Manaki Brothers

Bitola, 19-25.09.26

Golden Camera 300 for Lifetime Achievement

Special Golden Camera 300

Jeff Cronenweth

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12.9.2026

Jeff Cronenweth, to Receive the Special Golden Camera 300 for Outstanding Contribution to the Art of Cinema at the 47th Manaki Brothers Festival

12.9.2026

Jeff Cronenweth to Receive the Golden Camera 300 for Outstanding Contribution to the Art of Cinema at the 47th Manaki Brothers Festival

12.9.2026

Petre Arsovski is the Recipient of the MFPA “Great Star of Macedonian Cinema” Award for 2026

12.9.2026

From Vision to Global Brand: The Association of Film Professionals as guardian of the light of cinema

12.9.2026

Film Weavers” – The Theme of the Visual Identity of the 47thEdition of the Manaki Brothers International Cinematographers’Film Festival

24.6.2026

The 47th Edition of “Manaki Brothers” from September 19 to 25: Laureate of the Golden Camera 300 is Danish Cinematographer Dan Laustsen

13.5.2026

Shared experiences of ICFF “Manaki Brothers” from participating in the Network of the Festivals in the Adriatic Region

Event calendar

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Small hall, Cultural Center

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Cinematographer:

Workshop, Next Generation

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13:30

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Small hall, Cultural Center

Light pollution

Марија Џиџева, Фејми Даут / Marija Dzidzeva, Fejmi Daut

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Cultural Center

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Cinematographer:

Red Carpet

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19:15

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Cultural Center

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Cultural Center

Skateboarding is not for girls / 2026 / 79′

Director: Dina Duma

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Cinematographer: Frédéric Noirhomme

Story: When poverty strikes, Adela, fueled by her skateboarding passion, challenges a rigid society to rescue her underage sister from the grip of an arranged marriage.

Cast: Efkjар Abaz, Džefrina Jašari, Simonida Selimović, Ganimet Abdula, Resmija Mustafa

Country: N. Macedonia, Belgium, Slovenia, Croatia

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19:45

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Cultural Center

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Cultural Center

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Cinematographer:

Opening Ceremony

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19:45

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Cultural Center

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Cinematographer:

Masterclass

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10:30

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Manaki Cinema

Cinematographer: Dan Lausten

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Cinematographer:

Panel

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12:00

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Manaki Cinema

Navigating Industry Shifts: Surviving & Thriving in Screen Production

Moderator: Christina Nowak (New Chapter Production) Participants: Dan Laustsen (ASC, DFF), Reetta Tula (North Finland Film Comission), Susan Ronand (Screen Malta) Athena Xenidou (Ray Talent Agency) Olympia Mytilinaiou (GSC)

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Cinematographer:

Masterclass

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13:30

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Manaki Cinema

Cinematographer: Janusz Kamiński

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Cultural Center

The boy with the light-blue eyes / 2026 / 99 ‘

Director: Thanasis Neofotisto

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Cinematographer: Djordje Arambasic

Story: Petros is a blue-eyed boy who hides behind a mask in a remote mountain village ruled by superstition, living with his strict grandmother and protective mother. When he removes the veil and reveals his eyes, the…

Cast: Giorgos Karydis, Pablo Soto, Syrmo Keke, Sofia Filippidou

Country: Greece

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17:00

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Cultural Center

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The lake / 2026 / 15′

Director: Sofija Hristovska

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Cinematographer: Dimitar Atanasoski

Story: An 80 year old man who loves life and behaves like a child is taken to a nursing home, where his life changes drastically. Faced with rigid rules and restrictions that are completely foreign to him, he struggles to…

Cast: Petar Mircevski, Tamara Ristoska, Kristina Nikolova Hristova, Goran Ilikj, Gjorgji Todorovski

Country: N. Macedonia

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19:30

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Manaki Cinema

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Nobody barks / 2025 / 19’56’ ‘

Director: Јulia Coldwell Serra

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Cinematographer: Маr Vidal Fera

Story: Candela accidentally runs over her nephew’s dog and decides not to confess. She invents a legend about a pilgrimage of dogs and invites the boy to join the search. As they look for it, lies gradually begin to consume…

Cast: Laia Cabrera Vicens, Laura Aubert, Lucas Catalán Lluch, Concepció Aguadé Batalla

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19:30

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Manaki Cinema

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The blade, the wound / 2025 / 22′

Director: Lucas Minie

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Cinematographer: Lucas Minie

Story: Jason, a young man living with his grandmother, a traditional folk healer, alongside his older brother and cousin in an isolated house in the Auvergne region, finds his family's fragile balance unsettled when rumors…

Cast: Shoren Belfond, Chloe Arramon

Country: France

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19:30

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Manaki Cinema

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Out of the blue / 2025 / 8′

Director: Kevin Coch

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Cinematographer: Philipp Rode

Story: Marie and her best friend Tara (17) work as interns at a rural hotel and dream of becoming popular on TikTok. When a film crew arrives at the hotel to shoot a production, Marie sees an opportunity to become part of the…

