Adriatic Network “Manaki Brothers – Next Generation” Workshop
The Adriatic Network “Manaki Brothers – Next Generation” workshop, held as part of the festival, is a continuation of the Manaki Brothers successors, which until last year was targeted at high school students. This year, under the mentorship of Marija Djidjeva and Fejmi Daut, as part of the Adriatic Network, this event is expanded with […]
Jean-Marie Dreujou: Cameras Give Cinematographers Great Artistic Freedom
Today at the Manaki Cinema in Bitola French cinematographers Jean-Marie Dreujou, Denis Lenoir and Pascale Marin spoke about the evolution of recording tools from the time of the New Wave in French cinema. The workshop was held as part of the 46. edition of the International Festival of Film Camera Manaki Brothers, taking place between […]
Ivo Trajkov: Film Is Larger Than Life
Today at Manaki Cinema director and producer Ivo Trajkov held a workshop about the making of Film. This is a road movie in which Trajkov drives a car while making videos of himself, or more precisely, he is both the actor and the director of this piece. “I would like to tell my younger colleagues, […]
Film Light Has the Floor: 46. Edition of IFFC Manaki Brothers Opens, GoldenCamera 300 for Outstanding Contribution to World Cinema Awarded to SemihKaplanoğlu
Films create magic in the face of which words disappear. Seven festival days, seventy films and more than 400 authors and artists from all over the world will walk around Bitola, the town that shall dream these nights through the light and the shadows of the silver screen. -Exactly 19 years later, I am […]
Multimedia artist Kiro Urdin is the designer of the poster for this year’s 46. edition of IFFCManaki Brothers
I spoke with the management of IFFC Manaki Brothers, who told me that their intention this year is to give an artistic aspect to the visual design. In agreement with the festival heads, we looked at a couple of options and they chose this work. It is a painting that is half abstract and half […]
Manaki Co-production Forum with France – Call for Projects
Eligible projects: feature-length (minimum length of 70 minutes) fiction film projects in development, intended for theatrical release, with at least national funding in place, and with a potential for co-producing with France. Eligible countries: N. Macedonia, Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania, and Kosovo Required documents (in English): treatment (up to 4 pages) synopsis (up […]
Semih Kaplanoğlu – recipient of the Special Camera 300 for Outstanding Contribution to World Cinematic Art
The winner of the “Golden Bear” at the Berlin Film Festival, Semih Kaplanoğlu, is this year’s laureate of the Special Camera 300 for Outstanding Contribution to World Cinematic Art. Kaplanoğlu is one of the most successful and influential directors in Turkish cinema, having received 28 international awards and 10 nominations worldwide. He made his debut in 2001 with “Away […]
Kiril Dzajkovski announced as recipient of this year’s “Great Star of Macedonian Cinema” Award presented by MFPA
Kiril Džajkovski is the recipient of this year’s “Great Star of Macedonian Cinema” Award as a testament to his outstanding contribution to Macedonian cinema, music and culture, the president of the Macedonian Film Professionals’ Association, Igor Ivanov – Izi announced earlier today. Ivanov also emphasized that finding a laureate for this award had been no easy feat, because the […]
16 Finalists Selected for Her Frame Programme
16 Finalists Selected for Her Frame Programme Following a large number of applications from across the Western Balkans, 16 emerging women filmmakers and media artists have been selected to take part in the Her Frame programme, supported by the British Council. Throughout the programme, participants will work with leading women professionals from the film industry through online […]
Learning from the Best: Meet the Mentors of the ‘Her Frame’ Project
Learning from the Best: Meet the Mentors of the `Her Frame` Project Her Frame is a regional project that empowers young female artists and directors from the Western Balkans through knowledge, support, and inspiration from top experts in the film industry. Through a series of carefully designed workshops, participants of the Her Frame project will […]