The selection includes national and international short films of up to 20 minutes long, animations and feature documentaries selected by Atanas Chuposki. Five Macedonian shorts and documentaries have been selected to screen at the festival.
The festival focuses on short, documentary and fiction works of film authors coming from or living in the Euro-Atlantic region. The festival programme is divided into six categories: Star Documents, Global Fiction, Animotion, Movieland, Merry-Diones, Tributes.
The jury composed of Natalja Althauser (Germany), Elena Melloncelli (Italy) and Srdjan Fink (Netherlands) will decide on the winners of the following awards: Golden Horseshoe, Silver Horseshoe, Bronze Horseshoe, Best world short fiction film, Best world animation film, Golden Projector, Movieland Award, Aco Aleksov Award for Best Macedonian Film Auteur and Gjorgi Abadziev Award for Best Screenplay.
This year’s festival will honor film producer Jackie Sheppard and Macedonian actor and director Kole Angelovski for high achievement in film.
The festival is supported by the Macedonian Film Agency and Mayor and Council of the Municipality of Strumica.
The complete list films screened at the festival follows:
Global Fiction / Short Fiction Films
The Woman in Purple, 20`, (Turkey, Macedonia)
Directed by Aleksandra Kardalevska
Live, 17` (Russia)
Directed by Elena Piskareva
Sing, 25` (Hungary)
Directed by Kristof Deak
Drunkard`s Walk, 15` (Spain)
Directed by Pol Armengol
Intermezzo, 18` (Serbia)
Directed by Dusan Zoric
Your Steps, 21` (Russia)
Directed by Max Kubrinskiy
The Visitors, 6` (Greece)
Directed by Theo Papadoulakis
Star Documents / Creative Documentaries
Joe`s Violin, 25` (USA)
Directed by Kahane Cooperman
Women, 19` (Russia/Ukraine)
Directed by Anastasia Kouzyakova
Colombi, 20` (Italy)
Directed by Luca Ferri
Faces, 19` (Macedonia)
Directed by Hanis Bagashov
The Gentle Giant, 11` (Poland)
Directed by Marcin Podolec
Mess, 12` (Russia)
Directed by Ilya Zheltyakov
The Roads We Don`t Take, 14` (Russia)
Directed by Zlata Oronova
Animotion / Animated Films
The Airplane, 1` (Spain)
Directed by Jesus Martinez Nota
Nude, 13` (Macedonia)
Directed by Aco Stankovski
Gyros Dance, 14` (Poland)
Directed by Piotr Loc Hoang Ngoc
(IN)Felix, 10` (Italy)
Directed by Maria Di Razza
Cuerdas, 11` (Spain)
Directed by Pedro Solis
Borrowed Time, 7` (USA)
Directed by Andrew Coats & Lou Hamou-Lhadj
The Walker, 6` (France)
Directed by Thibault Chollet
Movieland / Contemporary Dance Films
Let`s Say, 8` (Hong Kong)
Directed by Fuk Pak Jim
Kid Birds for Camera, 11` (France)
Directed by David Daurier & Eric Minh Cuong Castaing
How Are You Today, 4` (Hong Kong)
Directed by Chiu Chin Hua
Disruptions, 5` (Germany)
Directed by Ulrike Flamig & Filipe Frozza
Lay Me Low, 8` (Canada)
Directed by Marlene Millar
Tailored, 1` (Italy)
Directed by Augenblick
Tributes
Father (We`re Damned, Irina), 73` (Macedonia)
Directed by Kole Angelovski
I Am Sami, 15` (UK/Iraq)
Directed by Kae Bahar
Out of Competition
Love, 15` (Germany)
Directed by Natalja Althauser
Oberhausen On Tour/Award Winners 2016
Venusia, 34` (Switzerland)
Directed by Louise Carrin
The Day before the End, 16` (Philippines)
Directed by Lav Diaz
Washed Hands, 8` (Brazil)
Directed by Louise Botkay Courcier
All Day, 4` (Germany)
Directed by Andreas Hofstetter
She Whose Blood is Clotting In my Underwear, 3` (Germany)
Directed by Vika Kirchenbauer
Teledon Santrali, 7` (Germany)
Directed by Sarah Drath
489 Years, 11` (France)
Directed by Hayoun Kwon