Cast: Sarah Goebel, Aya Zaghdoudi, Thomas Kaschel

Country: Germany, France

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19:30

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Manaki Cinema

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Past the hill of Napoleon`s hat / 2025 / 16′

Director: Arnas Balčiūnas

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Cinematographer: Milda Juodvalkyte

Story: A son picks his father up from a psychiatric hospital and takes him home to his grandparents. The father tries to revive their relationship, but the son, like the grandparents, is indifferent to him. They spend the day…

Cast: Martynas Mockevičius, Darius Gumauskas, Neringa Bulotaitė, Rimantas Bagdzevičius

Country: Lithuania

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19:30

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Manaki Cinema

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NI Museum Bitola (patio)

Dora`s park / 2026 / 85′

Director: Sabadin Aliu

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Cinematographer: Robert Jankuloski

Story: Denis begins pursuing his dream of writing a book, but in the park where he thought he would find inspiration, he meets a little girl named Dora, who becomes his everyday inspiration. Denis meets her every day and…

Cast: Shkëlqim Islami, Teuta Krasniqi, Tara K. Muharremi

Country: N. Macedonia

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19:30

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NI Museum Bitola (patio)

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NI Museum Bitola (patio)

Bench / 2026 / 19′

Director: Тrifun Sitnikovski

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Cinematographer: Boris Ralev

Story: At his mother’s funeral, Risto wants only one thing: to get through the day with dignity. But when an seemingly insignificant decision about a bench in the cemetery reopens old wounds between him and his brother, the…

Cast: Jordan Simeonov, Suad Begovski

Country: N. Macedonia

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19:30

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NI Museum Bitola (patio)

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NI Museum Bitola (patio)

Dogs have no dreams / 2026 / 17′

Director: Hanis Bagashov

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Cinematographer: Fejmi Daut

Story: In a remote village, teenagers Ilire and Besnik hide a love that is forbidden by an old family debt. When Besnik enters his dog in a fight to win the money they desperately need, an unexpected turn of events forces…

Cast: Era Balaj, Deniz Rustemi, Ilire Vinca, Refet Abazi, Mentor Kurti, Gresa Farizi

Country: N. Macedonia, Bulgaria, Slovenia

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19:30

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NI Museum Bitola (patio)

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Маnaki Cinema

Nothing happens after your absence / 2026 / 16′

Director: Ibrahim Omar

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Cinematographer: Ala Kheir

Story: Ibrahim returns to the village he once left, hoping to screen films. But as he struggles with customs and bureaucracy, war breaks out across Sudan, turning his search for a projection screen into a struggle for survival.

Cast: Ibrahim Omar, Ali Hommed, Hommed Mohammed Ali

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21:15

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Маnaki Cinema

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I plant my hand in the garden / 2026 / 83′

Director: Hoda Taheri, Boris Hadzija

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Cinematographer: Vytautas Katkus

Story: Hoda, an Iranian refugee living in Berlin, is pregnant and in love with Boris, a queer gay man from Serbia. They decide to get married and raise the child together, imagining a future built on their own terms.

Cast: Hoda Taheri, Boris Hadžija, Branka Hadžija, Jahandokht Taheri, Hadi Khanjanpour

Country: Germany, Serbia, USA

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21:15

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Manaki Cinema

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Cinematographer:

Masterclass

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10:30

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Мanaki Cinema

Cinematographer: Suki Medencevic

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Cultural Center

A swallow`s journey / 2026 / 60′

Director: Ahmet Alim Yilmaz

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Cinematographer: Ahmet Ali Akcay

Story: Drama about three women—Evin, Sevil and Lumi, whose lives become intertwined across different places and circumstances. The film explores survival, human resilience, and the search for meaning and hope, transforming the…

Cast: Esra Gonen, Ozlem Altun, Mirve Cetin

Country: Turkiye/Litvania/Antiga

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17:00

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Cultural Center

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BLACK MONEY FOR WHITE NIGHTS / 2026 / 94′

Director: Kristina Grozeva, Petаr Valchanov

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Cinematographer: Аlexander Stanishev

Story: Marina is a nurse working in a maternity hospital, while her husband, Gosha, is a train dispatcher. For years, they have accepted small bribes in order to save enough money for their dream trip to Saint Petersburg…

Cast: Tanya Shahova, Ivan Savov, Margita Gosheva

Country: Bulgaria, Greece

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17:00

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Manaki Cinema

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Birthing / 2026 / 18′

Director: Milena Vitman

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Cinematographer: Marina Koloska

Story: A young woman’s dreams of modern motherhood collapse after a traumatic birth. Once a confident pilot, she faces an outdated health system, her family’s traditional views, and the relentless demands of a newborn.…

Cast: Simona Spirovska, Filip Trajkovic, Tatjana Pavlovska Kochovska, Emilija Micevska

Country: N. Macedonia, Croatia

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19:00

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Manaki Cinema

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Маnaki Cinema

Faux Bijoux / 2026 / 21′

Director: Jessy Moussallem

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Cinematographer: Robbie Ryan

Story: Mireille promises Johnny that he will make it to the big screen and takes him to an audition whose rules only she truly knows.

