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Jose is an extravagant and eccentric sculptor who must create a work of art to captivate the jury to keep his workshop. Alongside his assistant and son Bruno, a teenager who does not share the artistic view of his father, two individuals learn the definition of family.

An experimental video-diary encompassing the last few years.

A documentary about the Balkan country.

Documentary created by Hacha y Machete (@hacha.machete) that reconstructs the historical memory of the events of July 29, focusing on the spontaneous popular uprising in Venezuela in response to one of the most blatant electoral frauds in recent history, for which the Venezuelan government blamed an alleged non-existent fraud from North Macedonia.

Exploring the Greek kingdom of Macedonia. Macedonia: A Civilization Uncovered looks at the extensive work of archaeologist Maolis Andronicos and his painstaking uncovering of a Macedonian settlement, and his attempts to prove the society was a sophisticated center of culture rather, than an outpost of classical Greece.

From Saint Paul to Mother Teresa, this film traces Christian life in Macedonia from the days of the late antique period, through the medieval Ohrid theological school and monastic life, to the meaning of Christianity in the lives of the young Macedonian generation of today. Journeys through archeological sites, Mother Teresa’s birthplace of Skopje, and Orthodox and Roman-Catholic cloisters unite detail and memory to form a meditative portrait of the diversity of Macedonia’s civilizations and cultural influences.

A documentary showing the stay of the delegation of the People's Republic of Macedonia in Pirin Macedonia, i.e. in the People's Republic of Bulgaria. Footage filmed in Melnik, Bansko, Sveti Vrach, Rozhdenski Monastery.

A sanitized white kitchen, vegetables, a sharp blade. The slaughter is coming.

This film was made on the occasion of the celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Ilinden (St. Ellias Day) Rebellion. This panoramic film depicts the most significant historic figures and places situated in the Aegian, Pirin and Vardar regions.

For almost three decades, one word has stood between two nations: Macedonia. A subject of a bitter dispute between Greece and the now renamed Republic of North Macedonia.

Documentary about frescoes to be found in several churches in Macedonia.

A promotional film about the natural winter beauties of Macedonia: Galichica, Pelister, Bistra and Shar Planina. With their natural beauties and the opportunities they provide for rest and recreation, the centers of these mountains, as well as the one in Krushevo, attract the attention of a large number of people, both recreational and active skiers.

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

Showing the boom in agriculture in Macedonia reflected in good yields of cotton, poppy, fruit, etc. New factories and self-management, housing estates, schools and cultural centers.

A report on the cultural life in Macedonia shown through the celebration of the fifth anniversary of the Macedonian National Theater, concerts, the puppet theater, the Theater in Strumica, the Macedonian Philharmonic Orchestra and the performance of the choir of the Cultural and Artistic Community "Vlado Tasevski" for the railway workers on the occasion of October 11th.

A travel documentary about the ship "Macedonia" which sets sail from the port of Rijeka, travels along the Mediterranean Sea stopping at Alexandria, Genova, Marseilles, Algiers and arrives at the final destination in New York.

Unknown history of one of the oldest countries, and the partitioning of it, with no regards for the people who lived on their land for many centuries! How Macedonia became Greek after The Balkan Wars!

Μακεδονία: Ταξίδι στην Ιστορία, τον Χρόνο και τον Θρύλο (1969) is a documentary exploring the land of Greek Macedonia through its history, archaeology, mythology, and cultural heritage. Travelling from the legendary kingdom of Philip II and Alexander the Great to the Byzantine era and modern Greece, the film combines historic sites, monuments, landscapes, and traditional life to present Macedonia as a region where history and legend have intertwined for millennia. Featuring period cinematography and historical narration, the documentary offers a sweeping portrait of one of Greece's most significant regions and its enduring contribution to Hellenic civilisation.

This is the portrait of a young accordionist in the 21st century. It is a film about the joys of life and survival strategies on the forgotten stage of Macedonia. This is the story of a 17-year-old accordionist, who is searching for her place in the world. Corridors are her practice rooms – at home and at school. The whole year she practices diligently and passionately on her old Supita accordion. Obviously, she wasn’t given the name Emilija, meaning „the keen one“, for nothing. She wants to become a professional accordionist, but for this she needs a new accordion. Something that is unattainable for her poor family. But the family‘s poverty also releases their creativity and Imagination. Her father, an art teacher, begins to work as a bodyguard, while Emilija‘s mother illegally sells sweets in the family garden. This is a film about becoming an adult in one of Europe‘s more desolate corners.

