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| 11th Annual MACEDONIAN FILM FESTIVAL |
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| The festival was held on October 22-23, 2016, at: Carlton Cinema Theatre - Toronto |
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THE THIRD HALF
Showtime: October 23rd, 2016 - 3:30 p.m. (Theatre #9)
Genre: Feature - Drama, History, Romance
Released: 2012
Running time: 113 minutes
Director: Darko Mitrevski
Screenplay: Grgur Strujic, Darko Mitrevski
Producers: Robert Naskov, Darko Mitrevski
Leading roles: Sashko Kocev, Katarina Ivanovska, Richard Sammel, Rade Sherbedzija, Emil Ruben, Mitko S. Apostolovski...
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About the film:
The Third Half (Macedonian: Ňđĺňî Ďîëóâđĺěĺ) is a Macedonian-Czech-Serbian film that deals with Macedonian football during World War II, and the deportation of Jews from Macedonia. It is a story of love during wartime and a country's passion for soccer. The government of Macedonia considered the movie of national interest and funded it with one million euros.
The film was inspired by the true story of the FC Macedonia football team. The Jewish coach Illes Spitz and Neta Koen (current name Marija Mladenovska) Mladenovska is a Macedonian Holocaust survivor. In 1998 the Shoah Foundation interviewed her.
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GOLDEN FIVE
Showtime: October 23rd, 2016 - 6:00 p.m. (Theatre #9)
North American Premiere
Genre: Feature - Drama
Released: 2016
Running time: 93 minutes
Director: Goran Trenchovski
Screenplay: Biljana Garvanlieva, Bratislav Tashkovski, Goran Trenchovski, Eleonora Veninova
Producer: Dejan Miloshevski
Leading roles: Slavko Stimac, Meto Jovanovski, Petre Arsovski...
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About the film:
Maki, Kata and Jiji are loyal friends who believe in their youthful ideals. However, when Maki and Kata announce their engagement, Jiji becomes jealous. In the period of communist liquidations, there is an unsolved murder of five students, one of them being Maki. A half century later, Alavantie, as a witness and a researcher, returns to his homeland with the "Golden Five" dossier. His secrets and knowledge bring additional tension in Kata's and Jiji's married life. - Written by Goran Trenchovski
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TRUE LOVE
Showtime: October 23rd, 2016 - 8:00 p.m. (Theatre #9)
Genre: Feature
Released: 2016
Running time: 110 minutes
Director: Jani Bojadzi
Screenplay: Sashko Nasev
Producer: Jani Bojadzi
Leading roles: Blagoja Chorevski, Katina Ivanova, Borche Nachev, Irena Ilievska, Nina Levi...
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About the film:
1939, right before the beginning of the Second World War in Europe. Aco, young, handsome lawyer from Veles, Macedonia, far on the south of the Balkans, lives his days as a bachelor. Everything would have been perfect, if he wasn’t the only son in the wealthy family of Pingo. His mother, Ruzha wants her son to get married and she thinks that the best way to make her wish come true is through his father, noble Vaso Pingo. But neither Aco wants to get married, neither Vaso knows how to persuade him to do that. Everything would be fine, if it wasn’t a turbulent, serious and unpredictable times, such as the young lawyer Aco. He is an educated and selfassured person, that can’t surpass over his own identity, so he refuses to get married to a Mayor’s daughter, a Serbian immigrant in Macedonia, that doesn’t recognize the existance of Macedonian people.But, life is perfect, so in the same time, young, romantic and beautiful peasant Nade, that left the school to take care of her father that is a widower, in one stormy night that brings Aco in their house, falls in love with him. As well as Aco. Because Nade is beautiful, modest, smart, and she loves the poetry of great macedonian poet Kocho Racin, whose verses Aco carries along all the time. And, there is the true love. True in the very moment when Aco and Nade decide to emmigrate to Canada, because Aco couldn’t agree that one injustice would be replaced wih another!
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BE LOYAL
Showtime: October 23rd, 2016 - 1:30 p.m. (Theatre #8)
World Premiere
Genre: Feature
Released: 2015
Running time: 86 minutes
Director: Slobodan Despotovski
Screenplay: Slobodan Despotovski
Producers: Slobodan Despotovski, Dejan Iliev
Leading roles: Gorast Cvetkovski, Dime Ilijev, Katerina Sehtanska, Goce Todorovski, Senko Velinov...
