Visual Poetry: Vindicta Through the ALEXA 35
I shot Vindicta with Alexa 35. I felt comfortable with the sensors, it is shot in a large format. This film has a lot of beauty in it, this camera was a great choice and the main reason I picked it is because of the lens options. I simply knew what I wanted to do, […]
A Film That Speaks Through Emotions: IMAGO Pays Tribute to Ron Johanson in Bitola
As part of the Manaki Brothers International Cinematographers Film Festival (IFFK) in Bitola, a heartfelt tribute film dedicated to Ron Johanson, a renowned cinematographer and long-standing member of the International Federation of Cinematographers – IMAGO, who passed away in June this year, was screened in a packed “Manaki” cinema. The screening was filled with emotions […]
Adriatic Network Films at 46. IFFC Manaki Brothers
Gabriela Urbonaite, director of Renovation, a Lithuanian-Latvian coproduction, was the guest at today’s press conference at the Manaki Brothers festival. The film had its premiere as part of the Proxima programme at the latest Karlovy Vary Film Festival. At IFFC this film is part of the competition selection supported by the Adriatic Network of Festivals […]
Two Lithuanian Films at 46. IFFC Manaki Brothers: the rise of Lithuanian cinema is due to the cooperative, not competitive spirit among us
Visitor by Vytautas Katkus from Lithuania was part of the official selection Camera 300 at the 46. edition of IFF Manaki Brothers and at today’s press conference Katkus spoke about the rise of Lithuanian cinema, his method of work and the cooperation with his colleagues. -The rise of Lithuanian cinema is due to a set […]
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 […]