Cast: Maria Shmouri ,Akram Nayef, Samer El Sayyed

Country: France, Lebanon

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19:00

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Маnaki Cinema

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Imaginary numbers / 2026 / 16′

Director: Jelica Jerinic

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Cinematographer: Tomislav Sutlar

Story: Mirna and her father travel by bus from their village to Niš, where she is due to compete in a national mathematics competition. It is an important day: winning an award could earn her a place at a prestigious school…

Cast: Goran Bogdan, Masha Radusin, Milica Janevski, Milica Trifunovic, Aleksandar Milojevic

Country: Serbia, Finland

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19:00

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Manaki Cinema

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Center of Culture

Shame and money / 2026 / 129′

Director: Visar Morina

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Cinematographer: Janis Mazuch

Story: A married couple in their forties lives with their extended family in a rural household in Kosovo, making a modest living from their farm. Following a family dispute, they lose their sources of income and are forced to…

Cast: Astrit Kabashi, Flonja Kodheli, Kumrije Hoxha, Fiona Gllavica

Country: Germany, Kosovo, Slovenia, Albania, North Macedonia, Belgium

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19:00

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Center of Culture

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NI Museum Bitola (patio)

Аntipod / Аntipod / 24′

Director: Bojan Sekuloski

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Cinematographer: Bojan Sekuloski

Story: Darko has been training for months, preparing for the greatest challenge of his life. He is set to break not one, but two records in a single day. As a professional diver, caver and mountaineer, Darko is well aware of…

Cast: Darko Nedanoski

Country: N. Macedonia

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19:30

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NI Museum Bitola (patio)

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NI Museum Bitola (patio)

Fantasy / 2026 / 98′

Director: Kukla

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Cinematographer: Lazar Bogdanovic

Story: Mihrije, Sina and Jasna are best friends in their early twenties, living in Slovenia. Tomboyish and unwilling to fit into the conservative system they live in, their world is completely turned upside down when they meet…

Cast: Sara Al Saleh, Alina Juhart, Mia Skrbinac, Mina Milovanović

Country: N. Macedonia

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19:30

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NI Museum Bitola (patio)

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NI Museum Bitola (patio)

The Prespa code / 2025 / 55′

Director: Nikola Popovski

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Cinematographer: Gjorgji Klincharov, Fejmi Daut

Story: In the Dolna Prespa region, particularly in the village of Nakolec and the surrounding villages, a tradition of organically developed coexistence has existed for decades, perhaps even centuries — rooted in mutual…

Cast: Three Macedonian and three Albanian families from Lower Prespa

Country: N. Macedoniа

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19:30

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NI Museum Bitola (patio)

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Cossings: Kaleh Ziyarat / 2026 / 67′

Director: Ruzbeh Akhbari

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Cinematographer: Ruzbeh Akhbari, Jacopo Falsetta

Story: Тhe movie explores the underground currents of sanctioned economies between two seas, revealing how informal trade and rumors keep things moving in a region increasingly caught in the grip of restrictions.

Cast: Filipa Portella, Shahram Khosravi

Country: Canada, Portugal, Oman

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21:00

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Manaki Cinema

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Маnaki Cinema

If you don`t like it, look away / 2025 / 30′

Director: Margaux Fournier

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Cinematographer: Théo Vincent Suzzoni

Story: Every day, Joëlle meets her retired friends at Bain des Dames beach in Marseille. Like an open-air theatre, they laugh and talk about love, sex and their bodies, transforming the world through their freedom, because…

Cast: Protagonists: Joëlle, Régine, Serge, Carmen, Nicolas

Country: France

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21:00

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Маnaki Cinema

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Center of Culture

Yellow letters / 2026 / 128′

Director: Ilker Çatak

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Cinematographer: Judith Kaufmann

Story: Aziz, a professor at Ankara University, receives a “yellow letter” informing him that he has been dismissed from his position. When his wife Derya, a renowned actress at the National Theatre, receives the same letter,…

Cast: Özgü Namal, Tansu Biçer, Leyla Smyrna Cabas

Country: Germany, France, Turkey

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22:00

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Center of Culture

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Cultural centre

Ida who sang so bad even the dead rose up and joined her in song / 2026 / 109′

Director: Ester Ivakic

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Cinematographer: Rok K. Nagode

Story: Ida is a spirited ten-year-old girl growing up in the rural Slovenian countryside where she lives with her parents and grandmother who is her greatest support. But when grandma's health suddenly worsens, Ida becomes…

Cast: Lana Marić, Liza Muršič, Milena Stropnik, Judita Franković Brdar, Matej Puc

Country: Slovenia

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10:30

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Cultural centre

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Cinematographer:

