List of films from North Macedonia

A list of feature films produced or filmed in the territory of modern-day North Macedonia.

Ottoman Empire

1900s

Title Director Year Genre Notes
Weavers Manaki Brothers 1905 Documentary First motion picture on the Balkan Peninsula.
School in an open environment Manaki Brothers 1908 Documentary
Parade of military band, chariots and horsemen Manaki Brothers 1908 Documentary
Manifestation (with Greek inscriptions) Manaki Brothers 1908 Documentary
Manifestation on the occasion of the Young Turk Revolution Manaki Brothers 1908 Documentary
Manifestation marking the Hurriyet Manaki Brothers 1908 Documentary
Parade marking the Hurriyet Manaki Brothers 1908 Documentary
Turks hold speech on Hurriyet Manaki Brothers 1908 Documentary

1910s

Title Director Year Genre Notes
Funeral of Metropolitan Emilianos of Grevena Manaki Brothers 1911 Documentary
Panorama of Grevena Manaki Brothers 1911 Documentary
Romanian Delegation visit to Bitola Manaki Brothers 1911 Documentary
Romanian delegation visiting Gopesh Manaki Brothers 1911 Documentary
Romanian delegation visiting Resen Manaki Brothers 1911 Documentary
Turkish Sultan Mehmed V Reshad Visiting Bitola Manaki Brothers 1911 Documentary
Turkish Sultan Mehmed V Reshad Visiting Salonica Manaki Brothers 1911 Documentary
Church in Grevena Manaki Brothers 1911 Documentary
Alexander Karadjordjevic visiting Bitola Manaki Brothers 1912 Documentary
Opening city café in Bitola Manaki Brothers 1912 Documentary

Kingdom of Yugoslavia

1920s

Title Created by Year Genre Notes
Macedonia in Pictures Macedonian Society in Sofia 1923 Documentary Made on behalf 20 years from the Ilinden Uprising.

1940s

Title Director Year Genre Notes
Bombing of Bitola Milton Manaki 1940 War documentary
Entering of the National Liberation Army in Bitola Milton Manaki 1944 Documentary

SFR Yugoslavia

1950s

Title Director Year Genre Notes
Frosina Vojislav Nanović 1952 Social The first film of independent Socialist Macedonia
Wolf's Night France Štiglic 1955 Fiction Volca nok
Riot Dolls Dimitrie Osmanli 1957 Short film
Little Man Žika Čukulić 1957 Drama Mali covek
Sun behind bars Slavko Janevski 1957 Social
A gift from the space painter Dimitar Kjostarov 1957 Short film
Miss Stone Žika Mitrović 1958 Historical The first Macedonian motion picture in color.
Evil Visa France Štiglic 1959 Crime fiction The False Passport
Three Anne's Branko Bauer 1959 Psychological Three Girls Named Anna
Dubrovski William Diterle 1959 Fiction

1960s

Title Director Year Genre Notes
David, Goliath and a rooster Slavko Janevski 1960 Short
Quiet Summer Dimitrie Osmanli 1961 Comedy First Macedonian Comedy
The Salonika Terrorists Žika Mitrović 1961 Historical
Greeting of Tito in Bitola Milton Manaki 1963 Documentary
Under the Same Sky Ljubiša Georgievski 1964 War Pod isto nebo
Days of Temptation Branko Gapo 1965 Historical Also known as Denovi na iskusenie
To Victory and Beyond Žika Mitrović 1966 War Also known as To Victory and Further
Macedonian Blood Wedding Trajče Popov 1967 Historical
Memento Dimitrie Osmanli 1967 Psychological
Where After the Rain Vladan Slijepćević 1967 Fiction
Mountain of Wrath Ljubiša Georgievski 1968 Social
War-less Time Branko Gapo 1969 Fiction
Republic in Flames Ljubiša Georgievski 1969 Historical

1970s

Title Director Year Genre Notes
The Price of the City Ljubiša Georgievski 1970 War Also known as The Price of a Town
Black Seed Kiril Cenevski 1971 Drama
The Macedonian Part of Hell Vatroslav Mimica 1971 War
Embrio № M Petar Gligorovski 1971 Animated First Macedonian fully animated feature film.
Thirst Dimitrie Osmanli 1971 Social Also known as Zedj
Shot Branko Gapo 1972 War
Father (We're Cursed, Irene) Kole Angelovski 1973 Psychological
Anguish Kiril Cenevski 1975 Historical Also known as Misery
The Longest Path Branko Gapo 1976 Historical Also known as The Longest Journey
Rise Up, Delfina Aleksandar Gjurcinov 1977 Psychological Also known as Stand Up Straight Delfina
Judgement Trajče Popov 1977 War Also known as The Verdict or Presuda
Dae Stole Popov 1979 Documentary

