Honoring a Pioneer: Nancy Schreiber, ASC, Receives the Trailblazer Award at the Manaki Brothers Film Festival The Manaki Brothers Film Festival is proud to introduce the Trailblazer Award, a prestigious honor celebrating individuals who have not only excelled in their craft but have also forged new paths and opened doors for future generations. We are […]
The traveling cinema of “Manaki” and “MakeDox” From this year, the International Cinematographers’ Film Festival “Manaki Brothers” joins the traveling cinema at the festival of creative documentary film “MakeDox”. This year, in its magic saddle, in addition to documentaries, the donkey also brings feature films. The caravan will stay for two nights in each village, […]
Dimitar Grbevski is the winner of the “Great Star of Macedonian Film” award, awarded by MFPA (Macedonian Film Professionals Association) Macedonian film and television editor Dimitar Grbevski is the winner of the “Great Star of Macedonian Film” award for outstanding contribution to Macedonian cinema. The award is traditionally awarded each year by the Macedonian Film […]
THE POWERFUL WOMEN OF “MANAKI”: ELEN LOTMAN Elen Lotman is an Estonian cinematographer, screenwriter and director, who has worked on short and long feature films and documentaries, shot around the world, in Japan, Tibet, China, Thailand, India, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Lapland and the Arctic. She graduated in Audiovisual Studies from the Faculty of Educational Sciences […]
Extended deadline for Manaki Co-production Forum The deadline for submitting projects to the ICFF Manaki Brothers Co-production Forum with France has been extended to August 22, 2024.
THE POWERFUL WOMEN OF “MANAKI”: ERIKA ADDIS Erika Addis is one of Australia’s most respected cinematographers who, began her film and television career working on local independent productions. After graduating from the Australian Film, Television and Radio School in 1979, has worked on long form and series documentaries, short and experimental film and television projects. […]
Visual identity of the 45th edition of ICFF Manaki Brothers We are excited to reveal the visual identity of the 45th edition of the International Cinematographers’ Film Festival “Manaki Brothers”, based on the headline THERE IS ONLY ONE MANAKI. The creators of the visual identity are our long-time partners, supporters, and friends at the McCann […]
The powerful women of “Manaki”: Teresa Medina Teresa Medina is one of the most renowned female cinematographers in the industry in the fields of film, television, commercials and documentaries in Spain. In a country dominated by men behind the camera, Medina uses her experience and knowledge to break gender stereotypes in order to help promote […]
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 […]
ICFF “Manaki Brothers”, as a partner of OFF Pro Market, presented the award for the project with the highest visual potential Within the 16th “Telemach Youth Film Festival Sarajevo” (OFF), the 5th OFF Pro Short Film Market was held, an industry initiative of the Short Film Development Festival. Twelve projects were presented at the market. […]
The powerful women of “Manaki”: Bojana Andric Bojana Andric is one of the most prominent Serbian cinematographers, who for more than two decades has worked tirelessly to enrich Serbian film and television production, with important and impressive projects. She was born in 1983 and graduated from the Department of Film and TV Camera at the […]
The laureate of the Special Camera 300 Award for Outstanding Contribution to World Cinematic Art at the 45th International Cinematographers’ Film Festival “Manaki Brothers” iS Jolanta DYLEWSKA Consistent with its tradition of early noticing and then nurturing the ties with many outstanding cinematographers, this year, for its 45th anniversary, the ICFF “Manaki Brothers” is especially […]
THE POWERFUL WOMEN OF “MANAKI” “The Powerful Women of Manaki 44” is a series in which we present participants from the 44th edition of the International Cinematographers’ Film Festival “Manaki Brothers”, who have made a special contribution to the film industry. With their dedicated, both sacrificed and innovative engagement, they are the drivers of positive […]
