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"The Parade" Wins Three Prizes At The Berlinale

The film "The Parade" directed by Srdjan Dragojevic has won three awards at this years’  62nd Berlinale International Film Festival, which took place 9-19 February in Berlin, Germany.
"The Parade" won the Panorama Audience Award for best film , the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury and the Victory Column Award  and therefore succeeded in uniting the audience, the LBGT community and the representatives of the Catholic and Protestant church.
"The Parade" is a co-production between Serbia, Croatia, Macedonia and Slovenia, the  Macedonian co-producer being the production company Sektor Film.
The Macedonian film "The Woman Who Brushed Off Her Tears" by Teona Strugar Mitevska was also screened in the Panorama section alongside Marija Apcevska's "Bardo" which had its screening as part of the Generation programme.

 

3 Films Supported By Macedonian Film Fund At The Berlinale

Teona Strugar Mitevska's "The Woman Who Brushed Off Her Tears", Srgjan Dragojevic's "The Parade" and Мarija Apcevska's short film "Bardo" have all been scheduled to be screened at the upcoming 62nd Edition of Berlin International Film Festival.
The short film "Bardo", a graduation work of director Marija Apcevska, will be screened in the programme Generation, competing alongside 30 other films for the Crystal Bear Award for short film. The film is shot from a child's point of view with eight-year-old Marija Blagoevska perfectly capturing a little girl's perception of the world that surrounds her.
"The Parade" (a co-production between Serbia, Croatia, Macedonia and Slovenia) has been selected in the official Panorama programme. The films have all  been supported by Macedonian Film Fund.

 

"Mothers" Opened Trieste Film Festival, “Lasarus”  In Search Of Co-producers And Distributors

The film "Mothers" directed by Milcho Manchevski has had its gala screening yesterday, January 19, as part of the opening ceremony of the 23rd Edition of Trieste Film Festival, which will last till January 25. This is Milcho Manchevski's second film screened at this festival, following his 1994 “Before The Rain” (which was that year's winner of Golden Lion at Venice  Film Festival) alongside various number of short  films and videos by this respected director.

In addition, Svetozar Ristovski's "Lasarus", is to be presented at the co-production film market  WEMW (When East meets West), which is part of Trieste Film Festival. The film was among the 10 selected projects in development that have already been pitched at other co-production markets ("Lasarus" was previously presented at the Thessaloniki IFF and Sofia IFF co-production markets.)


 

" The Woman Who Brushed Off Her Tears" To Be Screened At Berlinale