LEITZ Seminar

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10:30

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Manaki Cinema

An Imagemaker`s Journey

Cinematographer: Dan Laustsen

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Cinematographer:

WIC Panel

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12:00

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Manaki CInema

Mental Health, Limits & Conflict Management

Olympia Mytilinaiou GSC, Bojana Andric SAS, Adriana Berroteran, moderated by Vika Safrigina

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Small Hall, Center of Culture

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Cinematographer:

Workshop

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13:30

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Small Hall, Center of Culture

INSAS and FDA

Hichame Alaouie, Fejmi Daut

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Тruly naked / 2026 / 102′

Director: Muriel d`Ansembourg

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Cinematographer: Myrthe Mosterman

Story: Alek is a reclusive teenager who has always seen life through the lens of his father`s pornographic business. Moving from London to a quiet seaside town offers him a chance for a fresh start – a chance to make friends…

Cast: Caolán O`Gorman, Andrew Howard, Alessa Savage

Country: Netherland/Belgium/France

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17:00

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Manaki Cinema

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Cultural Center

Foreign tongue / 2026 / 104′

Director: Boris Mojsovski

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Cinematographer: Fraser Brown

Story: It's not easy being a foreigner. Certainly not easy being an immigrant. While Kathy Woodrow is neither of those things (for now), she is profoundly lonely, and her passion for wine is a "coping mechanism with a…

Cast: Kimberly-Sue Murray, Steve Byers, Cynthia Ashperger

Country: Canada

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17:00

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Cultural Center

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Over the threshhold / 2026 / 15′

Director: Tara Gajovikj

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Cinematographer: Nadja Stanishikj

Story: Тееnage newlyweds Danijela and Branko feel suffocated by wedding customs and escape their own reception into the cold night.

Cast: Zoja Klinko, Stefan Nikolić, Milica Janevski, Vahid Džanković, Bojan Dimitrijević

Country: Serbia

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19:00

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Manaki Cinema

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Маnaki Cinema

Le mur du son / 2025 / 12′

Director: Antonio La Camera

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Cinematographer: Еrica Bulian

Story: In a vast empty gym, where silence weighs and light plays with long, elusive shadows, Iris and Lea play hide and seek. Time suspends, a plane approaches, and reality transforms.

Cast: Ilenia Andreano, Luna Scolari

Country: Italy, Switzerland

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19:00

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Маnaki Cinema

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The hotel / 2025 / 12′

Director: Halil Tanisan

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Cinematographer: Halil Tanisan

Story: A man finds himself alone in an eerie hotel, at the center of a dark plan. Everything in the hotel seems to operate according to a rule he does not know.

Cast: Erdem Senocak

Country: Turkey

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19:00

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Manaki Cinema

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Nest / 2026 / 20′

Director: Stefania Burla

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Cinematographer: Balz Auf Der Maur

Story: Fifteen-year-old Selma feels pressured by her mother’s expectations, by the strict rules of the Catholic mountain village in Switzerland where she lives, and by her own inner fears. On the night before the traditional…

Cast: Anouk Petri, Sarah Juliana Bahmou, Aira Venzi

Country: Switzerland

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19:00

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Manaki Cinema

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Тhe end of Cyrano De Bergerac / 2026 / 15′

Director: Rudolf Mashata

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Cinematographer: Jáchym Novotný

Story: Vojtěch, an insecure stage prompter living with diastrophic dwarfism, is given a rare chance to fulfill his dream: playing the lead in Cyrano de Bergerac. When the actor he, replaced, threatens to return, Vojtěch faces…

Country: Slovakia

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19:00

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Manaki Cinema

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Center of Culture

Rose / 2026 / 93′

Director: Markus Schleinzer

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Cinematographer: Gerald Kerkletz

Story: Amidst the turmoil of the Thirty Years´ War, somewhere in Germany, a mysterious soldier appears in a secluded Protestant village. Small and quiet, his face disfigured by a scar, this stranger declares himself the heir…

Cast: Sandra Hüller, Caro Braun, Marisa Growaldt, Robert Gwisdek, Godehard Giese

Country: Germany, Austria

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19:00

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Center of Culture

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NI Museum Bitola (patio)

Colour of darkness / 2025 / 12`56“ ‘

Director: Kristijan Kostadinovski

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Cinematographer: Ana Pavlovska

Story: Driven by his fear of mediocrity, a painter sacrifices his sight for a final masterpiece that he can no longer see.

