] Screenwriter: Teona Strugar Mitevska [email protected] Screenwriter: Gjorce Stavreski www.sistersandbrtoehrmitevski.com Status: Post production www.fragmentfilm.com Status: Pre-production ACT КАВАЛ АКТ THE PIPE

“Act” presents historical styles in painting art and post modernism. There is not a usual In a small mountain village, a grandchild every Maybe the music is inside? One night, after many through the treatment of the naked human narration in this animated movie, but the plot is summer comes to his grandparents, where his years, after tired work and a sense of loneliness, the body. In such a manner origin and changes of the inspired by the history of the European painting, childhood is filled with the smell of summer and grandson decided to go to the village. Grandfather treatment of naked human figure are simulated seen and practiced by an artist, the author of this untouched nature. Inside the garden on a chair is no there any more - the house is empty, and the from baroque and rococo through classicism, animated movie. sits grandfather playing Pipe. He hands the Pipe garden is neglected. On the table he finds the Pipe romanticism, realism, impressionism, modernism to his grandson who carefully takes it and with which his grandfather had left. Suddenly it revives childish curiosity touching, looking, examine it - the forgotten - the width of the child’s freedom long hollow rod with several holes, from where and joy of life. He sits and play’s on the Pipe the grandfather’s music is coming out. What is the grandfather’s melody, reviving the whole ambience secret of this magical opening of the long tube? of this lost paradise of childhood.

Production CompanY: Pirej Film Production CompanY: Mile Pop Jordanov 66A TV Studio 7 doo 1000 Skopje, Macedonia Director: Aleksandar Stankoski Bul. Jane Sandanski 112/1-17 Director: Sasha Stanishik [email protected] Producer: Elena Stanisheva, Viktor Pavlovski 1000 Skopje, Macedonia Producer: Vangel Michevski [email protected] Screenwriter: Aleksandar Stankoski [email protected] Screenwriter: Jasna Nikolovska-Ovcharovska www.kamera300.com Status: Pre-production www.tv-studio7.com.mk Status: Pre-production 96 Festivals in Macedonia

International Cinematographers’ Festival of European Film Festival “Manaki Brothers” Film CINEDAYS

www.manaki.com.mk www.cinedays.com.mk

Creative Documentaries Film Skopje Film Festival Festival MAKEDOX

www.skopjefilmfestival.com.mk www.makedox.mk

YOUGHT FILM FESTIVAL Skopje Animation Festival “GIFFONI MACEDONIA” ANIMAX

http://giffoni.mk/ www.animaxskopjefest.mk

International Film Festival ASTERFEST

MACEDONIAN FILM AGENCY 8 Mart No.4 www.asterfest.mk 1000 Skopje, Macedonia MACEDONIAN FILMS 2014-2015