Over 100 feature, documentary and short films will be screened in 14 programmes. The festival also organises a European cinema programme (with seven titles selected), an international competition for documentaries (with seven titles selected) and an international competition for short films (with 11 titles selected). The programme also includes an Austrian and a Danish panorama, the national programme Mak Point, special screenings, a junior programme and the European Film Academy programme.
The festival will honor the Italian cinematographer Giuseppe Rotunno and the French cinematographer Pier Lhomme with Golden Camera 300 Lifetime Achievement Awards. This year’s recipient of the Special Camera 300 for Special Contribution to World Cinema Art is the Macedonian writer/director Milcho Manchevski.
The festival is organised by the Macedonian Film Professional Association with the support from the Macedonian Film Agency and the Muncipality of Bitola.
The festival will wrap on 30 September 2017.
FEATURE FILM COMPETITION:
Directions / Posoki (Bulgaria, Germany, Macedonia)
Directed by Stefan Komandarev
Cinematography by Vesselin Hristov
Produced by Argo Film
Coproduced by Aktis Film Production and Sector Film
Supported by the Bulgarian National Film Center, Bulgarian National Television, the German Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung (MDM), the Macedonian Film Agency and Eurimages
Spoor / Pokot (Poland, Germany, Sweden, Czech Republic, Slovakia)
Directed by Agnieszka Holland
Cinematography by Jolanta Dylewska
Produced by TOR Film Production
Coproduced by Heimatfilm GmbH, Chimney Group and Nutprodukce, nutprodukcia (Slovak Republic)
Supported by the Polish Film Institute, the Czech State Cinematography Fund, Eurimages, the Slovak Audiovisual Fund, the Swedish Film Institute, the MEDIA Programme and the Polish-German Co-Development Fund
The Frog / Žaba (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Croatia, Serbia)
Directed by Elmir Jukić
Cinematography by Dejan Dimeski
Produced by Rеfresh Production
Coproduced by Skopje Film Studio, Living Pictures and Propeler Film
Supported by the BiH Film Fund, the Macedonian Film Agency and Eurimages
In the Fade (Germany, France)
Directed by Fatih Akin
Cinematography by Rainer Klausmann
Félicité / Felisite (France, Belgium, Senegal, Germany, Lebanon)
Directed by Alain Gomis
Cinematography by Céline Bozon
Loveless / Nelyubov (Russia, France, Belgium, Germany)
Directed by Andrei Zvyagintsev
Cinematography by Mikhail Krichman
Jupiter's Moon / Jupiter holdja (Hungary, Germany)
Directed by Kornél Mundruczó
Cinematography by Marcell Rev
On the Beach at Night Alone / Bamui haebyun-eoseo honja (South Korea)
Directed by Hong Sangsoo
Cinematography by Park Hongyeol and Hyung-ku Kim
How Viktor "The Garlic" Took Alexey "The Stud" to the Nursing Home / Kak Vitka Chesnok vez Lecha Shtyrya v dom invalidov (Russia)
Directed by Alexander Hant
Cinematography by Daniil Fomichev
On Body and Soul / Teströl és lélekröl (Hungary)
Directed by Ildiko Enyedi
Cinematography by Mate Herbai
When the Day Had No Name / Koga denot nemase ime (Macedonia, Belgium, Slovenia)
Directed by Teona Strugar Mitevska
Cinematography by Agnes Godard
Produced by Sisters and Brother Mitevski
Coproduced by Vertigo and Entre Chien et Loup
Supported by the Macedonian Film Agency, Eurimages, Centre du Cinéma et de l’Audiovisuel de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles
The Party (United Kingdom, Denmark)
Directed by Sally Poter
Cinematography by Alexey Rodionov
Let the Sunshine In / Un beau soleil interieur (France)
Directed by Claire Denis
Cinematography by Agnes Godard
