Before the Rain continues success 16 years after release

Film "Before the Rain" of Milco Mancevski resumes with its international success almost two decades after its premiere.

The film has recently been released by Brazil's "Luma Films". Director Frederico Machado says it is a great honor for them to distribute the film that triumphed at the 1995 Sao Paulo film festival.

"Before the Rain" has also appeared at the Chinese market. It is one of the most influential films in Chinese film academies.

The film has also been included in cycle "Great Films of the Short Century" in Tuscany, organized in cooperation with film academy "Anna Magnani". "Before the Rain" closes the revue, which presents classics, on May 14.

Moreover, Austrian director Goetz Spielmann has put Mancevski's film among the top ten films of all times, in the company of Fellini, Tarkowski, Antonioni etc.

"Mothers" wins Minsk festival award

Film "Mothers" of Milco Mancevski won award "Film as Artistic Phenomenon" at the Minsk film festival "Listapad", which is its fifth international award.
"I did not even know the film was in competition. It received enormous approval, I had lengthy talks with the audience and interviews", said director Mancevski.
"Mothers", a Macedonian-French-Bulgarian co-production, has been included among 20 films for the European Film Award.

MIA, Macedonia: “A Name is a Name” documentary to be screened at Global Wake Up Film Festival in Chicago

Skopje. "A Name is a Name" documentary about Macedonia and the Macedonian people will be screened Saturday in Chicago in the frames of the Global Wake Up Film Festival, organised by the United Nations Association of Chicago, Macedonian MIA news agency informed.
"A Name is a Name" documentary is produced by Jason Miko and directed by Icelander Sigurjon Einarson, who lives and works in Norway.
The story line is that of a Scandinavian man who comes to Macedonia, rents a motorcycle, and travels around the country talking to Macedonians from all classes and backgrounds. The traveller, as he is known, never speaks on camera and in fact, we never learn his name or what country he hails from. Instead, his thoughts are conveyed through Sir Andrew Motion with subtitles in English for the interviews. Interspersed throughout the conversations will be Macedonia itself – the stunning landscapes and scenery that make up this gentle country and ancient land.