Festival Schedule
Event calendar
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Workshop, Next Generation
Light pollution
Марија Џиџева, Фејми Даут / Marija Dzidzeva, Fejmi Daut
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Cultural Center
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Cultural Center
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Red Carpet
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Cultural Center
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Opening Ceremony
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Manaki Cinema
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Manaki Cinema
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Masterclass
Cinematographer: Dan Lausten
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Manaki Cinema
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Manaki Cinema
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Panel
Navigating Industry Shifts: Surviving and triving in screen production
Moderator: Cristina Nowak | Participants: Dan Laustsen, Reetta Tula, Athena Xenidou, Ray Talent Agency
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Manaki Cinema
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Manaki Cinema
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Masterclass
Cinematographer: Janusz Kamiński
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The plateau in front of the Officer`s House
Bench / 2026 / 19′
Director: Тtifun 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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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: Fisnik Zeqiri, Sheqerie Iljazi, Sara Bajrami
Country: N. Macedonia
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The plateau in front of the Officer`s House
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Мanaki Cinema
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Мanaki Cinema
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Masterclass
Cinematographer: Suki Medencevic
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The plateau in front of the Officer`s House
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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The plateau in front of the Officer`s House
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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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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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Manaki Cinema
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Manaki Cinema
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LEITZ Seminar
An Imagemaker`s Journey
Cinematographer: Dan Laustsen
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Manaki CInema
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Manaki CInema
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WIC Panel
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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Workshop
INSAS and FDA
Hichame Alaouie, Fejmi Daut
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The plateau in front of the Officer`s House
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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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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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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Manaki Cinema
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Маsterclass
Johannes Louis, Dirk Meier
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Manaki Cinema
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Transmission with United Cinematography Organization (UCO) members
Charlotte Alma-Michel, Thomas Lallier, Marie Mercier, Yvan Rodionov
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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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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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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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Masterclass
Mustapha Barat, Bojana Andric, Ella Van Den Hove, John Aduloju
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Маsterclass
Shooting the “Magic Hour”
Jean Marie Droujou, Juliette Van Dormael, Tommaso Fiorilli
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Manaki Cinema
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Manaki Cinema
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Маsterclass
Boris Mojsovski
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Small Hall, Center of Culture
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Workshop
INSAS and FDA
Hichame Alaouie, Fejmi Daut
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The plateau in front of the Officer`s House
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…
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Country: N. Macedonia
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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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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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Маsterclass
ASC Talks
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Manaki Cinema
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Маsterclass
How Not to Make a Boring Film?
Darko Mitrevski
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Manaki Cinema
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Manaki Cinema
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Presentation
Painting with Color and Light on a Lean Crew: Lighting Barstow
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Center of culture
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Center of culture
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Closing Ceremony