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About the film:
Be Loyal (Macedonian, original title: Çáîđ) is a story about a man who knows no law or faith. Arno gave his word to always help his friend Gordy, and he does so in his own violent way. Arno abides by only one rule: his promise - the only thing, according to him, that distinguishes humans from animals.
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VLADO CVETANOVSKI
Vlado Cvetanovski graduated from the Art Academy in Novi Sad. He worked at the Department for Inter-media Directing and was employed as a professor of acting at the Faculty of Drama Art. He has directed about fifty plays in Macedonian theatres and in Former Yugoslavia. His plays participated in all more significant festivals, where they got the highest prizes (Sterijno Pozorje, MESS, Vojdan Cernodrinski, Ohridsko Leto/Ohrid Summer Festival/, etc.).
His plays have been performed in many cities (Belgrade, Novi Sad, Sofia, Sarajevo, Paris, Petersburg, Cairo, Cannes, Kishinev). He participated in many symposiums and workshops in the country and throughout the world.
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CHILD IN THE WORLD
Showtime: October 22nd, 2016 - 8:00 p.m. (Theatre #9)
North American Premiere
Genre: Documentary, Biography
Released: 2015
Running time: 78 minutes
Director: Goce Cvetanovski
Screenplay: Andrej Cvetanovski
Producers: Vlado Cvetanovski, Ljube Cvetanovski
Principal Cast: Trajanka Cvetanovska, Jordan Plevnes
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About the film:
"Child in the World" is a biographical film about Ljube Cvetanovski, the most famous Macedonian travelogue maker.
The idea is to tell the intimate human story about a child raised in a remote mountain village in Macedonia, that as an adult traveled around the world. During his travels, he sees, comments and compares all the differences and similarities between the Macedonian and world culture, civilization and customs, with poetics and humor combined in the form of this ambitious documentary.
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FEMALE STORIES
Showtime: October 22nd, 2016 - 5:30 p.m. (Theatre #9)
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2005
Running time: 37 minutes
Director: Jelena Cvetanovska
Producer: Vlado Cvetanovski
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About the film:
In traditional folk stories, women are stubborn, quarrelsome, shrewd, envious, evil and unfaithful. They are to face punishment. On the other hand, a meek, good and devoted woman is always rewarded at the end, after all the suffering. What about real life?
The documentary presents the life histories of six old women living in different villages in Macedonia. Through their stories, initiated and mediated by a woman anthropologist, the audience enters into the world of childhood, love and jealousy, marriage, maternity, friendship, dreams and rituals. Memories and emotions connected to them emerge in front of the camera, which becomes a witness of a lively and sincere exchange of female experiences. The viewers have access to the most intimate parts of their lives – from the death of the mother in the childhood, first love and the wedding night to the complex sphere of marital relations, including physical maltreatment. Being different characters, their attitudes and reactions are unique. Some of them resign to their destiny, while others fight for personal freedom, neglecting traditional norms regarding behavior of women.
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DEDO
Showtimes: October 22nd, 2016 - 1:30 p.m. & 5:30 p.m.
(Theatre #9)
North American Premiere
Genre: Short
Released: 2016
Running time: 9 minutes
Director: Tony Radevski
Screenplay: Tony Radevski
Producer: Pete Ireland
Leading roles: Valentina Apostolovski, Aileen Beale, Luisa Hastings Edge...
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About the film:
"Dedo" is a short film about a teenage boy, Connor, who receives some unexpected romantic wisdom from the most unlikely of places. It's a quirky film, that's part-comedy, part-love story, involving a group of unique, uncanny characters from the Australian-Macedonian community, set against the backdrop of a traditional Orthodox funeral.
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THE MAN WHO WOULDN'T DIE
Showtime: October 22nd, 2016 - 5:30 p.m. (Theatre #9)
Genre: Animation
Released: 2015
Running time: 11 minutes
Director: Goce Cvetanovski
Screenplay: Goce Cvetanovski
Producer: Kristijan Danilovski
Principal Cast: Visar Vishka, Nikola Aceski, Milan Tocinovski, Ana Kafkaleska, Vesna Gavrilovska, Katerina Anevska, Benjamin Hotton
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About the film:
Johnny, a successful 30 something businessman, in an attempt to end his life, jumps afrom a bridge to what it looks like certain death. Fortunately he is saved from the cold and musky waters, but is intrigued by his quiet savior. Nothing is as it seems.
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