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 […]
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 […]
The director of ICFF ‘Manaki Brothers’, Simeon Moni Damevski, announced the winner of the Special Golden Camera 300 for Outstanding Contribution to World Cinematic Art at the 44th edition of the festival to be fled from 23rd to 29th of September. The cinematographer whose signature work includes films produced in his long-lasting cooperation with the […]
The programmers of the International Cinematographers’ Film Festival “Manaki Brothers” announced the Programme for the upcoming 44th festival edition. The programmer of the “Camera 300” Official Competition for feature films, Slagjan Penev, revealed an exceptionally diverse and attractive selection. Apart from the screenings of some of the most recent Macedonian films at the festival opening and […]
At today’s press conference for the 44th ICFF “Manaki Brothers” which took place at the Army Hall in Bitola, the details for this year’s Festival Program, as well as the Off Program, were presented. – Right here, with this press conference, the first one to be held in Bitola this year, the festival has come back […]
