OHRID: The Serbian/Croatian coproduction Have You Seen This Woman? directed by Dušan Zorić and Matija Gluscevic won the Large Wave Award for Best Film at the 6h edition of the Beach Film Festival, held in Ohrid, North Macedonia from 19 to 23 July 2023.

SKOPJE: German film The Ordinaries directed by Sophie Linnenbaum won the Golden Star in the Official Competition of the 22nd Cinedays Festival of European Film, which took place in Skopje 13-18 July 2023.

ŠTIP: A new one-screen cinema opened in Štip, North Macedonia, on 8 July 2023, being the first cinema in this town in 30 years.

TETOVO: The Romanian/Bulgarian coproduction Men of Deeds / Oameni de treabă by Paul Negoescu received the Best Film Award in the Cine Balkan Panorama Competition at the 12th edition of the Macedonian Tetovo International Film Festival ODA (TIFF ODA), which took place 4 – 8 July 2023.

SKOPJE: Director and co-writer Chie Hayakawa’s debut feature Plan 75, a coproduction between Japan, France and the Philippines, won the Golden Owl Award for Best Feature Film at the 13th Philosophical Film Festival, which took place in Skopje 2– 9 June 2022.

SKOPJE: The outdoor cinema season in North Macedonia will kick off on 31 May 2023 with the reopening of the open-air cinema of the Cinematheque of North Macedonia. Bringing a mix of classics, European titles, blockbusters and family-friendly films, there’ll be something for everyone.

SKOPJE: General admissions soared from 141,767 in 2021 to 262,402 in 2022, and the total gross rose from 453,978 EUR / 28 m MKD in 2021 to 750,940 EUR / 46 m MKD, according to the official statistics issued by the North Macedonia Film Agency in May 2023.

SKOPJE: Pyramide Films has scored multiple sales for Teona Mitevska’s The Happiest Man in the World / Najsrekniotčoveknasvetot. The film, which premiered in the Orizzonti section of the 79th Venice International Film Festival, has already been sold to more than 10 countries.

SKOPJE: A total of 13 Macedonian films shot in 2022 will be screened at the 5th edition of Golden Frame, which will be held 20-22 April 2023 in two locations in Skopje.