Cast: Stefan Vujisic, Ana Gramosli, Zaklian Angeleska Kostadinovski, Ivan Vrtev Soptrajanov

Country: N. Macedonia

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19:30

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NI Museum Bitola (patio)

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NI Museum Bitola (patio)

Choice / 2025 / 17′

Director: Marko Crnogorski

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Cinematographer: Naum Doksevski

Story: A young mother and her child are confronted with a devastating reality when a new law bans her scheduled abortion. Desperate to avoid the lengthy process of obtaining a special permit, she turns to an illegal abortion.…

Cast: Sandra Sandeva, Eva Veli’, Biljana Dragikjevikj Projkovska, Igor Angelov, Gjorgji Jolevski

Country: N. Macedonia

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19:30

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NI Museum Bitola (patio)

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NI Museum Bitola (patio)

The story of Siljan / 2025 / 80′

Director: Tamara Kotevska

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Cinematographer: Јеан Дакар

Story: From the Oscar-nominated director of ‘Honeyland’ comes a poignant and visually arresting story set in the heart of rural Macedonia. Nikola, a farmer grappling with the harsh realities of new government policies, finds…

Cast: Nikola Conev, Jana Coneva, Ilina Coneva, Aleksandar Conev, Aleksandra Coneva, Stojche Filipov, Ile Stojkovski

Country: N. Macedonia, USA, UK

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19:30

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NI Museum Bitola (patio)

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NI Museum Bitola (patio)

Blue hour / 2022 / 18`27“’

Director: Ana Jakimska

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Cinematographer: Dejan Dimeski

Story: Petra has built a new life for herself in Skopje, far away from the provincial town she came from — and from her mother. When her mother arrives for a visit on the very morning that Igor, the colleague she is in love…

Cast: Natasha Petrovikj, Darko Nabakov, Zaklina Stefkovska, Tamara Ristoska

Country: N. Macedonia

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19:30

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NI Museum Bitola (patio)

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The bridge / 2025 / 22′

Director: Léa Triboulet

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Cinematographer: Мишел Капрон

Story: My mother is present in every landscape I film around the bridge. Doesn’t this place hold any memory of what happened?

Country: France

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21:00

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Manaki Cinema

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Letters from an inner exile / 2026 / 108′

Director: Director Eloy Enciso Cachafeiro

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Cinematographer: Jimmy GIMFERRER

Story: Elsa is currently researching the letters of Carmen and Ángel, two lovers attempting to reunite during the final days of the Spanish Civil War. Elsa is a photographer travelling across the country, photographing…

Cast: Elsa Pereira, Pilar Castañal Castiñeira, Jesús López Paz, Rafael de la Fuente Morado

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21:00

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Manaki Cinema

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Center of Culture

Queen at sea / 2026 / 121′

Director: Lance Hammer

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Cinematographer: Adolpho Veloso

Story: Amanda and her stepfather Martin are tormented by moral dilemmas that drive them apart. Has Amanda’s mother, Leslie, who is suffering from advanced dementia, lost the ability to make decisions in her own best interest?…

Cast: Juliette Binoche, Tom Courtenay, Anna Calder-Marshall, Florence Hunt

Country: UK, USA

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21:00

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Center of Culture

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Cultural Centre

Extraordinary / 2026 / 83′

Director: Marina Andree Škop, Vanda Raýmanová

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Cinematographer: Tomislav Sutlar

Story: After her parents mysteriously disappear, ten-year-old Alice sets out on a search with a gang of boy detectives and her unusual brother, who experiences the world differently. His unique perspective becomes the…

Cast: Marta Mihanović, Maks Kleončić, Mark Spiridonović, Martin Pišlar

Country: Croatia/Slovakia/Serbia/Slovenia/Latvia

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10:30

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Cultural Centre

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Cinematographer:

Маsterclass

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12:00

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Manaki Cinema

Johannes Louis, Dirk Meier

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Cinematographer:

Panel

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13:30

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Manaki Cinema

Transmission with United Cinematography Organization (UCO) members

Charlotte Alma-Michel, Thomas Lallier, Marie Mercier, Yvan Rodionov

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Cultural Center

The lost son / 2026 / 100′

Director: Darko Štante

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Cinematographer: Peter Zeitlinger

Story: Detective Andrej is shocked to discover that his estranged brother, Kristian, is in fact a perpetrator of domestic violence. As he tries to repair their relationship, parallels emerge between Kristian’s behavior and…

Cast: Jure Henigman, Nejc Cijan Garlatti, Lara Maria Vouk, Tamara Avguštin, Nika Rozman

Country: Slovenia/Greece/Croatia/Italy/N. Macedonia

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17:00

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Cultural Center

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Hen / 2025 / 96′

Director: Pálfi György

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Cinematographer: Giorgos Karvelas

Story: After escaping from a farm, a hen finds shelter in the backyard of a run-down restaurant. There, she discovers love, challenges the established hierarchy, and struggles to protect her eggs from the greedy owner. Her…

Cast: Ioannis Kokiasmenos, Maria Diakopanagioti, Argyris Pantazaras

Country: Germany, Greece, Hungary

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17:00

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Manaki Cinema

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А few things happening by a river / 2026 / 14′

Director: Daniel Soares

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Cinematographer: Marta Simões

Story: A lifeless body drifts downstream, while the fragmented world around it carries on with other things.

