SKOPJE: North Macedonia’s cinemas recorded 299,560 admissions in 2025, marking a 10.4% decrease from the 334,479 admissions reported in 2024, according to data from the State Statistical Office.

SKOPJE: The Government of North Macedonia has approved a new Draft Law on Games of Chance, which will allocate 3% of all levies from games of chance to the North Macedonia Film Agency, reinstating a funding mechanism that was abolished a decade ago.

SKOPJE: Filming has begun in Skopje on Macedonian director Stojan Vujičić’s second feature, Snowman / Sneshko. The Macedonian/Croatian/Italian/Bulgarian/Albanian coproduction is a teenage coming-of-age drama with fantasy elements.

SKOPJE: Rome‑based Coccinelle Film Sales has boarded international sales for Sister Brother Manhole Cover (formerly titled Leaving Copacabana), the eighth feature film by Venice Golden Lion and Academy Award winner director Milcho Manchevski.

SKOPJE: Paris‑based sales company Kinology has picked up international rights to Skateboarding Is Not for Girls / Skejtanjeto ne e za devojcinja, the second feature by Macedonian director Dina Duma, which will have its world premiere in the International Narrative Competition of the 25th Tribeca Festival 3 – 14 June 2026.

SKOPJE: Igor Šeregi’s The Wedding / Svadba has become one of the strongest recent theatrical successes in North Macedonia, drawing 59,802 admissions by 18 March 2026. The film continues its run in local cinemas, distributed by Constantin Film.

SKOPJE: Acclaimed Macedonian film and theatre actor Kiril Pop Hristov has died at 58. He starred in some of the most popular Macedonian films of all time, including Tattoo / Tetoviranje by Stole Popov and Bal-Can-Can by Darko Mitrevski.

SKOPJE: Acclaimed Macedonian film and theatre actress Lence Delova has died at 77. During her career, she played in more than 30 films, TV films and series, including titles such as Before the Rain / Pred dozhdot (1994) by Milcho Manchevski, Upside Down / Prevrteno (2007) by Igor Ivanov, and To the Hilt / Do balcak (2014) by Stole Popov.

SKOPJE: The French outfit Totem Films has acquired Kosara Mitić’s debut feature 17 ahead of its world premiere in the Berlinale’s competitive Perspectives section 2026.

SKOPJE: Georgi M. Unkovski’s debut feature DJ Ahmet, a coproduction between North Macedonia, Czech Republic, Serbia, and Croatia, was the most watched domestic film in Macedonian cinemas in 2025, and the fourth most watched film in cinemas in 2025. Admissions to Macedonian films almost tripled in 2025, surpassing 15,000 admissions nationwide, compared to 2024.