SKOPJE: A total of 71 documentary films in four competition programmes will be screened at the 13th Festival for Creative Documentary Film MakeDox, which will be held in four locations in Skopje from 18 to 25 August 2022. The focus of this year's edition is on the development of ideas. Around 70 guests from abroad are expected to come to the festival.

SKOPJE: The revered Macedonian theatre and film actor Mitko S. Apostolovski died at age 67. He was a doyen of Macedonian acting and a longtime member of the National Theatre Bitola.

SKOPJE: The North Macedonia Film Agency distributed 1,680,480 EUR / 103,350,000 MKD as production grants for feature, short, animated films and documentaries in the first grant call of 2022. The Agency supported three majority feature films, 10 minority coproductions, six majority long documentaries and 13 short films.

OHRID: Slovenian Bitch, A Derogatory Term For A Woman  / Prasica, slabšalni izraz za žensko directed by Tijana Zinajić and Portuguese Infinite Sea directed by Carlos Amaral received the Large Wave Award in the Official Competition at the 5th edition of Beach Film Festival, which wrapped in Ohrid, North Macedonia.

SKOPJE: After 20 years since it was closed, the first Macedonian production company Vardar Film has put into use a renovated cinema, along with a new studio for colour grading and video editing, as part of its 75th anniversary celebration activities.

OHRID: A total of 38 films from 17 countries are in the selection of the 5th edition of the Beach Film Festival, running 20-24 July 2022 at four locations in Ohrid.

SKOPJE: The Slovak/Czech/Ukrainian coproduction 107 Mothers / Cenzorka directed by Peter Kerekes won the Golden Star in the Official Competition of the 21st Cinedays Festival of European Film, which took place 7-14 July 2022.

SKOPJE: Darijan Pejovski’s sophomore feature Mimi, a Macedonian/Croatian/Montenegrin coproduction between Skopje Film Studio, Maxima film and Giggling Goat Production, will open the 21st edition of the Cinedays European Film Festival, running 7-14 July 2022.

SKOPJE: The Cinematheque of North Macedonia has released the digitally restored version of the first Macedonian feature film Frosina by Vojislav Nanović on Blu-ray. This is one of the several activities organised on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the film's premiere. Frosina was the first Macedonian language film to be made.

SKOPJE: Turkish public broadcaster TRT is shooting the TV series Balkan Lullaby / Balkan Ninnisi in Skopje, directed by Doğan Ümit Karaca and serviced by the Macedonian company City Star Production. The first episode of the series already aired on TRT 1 on 21 June 2022.