BRUNO DELBONNEL LAUREATE OF THE GOLDEN CAMERA 300 FOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AT THE 45TH EDITION OF THE ICFF ‘MANAKI BROTHERS’ Bruno DELBONNEL, AFC, ASC, is the most recent member of the Manaki Club of Greats. Having previously won the Special Golden Camera 300 for Outstanding Contribution to the Art of Film at the 32nd edition […]
44. ICFF MANAKI BROTHERS FILMS ‘SWEEP’ THE AWARDS SEASON Several films that were selected in the Official Selection “Camera 300” at the 44th edition of the International Cinematographers’ Film Festival “Manaki Brothers” have won numerous awards during the so-called awards season and established themselves at the top of the lists of the most successful films […]
THE RETROSPECTIVE “The Manaki Brothers’ Greats”
CELEBRATING CINEMATIC BRILLIANCE: MANAKI BROTHERS FILM FESTIVAL MARKS ITS 45TH ANNIVERSARY AS THE FESTIVAL OF MASTERS OF CINEMATOGRAPHY The International Cinematographers’ Film Festival “Manaki Brothers”, the world’s first and oldest festival dedicated to the creativity of cinematographers, announces its 45th-anniversary edition and will take place in Bitola, North Macedonia from September 21 to 27, 2024. […]
AWARDS 2023 Golden Camera 300 for Cinematography in a Narrative Feature-Length FilmCEVAHIR ŞAHIN & KÜRŞAT ÜRESINfor ‘About Dry Grasses’ Silver Camera 300 for Cinematography in a Narrative Feature-Length FilmCHENGMA ZHIYUANfor ‘Only the River Flows’ Bronze Camera 300 for Cinematography in a Narrative Feature-Length FilmPAOLO CARNERAfor ‘Nostalgia’ Small Golden Camera 300 for Best Cinematography in a […]
SEAMUS MCGARVEY LAUREATE OF THE SPECIAL GOLDEN CAMERA 300 FOR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO WORLD CINEMATIC ART AT THE 44TH EDITION OF THE ICFF ‘MANAKI BROTHERS’ Making a selection of the best British cinema over the past twenty years without including at least three films visually shaped by Seamus McGarvey would indeed be a daunting task. […]
PETER BIZIOU LAUREATE OF THE GOLDEN CAMERA 300 FOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AT THE 44TH EDITION OF THE ICFF ‘MANAKI BROTHERS’ Peter BIZIOU was born on August 8, 1944, in Bangor, in the county of Caernarvoshire, Wales / United Kingdom. His father, Leon Bijou played a key role in his upbringing and shaped his personality, above […]
LABINA MITEVSKA 2023 ‘GREAT STAR OF MACEDONIAN CINEMA’ The actress and producer Labina Mitevska is this year’s recipient of the “Great Star of Macedonian Cinema” Award, presented by the Macedonian Film Professionals Association, in recognition of her outstanding contribution to Macedonian cinema. Starting with little Zamira, her debut in “Before the Rain” (1994), when she […]
JEAN-MARIE DREUJOU: MANY OF THE SCENES IN NOTRE DAME ON FIREWERE FILMED IN A STUDIO Today, the French cinematographer, Jean-Marie Dreujou, had his workshop in the cinema ‘Manaki’ in Bitola. He talked about the filming of Notre Dame onFire. Dreujou, who has just completed the 60 th film in his career is a cinematographer nominated […]
LUCA COASSIN: THE FILM WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE THE TITLE ARKAN, BUT WE LEARNT THAT THIS WASTHE NAME OF A WAR CRIMINAL AND WE CHANGED IT INTO AIKEN The film Only the River Flows was screened as part of the official selection of the 44 th International Cinematographers Film Festival Manaki Brothers. It is a […]
MACEDONIAN FILM THEATRES SIGNED A MEMORANDUM ON NETWORKING: LET US BRING OUR OLD AUDIENCESBACK AND CREATE AND EDUCATE NEW ONES Following the initiative and mediation of the Forum for Reasonable Policies and under the auspices of the Manaki Brothers festival, a memorandum was signed by seven film theatres from Macedonia: Cinemateque of North Macedonia, Drive-In […]
Scenographer Igor Toshevski (Igor Toshevski) is the creator of the concept design of last year’s and this year’s edition of ICFF Manaki Brothers in Bitola. Following his professional and artistic passion for aesthetic interior and exterior design, this year Toshevski gives a specific visual stamp to the cinematographers’ festival in Bitola. „This year we put […]
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 […]
