SKOPJE: Macedonian director Ana Opačić has entered postproduction with her debut feature film Third Shift / Tretasmena, which is a coproduction between North Macedonia, Croatia, Montenegro, and Poland.

BITOLA: Łukasz Żal, the cinematographer of Paweł Pawlikowski’s Fatherland, received the Golden Camera 300 at the 47th edition of the International Cinematographers’ Film Festival Manaki Brothers. The festival took place from 19 to 25 September 2026 in Bitola, North Macedonia.

SKOPJE: Macedonian animator Tonkica Mitrovska, one of the pioneers of North Macedonia's animation, died in Skopje. She was 78.

SKOPJE: Macedonian director Teona Strugar Mitevska and Slovenian filmmaker Sonja Prosenc are developing Little Yugoslavia, a six-part punk-rock vampire horror comedy conceived as a response to the male-dominated television landscape in the region.

BITOLA: Six films from FNE partner countries have been selected for the Official Competition of the 47th International Cinematographers’ Film Festival Manaki Brothers, which will be held in Bitola, North Macedonia, from 19 to 25 September 2026.

SKOPJE: Acclaimed Macedonian director Teona Strugar Mitevska is developing her eighth feature film Petra Doesn’t Want to Die (Anatomy of Masculinity). This contemporary feminist drama is connected to the world and themes of her 2019 Berlinale competition title God Exists, Her Name Is Petrunya /Gospod postoi, imetoi’ e Petrunija (produced by Macedonian Sisters and Brother Mitevski Production, Belgium’s Entre Chien et Loup, Slovenia’s Vertigo, Croatia’s Terminal 3).

SKOPJE: The Swiss film Tristan Forever directed by Tobias Nölle and Laurent Bonardo received the Onion Award for Best Film in the Main Competition at the 17th MakeDox Creative Documentary Film Festival (20 – 27 August 2026).

SKOPJE: Macedonian director Arben Thaçi has started shooting his second feature film Ajal, produced through the Tetovo-based company Arbfilm. The contemporary drama explores mortality, family ties, faith, belonging, and moral responsibility against the landscape of the Šar Mountain region.

SKOPJE: Macedonian director Igor Aleksov has officially started shooting his sophomore feature The Secret of the Bare Hill / Tajnata na Goliot Rid on 6 August 2026 in Skopje. The film is a coproduction between North Macedonia, Kosovo, and Serbia.

SKOPJE: Macedonian director Marjan Gavrilovski has started shooting his third feature film Ants / Mravki, a darkly comic drama supported by the North Macedonia Film Agency.