1980s

Title Director Year Genre Notes
The Lead Brigade Kiril Cenevski 1980 Fiction
Time Leads Branko Gapo 1980 Social Vreme, vodi
The Red Horse Stole Popov 1981 Historical
Southern Path Stevo Crvenkovski 1982 Fiction Juzna pateka
Opasni trag Miomir 'Miki' Stamenković 1984 Crime, Thriller
Haven't I Told You Stevo Crvenkovski 1984 Historical Neli ti rekov
Node Kiril Cenevski 1985 War Also known as Jazol
Happy New Year '49 Stole Popov 1986 Drama It was Yugoslavia's submission to the 59th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
Hi-Fi Vladimir Blaževski 1987 Social
Cadaver Weekend Kole Angelovski 1988 Comedy Also known as A Weekend of Deceased Persons

1990s

Title Director Year Genre Notes
Tattoo Stole Popov 1991 Drama The last Macedonian film before the independence from Yugoslavia.

Republic of Macedonia

1990s

Title Director Year Genre Notes
Vreme, zivot Ivan Mitevski 1992 Drama, Romance
Svetlo sivo Srđan Janićijević 1993 Drama
Macedonian Saga Branko Gapo 1993 Melodrama First Macedonian independent film.
Before the Rain Milčo Mančevski 1994 Social The first Macedonian film to be nominated for Academy Award.
Angel Waste Dimitrie Osmanli 1995 Melodrama
Self Destruction Altanaj Erbil 1996 Comedy
Gypsy Magic Stole Popov 1997 Melodrama It was Macedonia's submission to the 70th Academy Awards.
Over the Lake Antonio Mitrikjeski 1997 Social
Goodbye, 20th Century! Darko Mitrevski 1998 Fantasy It was Macedonia's submission to the 71st Academy Awards.
Maklabas Aco Stankovski 1998 Experimental

2000s

Title Director Year Genre Notes
Dust Milčo Mančevski 2001 Fiction The film was nominated for a Golden Reel Award.
Like a Bad Dream Antonio Mitrikjeski 2003 Fiction
The Great Water Ivo Trajkov 2004 Fiction Macedonia's submission to the 77th Academy Awards.
Mirage Svetozar Ristovski 2004 Drama
How I Killed a Saint Teona Strugar Mitevska 2004 Fiction
Bal-Can-Can Darko Mitrevski 2005 Fiction The highest-grossing Macedonian film until the release of The Third Half. Entered into the 27th Moscow International Film Festival.
Contact Sergej Stanojkovski 2005 Drama Macedonia's submission to the 79th Academy Awards.
The Secret Book Vlado Cvetanovski 2006 Conspiracy fiction
Shadows Milčo Mančevski 2007 Fiction Macedonia's submission to the 80th Academy Awards.
I Am from Titov Veles Teona Mitevska 2007 Fiction
Upside Down Igor Ivanov Izi 2007 Fiction
Does It Hurt? Aneta Lešnikovska 2007 Documentary
Wingless Ivo Trajkov 2009 Fiction
East-West-East Gerg Giovani 2009 Fiction
Normal Julius Ševčík 2009 Fiction