The film is the story of girl Cveta who was abducted by the Ottoman bey and taken away in his harem. Bey is trying to embrace Islam, but its persistence, and its neighbors led beloved Spasa, and beloved local priest, assisted by diplomats of the great powers manage to free themselves. On the day of her wedding comes Bey with his army to try to get it back. Cveta dies, Spasa killing Bey and and goes to the committees.

In an isolated mountain village in 19th century Macedonia, a young feral witch accidentally kills a peasant. She assumes the peasant's shape to see what life is like in her skin, igniting a deep seated curiosity to experience life inside the bodies of others.

When nomadic beekeepers break Honeyland’s basic rule (take half of the honey, but leave half to the bees), the last female beehunter in Europe must save the bees and restore natural balance.

15-year-old Ahmet, from a remote Yuruk village in North Macedonia, finds refuge in music while navigating his father’s expectations, a conservative community, and his first experience with love — a girl already promised to someone else.

The circularity of violence seen in a story that circles on itself. In Macedonia, during the war in Bosnia, Christians hunt an ethnic Albanian girl who may have murdered one of their own. A young monk who's taken a vow of silence offers her protection. In London, a photographic editor who's pregnant needs to talk it out with her estranged husband and chooses a toney restaurant.

Valentina lives among her extended family in the poor quarters of a Roma neighbourhood in Skopje, Macedonia. The ten-year-old girl is a tomboy and a highly gifted storyteller. To its charismatic heroine, the film is a roaming companion. Via quirky anecdotes, surreal daydreams and painful memories, Valentina introduces us to her family.

A simple story, but larger than life portrayal of the universal human saga represented through Dionis, a retiring biology professor, his wife and his fantasy of turning his unusual car collection into a museum in a small uneventful town.

The arrival of the young teacher Damjan in one village in western Macedonia shakes the usual daily life of its inhabitants who belong to different religions.

Early Balkan footage.

A mild political satire about a peculiar friendship between a lonesome monkey and an (impoverished) zoo warden, and about an upside-down world in transition as seen by a chimpanzee.

A feature-documentary story about the way of fishing on Lake Dojran, with the help of cormorant birds. It talks about the connection between people and birds that are the best workers and irreplaceable assistants to fishermen. When the birds are gone, the fishermen are sad, but when the birds come, the fishing can begin.

Newsreel of the visit of sultan Mehmed V Resad to Bitola.

As Macedonia faces its difficult transition, a boy escapes into a world of his own creation.

The natural beauties of Ohrid Lake, the old town and bazaar showing the architecture and archaeological excavations.

This is a documentary film about the land and people which will never restore their power of the past. A story about negations and many historical moments are enveloped in the veil of secret. Through the modern personalities and archives "The Last Macedonian from Macedonia" approaches to the truth revealing the never spoken moments and linking the past, present, but also the future. The film was shot on locations in Bitola and its surroundings.

High in the mountains of Macedonia a team of young film makers are making a documentary about Katerina Vandeva - a descendant of an ancient and very famous family. Several former state and party functionaries interfere in the filmmaking in the hopes of manipulating Katerina's confessions for their own purposes. Nikola, the director, and his friends have to make the choice - whether to compromise with their consciences and their art, (as normally happens here in the Balkans), or whether to preserve Katerina's message.

The story takes place in March of 1943 during transportations of Jews from Skopje. Nikola is a surgeon who was taken his working license away, and spends evening hours at the local bar where German officers, along with Bulgarian officer Simeonov, play Russian roulette with their gun pointed at prisoner's head. After suicide of one German mayor, Nikola and the prisoner escape.

RROMANI SOUL traces the true origin of the Rroma people. Through rituals, song and dance we follow emblematic figure and "Queen of the Gypsies" Esma Redzepova to Macedonia, south of France and finally to India. The film reveals for the first time ever that the true and unique origin of the Rroma is Kannauj in Uttar Pradesh, India.

Danielle travels to New Orleans to meet her grandmother and uncover the truth about her mother's death. Drawn into a dangerous feud with the rival Benoit family, Danielle learns her mother’s death was no accident and must navigate treachery, uncover secrets, and decide whether to destroy both families' legacies to find justice.

Rebecca is a painter struggling to break through in the local art scene, and she has set her sights on befriending Amelia and Colin, a power couple and owners of a trendy, on-the-rise gallery. For a birthday present, the broke Rebecca gives Colin a coupon offering to cook dinner for the couple, and when they call in the favor, Rebecca has to decide how far she's willing to go to stay in their good graces - and whether their graces are even all that good.

Two sisters come home for the holidays. Awkward conversation turns to headlocks and heimlichs.

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