List of films from North Macedonia

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

## Ottoman Empire

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### 1900s

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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

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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

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### 1920s

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Title  | Created by  | Year  | Genre  | Notes

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Macedonia in Pictures | Macedonian Society in Sofia | 1923 | Documentary | Made on behalf 20 years from the Ilinden Uprising.

### 1940s

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Bombing of Bitola | Milton Manaki | 1940 | War documentary |
Entering of the National Liberation Army in Bitola | Milton Manaki | 1944 | Documentary |

## SFR Yugoslavia

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### 1950s

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Title  | Director  | Year  | Genre  | Notes

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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

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Title  | Director  | Year  | Genre  | Notes

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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

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Title  | Director  | Year  | Genre  | Notes

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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

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Title  | Director  | Year  | Genre  | Notes

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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

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Tattoo | Stole Popov | 1991 | Drama | The last Macedonian film before the independence from Yugoslavia.

## Republic of Macedonia

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### 1990s

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Title  | Director  | Year  | Genre  | Notes

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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

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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

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Title  | Director  | Year  | Genre  | Notes

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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

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### 2010s

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Title  | Director  | Year  | Genre  | Notes

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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

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Title  | Director  | Year  | Genre  | Notes

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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

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### 1990s

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Cabaret Balkan | Goran Paskaljević | 1998 | Drama | Serbian

### 2000s

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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

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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

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Title  | Director  | Year  | Genre  | Notes

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18% Grey | Viktor Chouchkov | 2020 | Drama | Bulgarian, German
Nezo | Merita Cocoli | 2020 | Documentary | Albanian

## References

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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.

## External links

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