2010s

Title Director Year Genre Notes
Mothers Milčo Mančevski 2010 Fiction Macedonia's submission to the 83rd Academy Awards.
The War Is Over Mitko Panov 2010 Drama
My Father Shqipe N. Duka 2010 Drama First film in Albanian in Macedonia
The Land Between the Borders Arben Kastrati 2010 Drama
This Is Not an American Film Sašo Pavlovski 2011 Crime
Punk's Not Dead Vladimir Blaževski 2011 Comedy Macedonia's submission to the 84th Academy Awards.
The Third Half Darko Mitrevski 2012 Historical Macedonia's submission to the 85th Academy Awards.
The Woman Who Brushed Off Her Tears Teona S. Mitevska 2012 Drama
Skopje Remix omnibus 2012 omnibus
Balkan Is Not Dead Aleksandar Popovski 2013 Drama
The Piano Room Igor Ivanov Izi 2013 Fiction Released at the 2013 Manaki Brothers Film Festival.
Bale Nikola Popovski 2014 Documentary
Children of the Sun Antonio Mitrikeski 2014 Drama Released at the 2014 Manaki Brothers Film Festival
Inferno Vinko Moderndorfer 2014 Drama
Mizar: The Star of Hope Marko Dzambazoski 2014 Documentary
Sk Guillermo Carreras-Candi 2014 Documentary
These Are the Rules Ognjen Sviličić 2014 Drama
To the Hilt Stole Popov 2014 Western Released at the 2014 Manaki Brothers Film Festival, Macedonia's submission to the 87th Academy Awards
The Weight of Chains 2 Boris Malagurski 2014 Documentary
When Clouds Burst Guillermo Carreras-Candi 2014 Documentary
My brother Lazar Svetozar Ristovski 2015 Drama Released at the 2015 Manaki Brothers Film Festival
Honey Night Ivo Trajkov 2015 Political thriller Released at the 2015 Skopje Film Festival
Three Days in September Darijan Pejovski 2015 Thriller Released at the 2015 Cinedays, Skopje
Waiting for the money Slobodan Despotovski 2015 Drama Released on 30 October 2015
Zbor Slobodan Despotovski 2015 Drama
Obozhenie Kiril Karakaš 2016 Drama
Amok Vardan Tozija 2016 Drama, Thriller Released on 30 April 2016
Horse Riders Marjan Gavrilovski 2016 Drama, Thriller Released May 2017
The liberation of Skopje Rade Šerbedžija 2016 Historical Released at the 2016 Manaki Brothers Film Festival
Golden Five Goran Trenchovski 2016 Drama Released at the 2016 Manaki Brothers Film Festival
When the Day Had No Name Teona Strugar Mitevska 2017 Drama
Oh my love Kole Angelovski 2017 Comedy Released at the 2017 Skopje Film Festival on 21 April 2017 [1]
Secret Ingredient Gjorče Stavreski 2017 Drama, Comedy
Witness Mitko Panov 2018 Drama expected premiere 2017
Year of the Monkey Vladimir Blaževski 2018 Comedy, Fantasy Released on 19 April 2018 [2]
Mocking of Christ Jani Bojadzi 2018 Drama expected premiere 2018

Republic of North Macedonia

2010s

Title Director Year Genre Notes
Happiness Effect Borjan Zafirovski 2019 Drama
God Exists, Her Name Is Petrunya Teona Strugar Mitevska 2019 Drama
Honeyland Tamara Kotevska, Ljubomir Stefanov 2019 Documentary, Drama Nominated for two Oscars

2020s

Title Director Year Genre Notes
Ilija Dzadzev Jordan Dukov 2020 Documentary, Biography
Sisterhood Dina Duma 2021 Drama Sestri
The Happiest Man in the World Teona Strugar Mitevska 2022 Drama
Housekeeping for Beginners Goran Stolevski 2023 Drama
John Vardar vs the Galaxy Goce Cvetanovski 2024 Space opera, Comedy, Adventure, Science fiction First animated film produced in North Macedonia[3]

Macedonian co-produced

1990s

Title Director Year Genre Notes
Cabaret Balkan Goran Paskaljević 1998 Drama Serbian

2000s

Title Director Year Genre Notes
Odmazda Jan Hintjens 2001 Drama, War Macedonian, Dutch
Podgryavane na vcherashniya obed Kostadin Bonev 2002 Drama Bulgarian, Serbian
The Border Post Rajko Grlić 2006 Comedy, Drama Bosnian, Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian, Slovenian

2010s

Title Director Year Genre Notes
Mission London Dimitar Mitovski 2010 Comedy Bulgarian, Russia, Serbian
Some Other Stories Marija Džidževa 2010 Comedy, Drama, Romance Croatian, Bosnian, Macedonian, Serbian
The Parade Srđan Dragojević 2011 Comedy, Drama Croatian, Bosnian, Albanian, Serbian
Monument to Michael Jackson Darko Lungulov 2014 Comedy, Drama Serbian
Šiška Deluxe Jan Cvitkovič 2015 Comedy, Drama Slovenian
The Golden Five Goran Trenchovski 2016 Drama Macedonian
Sieranevada Cristi Puiu 2016 Comedy, Drama Romanian
Nightlife Damjan Kozole 2016 Crime, Drama, Mystery Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina
The Frog Elmir Jukić 2017 Drama Bosnia and Herzegovina
The Wild Pear Tree Nuri Bilge Ceylan 2018 Drama Turkish
Unforgettable Summer Besnik Bisha 2019 Drama Albanian
The Voice Ognjen Sviličić 2019 Drama Croatian, also known as Glas
Despite the Fog Goran Paskaljević 2019 Drama Italian, also known as Nonostante la nebbia

2020s

Title Director Year Genre Notes
18% Grey Viktor Chouchkov 2020 Drama Bulgarian, German
Nezo Merita Cocoli 2020 Documentary Albanian

References

  1. ^ "FNE at Skopje Film Festival". filmneweurope.com.
  2. ^ "Премиера на филмот "Година на мајмунот" на Владимир Блажевски". mkd.mk.
  3. ^ Amidi, Amid (2016-09-01). "Exclusive: Trailer For Macedonia's First Animated Feature, 'John Vardar vs. the Galaxy'". Cartoon Brew. Retrieved 2025-05-09.
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