BITOLA: David Chambille, the cinematographer of the French film Nouvelle Vague directed by Richard Linklater, received the Golden Camera 300 at the 46th edition of the International Cinematographers' Film Festival Manaki Brothers. The festival took place in Bitola, North Macedonia, from 21 to 26 September 2025.

SKOPJE: National Geographic Documentary Films has acquired the worldwide distribution rights to The Tale of Silyan / Siljan, the latest work from the Oscar-nominated North Macedonian director of Honeyland / Medena zemja, Tamara Kotevska.

BITOLA: Ten films have been selected for the Competition Camera 300 of the 46th edition of the Manaki Brothers International Cinematographers’ Film Festival, which is underway in Bitola till 26 September 2025.

SKOPJE: The North Macedonia Film Agency has distributed 598,373 EUR / 36.8 m MKD as production grants for feature, short, animated and documentary films, as well as minority coproductions, in the first batch of production grants in 2025. A total of 17 films received financial support.

SKOPJE: The Serbian/Macedonian coproduction Soil and Wings / Krila i tlo directed by Stefan Malešević received the Onion Award for Best Film in the main competition of the 16th MakeDox Creative Documentary Film Festival (21– 28 August 2025).

SKOPJE: Macedonian director Senad Abduli has wrapped shooting on his debut feature The Agreement / Dogovorot after one and half month of filming that started on 2 July 2025. The drama is produced by Arnel Production with the support of the North Macedonia Film Agency.

SKOPJE: Tamara Kotevska’s new documentary The Tale of Silyan / Siljan has been picked up by Dogwoof. The Macedonian writer/director and the London-based company’s first collaboration was on Honeyland / Medena zemja, produced by Trice Films and Apollo Media, which was nominated in both the Documentary Feature and International Feature categories in 2020.

SKOPJE: A total of 75 documentaries in four competition programmes will be screened at the 16th MakeDox Creative Documentary Film Festival, which will be held across five venues in Skopje from 21 to 28 August 2025.

SKOPJE: North Macedonia’s capital city plans to build nine to ten new multifunctional cultural centres across the city by 2028, ahead of its role as the European Capital of Culture. The initiative aims to revitalise the city’s cultural infrastructure and provide new venues for independent artists and diverse communities.

SKOPJE: Georgi M. Unkovski’s acclaimed debut feature DJ Ahmet has been sold to more than 15 territories worldwide by Berlin-based Films Boutique. The Macedonian/Czech/Serbian coproduction won both the World Cinema Dramatic Audience Award and the Special Jury Award for Creative Vision at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival.