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Creature, by Guatemala-born Argentinian director Maria Silvia Esteve, was shown in the short film competition. Her first documentary was shown at IDFA, while Creature won an award at Locarno. „I got the idea for the film in an exhausting period for me, when I was shooting a film. I was in such an emotional state […]

Ilija Pavlov’s first feature film is called Rebirth: Voice of Silence, where he had the roles of director, cinematographer and actor; actress Vucica Nastova also appears in the film. The film had its premiere at the ICFF Manaki Brothers and showcased a new philosophical approach. „The majority of the film is split-screen for a reason:

These days, Bitola is full of young people who are impressed by the films shown as part of the program of the “Manaki Brothers” festival. Many of them are students coming from many different countries, future cinematographers and directors, who exchange experiences, make friends, watch screenings together and participate in masterclasses. We asked them, what

Stories keep on living as long as there’s someone to tell them. The stories that we weave at the “Manaki Brothers” Festival are among the original stories, the stories that storytelling started with, from the first time they were narrated, we keep telling them and retelling them in our own words and pictures, through the

Anthony Dod Mantle is one of the world`s most famous names in cinematography with a renowned film portfolio, a name featured as a cinematographer in the closing credits of film such as “The Celebration”, “Another Round” (Thomas Vinterberg), “Dogville”, “Manderlay”, “Breaking the Waves”, (Lars von Trier) “Trainspotting”, “28 days Later” “Slumdog Millionaire”, (Danny Boyle), winner

The student programme programmer Gjorgi Pulevski attended one of the biggest and oldest student film festivals in the world, the 41. edition of Munich International Festival of Filmschools in Germany. During the festival Pulevski met with the festival director Diana Iljine, as well as several professors from film academies in Europe and beyond. Pulevski took

The new City Guide that was recently launched to enhance the Bitola tourist offer – Bitola City Guide 2023 – is very useful for all the tourists coming to enjoy the City of Consuls. This practical and handy brochure, available in both print and electronic format, makes it possible to have the shopping locations, important

The cinematographer of ‘Mississippi Burning’, ‘The Truman Show’, ‘In the Name of the Father’, ‘Damage’, ‘Pink Floyd – The Wall’, ‘Life of Brian’, ‘Time Bandits’, ‘9½ Weeks’, ‘Richard III’, and many other notable films, the Oscar winner Peter Biziou, is this year’s laureate of the Golden Camera 300 for Life Achievement. Biziou has worked with

The President of the Macedonian Film Professionals’ Association, Igor Ivanov-Izi, announced that this year’s winner of the award ‘Great Star of Macedonian Cinema’ for exceptional contribution to Macedonian cinema is the actress and producer Labina Mitevska. Mitevska’s acting career started in 1994 when she played one of the leading roles in Milčo Mančevski’s ‘Before the

After the world premiere at the Venice Film Festival in the ‘Orizzonti’ competition, the film ‘Housekeeping for Beginners’, written and directed by Goran Stolevski, will open the 44th ICFF Manaki Brothers. The film’s cinematographer is Naum Doksevski. He was the winner of the Small Camera 300 at the 2018 Manaki Brothers festival for the short film