Before the Rain

Before the Rain 1994

7.35

The circularity of violence seen in a story that circles on itself. In Macedonia, during the war in Bosnia, Christians hunt an ethnic Albanian girl who may have murdered one of their own. A young monk who's taken a vow of silence offers her protection. In London, a photographic editor who's pregnant needs to talk it out with her estranged husband and chooses a toney restaurant.

1994

Mountain of Wrath

Mountain of Wrath 1968

5.00

After the liberation in 1946, in a village in western Macedonia implemented collectivization farms. The President of the rural cooperative Stamat, former fighter, who with all their revolutionary zeal and enthusiasm believes collectivization only way for poor farmers. In doing so, he faces resistance from wealthy farmers who can hardly be separated from the property. In contrast, Stamat faced with the decision of the Committee, the mountain that provides a livelihood and that villagers consider her to be assigned to the Wood Industry. His attempt to change this decision, there is no success. He feels that his revolutionary ideal betrayed. In these circumstances Stamat faced with the fact that the villagers do not trust him, but nevertheless he stands on the right side.

1968

The Red Horse

The Red Horse 1981

5.00

A joint fight of Macedonian and Greek people against the fascist monarchical government of Greece ended with their defeat in 1949, after many years of bloodshed. Many members of the democratic party DAG, as well as the innocent inhabitants experienced the destiny of political exile.

1981

Tattoo

Tattoo 1991

5.40

After a quarrel with his wife, a man leaves their apartment with one suitcase only. Having slept in a train station, the police legitimates him and found him suspicious. Soon he'll find himself locked in a prison with several other, mostly innocent people. The true horror begins only then.

1991

The Rusalia Customs of Gevgelija

The Rusalia Customs of Gevgelija 1957

1

A testimony to the performance of ritual dances. Although they were performed only during the so-called “unbaptized days”, the 12 days between Christmas and Epiphany in the Orthodox Christianity, these dances are associated by some researchers with the Roman rosaries, the cult of the dead. Ritual clothing and the use of wooden swords to disperse the demons are important props in the dances that are believed to protect the folks from temptations and demons until they are baptized.

1957

The Lead Brigade

The Lead Brigade 1980

6.30

The story of a mine and the men who work it, particularly one miner, who has problems both at work and at home.

1980

Stand Up Straight, Delfina

Stand Up Straight, Delfina 1977

5.50

A Macedonian girl is trying to swim the British Channel. During the ordeal, she remembers her troubled past.

1977

Three Girls Named Ana

Three Girls Named Ana 1959

5.00

A retired tram driver tries to find his daughter named Ana whom he lost in the Second World War.

1959

Hi-Fi

Hi-Fi 1987

8.10

Through fragments of the life of Boris and his son Matej, the film is about the conflict of generations, the gap created by the ideological coloration that one has and the other does not have. Political prisoner Boris, after spending several years in prison, returns home. After the divorce with his wife, in his apartment now live his son Matej, a grown man who is trying to earn his living as a musician, his girlfriend Mira and a hitchhiker that Matej found on the road.

1987

Frosina

Frosina 1952

5.00

The first Macedonian Movie from 1952- Frosina is one of the many Macedonian wives whose husbands are economic emigrants abroad. Marriage does not bring them a family, only the burden of life itself. After her husband's short visits, she gives birth to children who do not live long because of the poverty into which they have been born. She gives birth to them alone, and she buries them alone. Only her last child, Klime, survives all his various illnesses and grows up to be her one joy in life. The war breaks out...

1952

Black Seed

Black Seed 1971

5.80

The story of Macedonian soldiers who were captured by the Greek army and taken to the prison camps on Greek islands during Greek Civil War in 1946. Suspected of being communists, they are maltreated by the Greek officers running the camp

1971

A Weekend of Deceased Persons

A Weekend of Deceased Persons 1988

10.00

Very black and grotesque comedy about the little office-worker Tase and his death wife Kata. She died in hospital in Skopje, the capital of Macedonia, but the nurses mixed her body with someone else. Then he must make exchange of bodies with Klime, the banker. But Tase lives in Prilep and Klime lives even in Ohrid. Then it becomes tragicomedy!

1988

Happy New '49

Happy New '49 1986

5.80

The story of two brothers of different orientation and fate. The drama takes place in an atmosphere of tension and fear, during the conflict of Yugoslav Communist Party with the Stalinism, during the Cominform. Older brother Dragoslav, a returnee from Russia, was unjustly accused of being a Russian spy and subsequently arrested. Younger brother Kosta is not interested in politics, but he's attracted by a brother's wife Vera and underworld mafia. In the end, it turns out that a young woman belongs to the Soviet spy agency.

1986

Dubrowsky

Dubrowsky 1959

4.80

Dubrowsky (Italian: Il vendicatore) is a 1959 Italian- Yugoslav historical period drama film directed by William Dieterle. It is based on the novel Dubrovsky by Alexander Pushkin.

1959

Miss Stone

Miss Stone 1958

5.50

Macedonia on the turn of the century is enslaved by decaying Ottoman Empire. Freedom fighters, in order to raise money for their cause, kidnap American lady who works in Protestant mission.

1958

The Macedonian Part of Hell

The Macedonian Part of Hell 1971

5.40

At the end of the year 1942 and the start of 1943, to stop spreading the revolution in county of Bitola, bulgarian occupiers are reinforcing the persecutions and the acts of violence on civil population. The movie is based on true events,

1971

Across the Lake

Across the Lake 1997

5.20

A true story about tragic love of the couple who found themselves at the different sides of the border in 1948.

1997

The Salonika Terrorists

The Salonika Terrorists 1961

6.30

The story of a famous group of Macedonian terrorists that opposed Ottoman repression at the beginning of 20th century.

1961

The Disappearance of Suzana Arsova

The Disappearance of Suzana Arsova 1992

1

The story is filmed in the style of a 'fake documentary' and it is about a missing woman named Suzana Arsova. We get to know more about Suzana through the interviews with her acquaintances, relatives and friends…

1992

Wolf's Night

Wolf's Night 1955

5.10

A group of Macedonian partisans are hiding away in the mountains from Bulgarian fascist authorities that occupy Macedonia.

1955