Cast: Teresa Madruga, João Vicente, Clara Namora, Rui Pedro Silva, Cárin Silva

Country: Portugal, France

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19:00

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Manaki Cinema

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Маnaki Cinema

As a cure / 2026 / 16′

Director: Dorothea Sing Zhang

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Cinematographer: Louis Lustermann

Story: A girl sifts through the dune to find her identity card in order to enroll in the Beijing Opera academy.

Cast: Yichen Zhu, Ziyu Chu, Ai’er Yu

Country: China, United Kingdom

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19:00

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Маnaki Cinema

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Last tropics / 2025 / 20′

Director: Thanasis Trouboukis

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Cinematographer: Konstantinos Koukoulios

Story: As a waterborne disease threatens their forgotten coastal village, three young fishermen turn to illegal dynamite fishing.

Cast: Vasilis Koutsogiannis, Zoe Sigalou, Nikos Zeginoglou

Country: Greece

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19:00

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Manaki Cinema

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Tuesday or Thursday / 2025 / 17 ‘

Director: Dušan Kasalica

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Cinematographer: Igor Gjorgjevic

Story: As the filming of a movie draws to a close, an exhausted producer named Mira wanders through the set, grappling with problems that have no easy solutions. Drawn by a melody only she can hear, she retreats into the…

Cast: Jelena Angelovski, Lidija Andric, Igor Bencina

Country: Montenegro

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19:00

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Manaki Cinema

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„Vaterland“ or a Bule named Yanto / 2026 / 25′

Director: Berthold Wahjudi

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Cinematographer: Noah Bohm

Story: When Yanto, a German man of Indonesian descent in his twenties, visits his younger sister in Yogyakarta, he expects a simple family reunion—until he realizes that she fits in there far more easily than he does. As…

Cast: Aggai Saibuma, Sarah Muckarin Röser

Country: Germany, Indonesia

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19:00

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Manaki Cinema

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NI Museum Bitola (patio)

Silent cinema / 2026 / 16′

Director: Krste Gospodinovski

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Cinematographer: Goran Naumovski, Darko Popov, Krste Gospodinovski

Story: In a small cinema at the end of the silent film era, a former movie star clings to the past, screening only silent films. His son grows up in this world, unaware of the changes taking place beyond its walls with the…

Cast: Nick DeCarlo

Country: N. Macedonia

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19:30

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NI Museum Bitola (patio)

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NI Museum Bitola (patio)

Stop the car / 2025 / 17′

Director: Igor Hristov

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Cinematographer: Aleksandar Krumov

Story: In search of quick money, brothers Bojan and Dejan steal a car, only to realize that they have accidentally kidnapped a child. Bojan begs Dejan to stop the car, but Dejan has other plans.

Cast: Ovanes Torosyan, Tigran Torosyan

Country: N. Macedonia

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19:30

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NI Museum Bitola (patio)

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NI Museum Bitola (patio)

TLSM / 2025 / 15′

Director: Filip Momirovski

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Cinematographer: Valentin Cvetkoski

Story: A boy prepares for a final showdown with his bullies. A spirit from Macedonian folktales interferes.

Cast: Damjan Krstevski, Angela Stojanovska, Sinan Rakipovski

Country: N. Macedonia

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19:30

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NI Museum Bitola (patio)

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NI Museum Bitola (patio)

The mountain won`t move / 2025 / 91′

Director: Petra Selishkar

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Cinematographer: Brand Ferro

Story: High in the Macedonian mountains, amid a flock of 600 sheep guarded by enormous dogs, stands a sheepfold. Children’s laughter echoes through this precarious shelter. They are brothers, aged between eight and twenty.…

Cast: Zekir Zekirov, Zarif Zekirov, Zani Zekirov, Zarife Zekirov, Marijan Dimovski

Country: N. Macedonia, Slovenia, France

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19:30

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NI Museum Bitola (patio)

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Barefoot Maria / 2026 / 41′

Director: Rebecca Digne

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Cinematographer: Rebecca Digne

Story: Еight-year-old Maria lives in Tuscany in harmony with nature. Desperate over being forced to leave the playground by its owners and the search for a new home in the suburbs, she turns to filmmaking. The director…

Country: France

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21:00

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Manaki Cinema

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The beauty of the donkey / 2025 / 77′

Director: Dea Gjinovci

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Cinematographer: Maxime Kathari

Story: In 1968, Asllan, a 19-year-old аlbanian political activist, was forced into exile, taking him away from his native Kosovo for more than fifty years. Despite this forced separation, Asllan keeps the memories of his past…

Cast: Asllan Gjinovci, Leart Gjinovci

Country: Switzerland, Kosovo, USA, France

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21:00

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Manaki Cinema

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Cinematographer:

Masterclass

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10:30

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Manaki Cinema

Mustapha Barat, Bojana Andric, Ella Van Den Hove, John Aduloju

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Cinematographer:

Маsterclass

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12:00

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Manaki Cinema

Shooting the “Magic Hour”

Jean Marie Droujou, Juliette Van Dormael, Tommaso Fiorilli

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Cinematographer:

Маsterclass

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13:30

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Manaki Cinema

Boris Mojsovski

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Small Hall, Center of Culture

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Cinematographer:

Workshop

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13:30

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Small Hall, Center of Culture

INSAS and FDA

Hichame Alaouie, Fejmi Daut

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Cultural Center

Motherwitch / 2026 / 104′

Director: Minos Papas

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Cinematographer: Јаck McDonald

Story: Eleni is a painter who attempts to resurrect her dead children in Cyprus in 1882, but instead awakens the Kalikantzaroi — creatures from Cypriot folklore, malevolent spirits that resemble children but possess…

Cast: Margarita Zachariou, Miltos Yerolemou, Danae Katsameni

Country: Cyprus/N. Macedonia/USA

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17:00

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Cultural Center

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Оnly beautiful things to look at / 2026 / 88′

Director: Ivan Ostrochovský

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Cinematographer: Juraj Chlpík

Story: The elegant doctor Ingrid works in a remote rural hospital in the mid-1980s. Trapped in an exhausting marriage and a monotonous career, Ingrid devotes all her time to her patients. She delivers babies and performs…

Cast: Anna Geislerová, Simona Boledovičová, Eva Mores

Country: Slovakia, Czech Republic, Hungary

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17:00

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Manaki Cinema

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Norheimsund / 2026 / 12′

Director: Ana A. Alpizar

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Cinematographer: Yuqian Zhang

Story: A young Cuban woman develops a long-distance relationship with an older Norwegian man who promises her a better life and the possibility for her and her mother to escape the difficult conditions in Cuba. However, her…

Cast: Yaité Ruiz, Paula Massó Varela, Darianis Palenzuela, Kiriam Gutiérrez

Country: Cuba, USA

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19:00

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Manaki Cinema

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Маnaki Cinema

From 6 to 5 / 2025 / 10′

Director: Erlise Beqiri

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Cinematographer: Adrian Dubova

Story: Azem, a man in his forties, works as a security guard in a hotel, trapped in a monotonous routine that has come to define his entire life. Isolated from his family and cut off from the world outside, even simple human…

Cast: Astrit Kabashi, Eshref Durmishi, Fitore Jashari, Rebeka Qena

Country: Кosovo

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19:00

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Маnaki Cinema

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North south / 2025 / 10′

Director: Stanisław Skonieczny

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Cinematographer: Stanisław Skonieczny

Story: Two people and their driver are trying to get to the south. As they travel down south, they get closer to each other.

Country: Poland

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19:00

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Manaki Cinema

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Pankaja / 2026 / 14′

Director: Anooya Swamy

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Cinematographer: Luke Kao

Story: The story follows Pankaja, a woman who, along with her daughter Lalli, desperately navigates the city slums and bureaucracy of Bangalore in a quest to locate her missing husband.

Cast: Harshini Boyalla, Padmashree G.

Country: India, USA

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19:00

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Manaki Cinema

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NI Museum Bitola (patio)

Living waters / 2025 / 6′

Director: Ramona Aristide, Sezer Salihi

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Cinematographer: Reese Muntean

Story: On a constantly shifting piece of Arctic ice, Ramona turns the camera on herself, surrounded by a landscape that defies comprehension. What begins as an act of observation gradually becomes a quiet meditation on the…

Cast: Ramona Aristide

Country: N. Macedonia

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19:30

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NI Museum Bitola (patio)

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NI Museum Bitola (patio)

Analog beings / 2024 / 22′

Director: Marija Grcheva

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Cinematographer: Stefan Gjorgievski

Story: In a rigid corporate future where biometric wristbands and artificial intelligence govern every choice we make, marketing manager Sofia is forced to participate in the beta testing of a corporate matchmaking program…

Country: N. Macedonia

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19:30

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NI Museum Bitola (patio)

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NI Museum Bitola (patio)

Lice / 2026 / 12`54“’

Director: Roze Simonovska

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Cinematographer: Dusan Kardalevski

Story: Maria wakes up with a gap in her memory and spends the day trying to piece together how she made it home. As she searches for clues about what actually happened, she begins to fear that everything she has built up to…

Country: N. Macedonia

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19:30

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NI Museum Bitola (patio)

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NI Museum Bitola (patio)

Ruins / 2026 / 80′

Director: Еlena Chemerska

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Cinematographer: Gjorgji Klincharov

Story: Returning to North Macedonia to restore a modernist monument built by her late father, a filmmaker discovers that restoring the architecture is inseparable from confronting her own grief. Once conceived as a symbol of…

Cast: Protagonists: Elena Chemerska, Rajna Chemerska, Kaća, Gligor Chemerski, Filip Chemerski, Ognen Chemerski

Country: N. Macedonia

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19:30

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NI Museum Bitola (patio)

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NI Museum Bitola (patio)

Symphony of Skopje / 2026 / 18`15“’

Director: Kristijan Kostadinovski

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Cinematographer: Ana Pavlovska

Story: Alek is a young man working at a marketing agency. His monotonous job gradually stifles his desire to create music, leaving him caught between his own aspirations and a life imposed on him by society. Unable to fight…

Cast: Dimitrija Markovski, Dejan Lilikj, Goran Nikov

Country: N. Macedonia

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19:30

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NI Museum Bitola (patio)

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Маnaki Cinema

Krakatoa / 2026 / 78′

Director: Carlos Casas

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Cinematographer: Benjamin Echazarreta

Story: The film captures the final day in the life of Kesuma, a young fisherman from Bagan who makes a living fishing from a bamboo platform several kilometres off the volcanic island of Krakatoa, Indonesia.

Cast: Roni Hensilayah

Country: Spain, France, United Kingdom, Poland

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20:00

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Маnaki Cinema

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The weary hours of two lab assistants / 2026 / 22′

Director: Burak Çеvik

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Cinematographer: Gregory Oке

Story: At midnight, two laboratory assistants study an unknown substance using machines and procedures that remain unclear to us. They seek knowledge through the rigorous logic of the laboratory. As fatigue sets in, one…

Cast: Nalan Kuruçim, Bahar Çevik, Didar Püren Erbek

Country: Turkey, Germany, UK, Croatia

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20:00

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Manaki Cinema

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Cinematographer:

Маsterclass

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10:30

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Manaki Cinema

ASC Talks

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Cinematographer:

Маsterclass

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12:00

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Manaki Cinema

How Not to Make a Boring Film?

Darko Mitrevski

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Cinematographer:

Presentation

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13:30

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Manaki Cinema

Painting with Color and Light on a Lean Crew: Lighting Barstow

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Blackbird / 2026 / 21′

Director: João Paulo Miranda Maria

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Cinematographer: Virginie Sudej

Story: In the depths of winter, a mysterious young woman lands in a caravan camping in the middle of a forest. There , she meets two other lonely souls: a taciturn former boxer turned hunter and a young dreamer with a passion…

Cast: Hafsia Herzi, Slimane Dazi, Dimitri Dore

Country: France

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15:30

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Manaki Cinema

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Маnaki Cinema

i used to call that man home / 2025 / 12′

Director: Mel Nоchetti

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Cinematographer: Mel Nоchetti

Story: In a ghostly present, a man recalls a dream he had shortly after his father’s death. A ghost story.

Cast: Jorge Coba

Country: Mexico, Spain Italy

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15:30

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Маnaki Cinema

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Nobody knows the world / 2026 / 18 ‘

Director: Roddy Dеxtre

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Cinematographer: Julián AMARU

Story: An eleven-year-old boy cares for the carrier pigeons his brother uses in his drug trade on the outskirts of Lima. When violence shatters his childhood, grief and a small gesture of kindness open the possibility of a…

Cast: Ransés Naranjo Franco, Gabriel Merino Dorival, Kenyi Farfán Baiquе, Santiago Solórzano Zevallos

Country: Peru, Colombia, Spain, Mexico

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15:30

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Manaki Cinema

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Radiant frost / 2026 / 19′

Director: Hannah Schierbeek

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Cinematographer: Vincent Prochoroff

Story: The life of a drifter takes a dramatic turn when he discovers a member of a cult hiding in the back of his truck.

Cast: Eli Vidis Newman, Taika Augustaitis, Heather Evans

Country: USA, Phillipines

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15:30

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Manaki cinema

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Berna`s eyes / 2025 / 17′

Director: Ermal Gerdovci

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Cinematographer: Naum Doksevski

Story: Berna, a young woman weighed down by unspoken trauma, moves through the neon-lit streets of Prishtina, haunted by a menacing shadow from her past. As she struggles to navigate her bleak existence, a series of violent…

Cast: Arta Selimi, Tristan Halilaj, Ervin Shala, Gramos Malaj

Country: Kosovo, N. Macedonia

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15:30

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Manaki Cinema

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Made in EU / 2025 / 109′

Director: Stephan Komandarev

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Cinematographer: Veselin Hristov

Story: Iva works in a garment factory in rural Bulgaria and struggles with a mysterious illness. When it is discovered that she is the first COVID-19 case in her small town, the news triggers a relentless wave of…

Cast: Gergana Pletnyova, Todor Kotsev, Ivaylo Hristov

Country: Bulgaria, Germany, Czech Republic

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17:00

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Manaki Cinema

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Center of culture

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Cinematographer:

Closing Ceremony

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20:00

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Center of culture

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Center of Culture

You won`t believe what happened before / 2025 / ‘

Director: Srgjan Janakjievikj

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Cinematographer: Dejan Dimeski

Story: Two rogue journalists clash over a damning video that could topple a crooked regime. As betrayal and blackmail mount, their twisted road trip spirals into chaos, murder, and a scandal that could bring the whole system…

Cast: Nikola Ristanovski, Darija Rizova, Sara Sandeva, Sashko Kocev, Oliver Mitkovski, Marjan Naumov, Leo Dolores Popovikj

Country: N. Macedonia

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20:00

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Center of Culture

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